The State of the State of the Health of our Children

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau is pleased to announce that the The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007 is now available.  The chartbook provides both national and state-level data on U.S. children based on the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health.  

Among the findings which can be found in this report  and at www.childhealthdata.org are:  
·         In 2007, 88.5 percent of children reported receiving a preventive health care visit, up from 77 percent in 2003.  Among children who had no health insurance, however, the rate was far lower: only 72.6 percent of children who were uninsured at the time of the survey had a preventive health care visit.
·         More than 15 percent of U.S. children had no health insurance for all or part of 2007.  
·         Nearly one-third of U.S. children, ages 10 to 17, were overweight or obese. Most significantly, the incidence of obesity continued to rise from 14.8% of U.S. children in 2003 to 16.4% by 2007.

And much, much more.