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Create customized Children's Health fact sheets using the latest data from The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured

Step 1 Click one or two states in the map.
Click on one state to compare it to the U.S. or on two
states to compare to each other.
   
Step 2 Click GO to create your fact sheet.

If you do not see a map, use the following form to create a fact sheet:

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Or to see which states have the lowest and highest values for each topic, view the State Lows and Highs .

Information provided by KCMU and statehealthfacts.org.

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Customize

This simple tool allows you to customize your Children's Health fact sheet by comparing your state to the United States or to any other state. Other options include:

  • Download, Email, or Print a PDF of the Children's Health Fact Sheet
    With a click of the PDF button, you can also convert the Children's Health fact sheet to a two-page, high-quality PDF for presentations, emails, or printing.
  • Create Children's Health Fact Sheets for all 50 states and D.C.
    For the complete set of Children's Health fact sheets comparing each state and D.C. to the U.S., download the PDF or print the PDF. Please note the full set is 106 pages and approximately 2.1MB.
  • Create a Children's Health Fact Sheet with State Lows and Highs
    To see which states have the highest and lowest values for each topic, view, download, or print the State Lows and Highs.

You can be confident your fact sheet always has the latest data. The topics displayed on the fact sheet are automatically updated when new data become available. The tool allows you to click on any topic within the fact sheet to jump directly to 50-state comparisons on statehealthfacts.org. As always we welcome your feedback on this new tool.

The information for each Children's Health Fact Sheet is drawn directly from Kaiser's continuously updated database for state-level health data, statehealthfacts.org, which features the most current data from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.


New or Updated Topics in this Category
 
Revision Type Topic/Comments Date
 
Updated 

Newborn Hearing Screening Status, 2008
Data are also available on newborn cystic fibrosis screening status.

7/16/2008
Updated 

Percent of Children Aged 19-35 Months Who Are Immunized2007 

7/8/2008
Updated 

Births of Low Birthweight, 2005
Data are also available as a percent of all births and by race/ethnicity.

6/25/2008
Updated 

Preterm Births as a Percent of all Births, 2005
Preterm births by race/ethnicity is also available.

6/25/2008
Updated 

Teen Birth Rate, 2005
Overall birth rate is also available.

6/25/2008
Updated 

Prenatal Care, 2005
Data are also available for percent of mothers beginning care by race/ethnicity.

6/25/2008
Updated 

Number of Births, 2005
Data are also available by race/ethnicity and Hispanic origin of mother.

6/25/2008
Updated  Income Eligibility Levels for Children's Regular Medicaid and Chilren's SCHIP-funded Medicaid Expansions by Annual Incomes and as a Percent of Federal Poverty Level, 2008
Data are also available for Children's Separate SCHIP Programs.
2/11/2008
Updated  Income Eligibility for Parents Applying for Medicaid by Annual Income as a Percent of Federal Poverty Level (FPL), 2008
Data are also available for Pregnant Women.
2/11/2008
Updated  No Asset Tests Required Under Medicaid for Pregnant Women, 2008
Data are also available for Presumptive Eligibility under Medicaid.
2/11/2008
Updated  Has Joint Application Under Medicaid for Children and Separate SCHIP Program, 2008
Data are also available for all Enrollment Practices for Children.
2/11/2008
Updated  Uses a Joint Renewal Form Under Medicaid for Children's Medicaid and SCHIP- Funded Separate Program, 2008
Data are also available for all Renewal Practices for Children.
2/11/2008
Updated  Total SCHIP Expenditures, FY2007 1/30/2008 
Updated Percent Change in monthly SHCIP Enrollment, June 2006 to June 2007 1/30/2008 
Updated Monthly SCHIP Enrollment, June 2007 1/30/2008
Updated Child Deaths per 100,000, 2004
Data are also available for teen mortality.
11/16/2007
Updated Health Insurance Status, states (2005-2006), U.S. (2006)
Data are also available for the percentage point change in health coverage.
9/21/2007
Updated

Population Distribution of Children by Race/Ethnicity, states (2005-2006), U.S. (2006)
Data are also available by total population and poverty rates.

09/21/2007
Updated

Population Distribution of Children by Citizenship Status, states (2005-2006), U.S. (2006)

09/21/2007
Updated

Income Eligibility Levels for Children's Regular Medicaid by Annual Incomes and as a Percent of Federal Poverty Level (FPL), 2006

01/10/2007
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