Child health USA 2002

The Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, has compiled this book of secondary data for 59 health status indicators. It provides both graphical and textual summaries of data and addresses long-term trends where applicable. Data are presented for the target populations of Title V funding: infants, children, adolescents, children with special health care needs, and women of childbearing age. In addition to population characteristics, this book also addresses health status and health services utilization. The first section presents statistics on factors that influence the well-being of children. The second section contains vital statistics and health behavior information for infants, children, adolescents, and women of childbearing age. The third section contains data regarding health care financing and newly implemented health policies. The fourth and fifth sections contain information on selected indicators at the state and city levels.