Child Health
Data are for the U.S.
Health status
- Percent of children aged 5-11 years who are in excellent or very good health: 86.3%
- Percent of children aged 5-11 years who missed 11 or more days of school in the past 12 months because of illness or injury: 3.2%
Obesity
- Percent of children aged 6-11 years who are obese: 18.4% (2015-2016)
Source: Health, United States, 2018, table 21 pdf icon[PDF – 9.8 MB]
Health insurance coverage
- Percent of children under age 18 years without health insurance: 5.2%
Access to care
- Percent of children under age 18 years without a usual source of health care: 4.3%
Mortality
Children aged 1-4 years
- Number of deaths: 3,880
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 24.3
Children aged 5-14 years
- Number of deaths: 5,571
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.6
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2017, tables 6, 7 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
Leading causes of death
Children aged 1-4 years
- Accidents (unintentional injuries)
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- Assault (Homicide)
Children aged 5-14 years
- Accidents (unintentional injuries)
- Cancer
- Intentional self-harm (suicide)
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2017, table 6 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
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- Prevalence of Children Aged 3–17 Years With Developmental Disabilities, by Urbanicity: United States, 2015–2018 pdf icon[PDF – 317 KB]
- Vision Testing Among Children Aged 3–5 Years in the United States, 2016–2017
- Parental Report of Significant Head Injuries in Children Aged 3-17 Years: United States, 2016
- Use of Yoga, Meditation, and Chiropractors Among U.S. Children Aged 4–17 Years
- Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Nonsmoking Youth: United States, 2013–2016
- Beverage Consumption Among Youth in the United States, 2013–2016
- Recent Increases in Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents Aged 10–19 Years in the United States: 1999–2016 pdf icon[PDF – 413 KB]
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- Sports- and Recreation-related Injury Episodes in the United States, 2011–2014 pdf icon
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- Physician Office Visits by Children for Well and Problem-focused Care: United States, 2012
- America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Beingexternal icon
More data: query tools
Related Links
- National Health Interview Survey
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- Mortality Data
- NCHS Survey Measures Catalog: Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Disability
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Children
- National Institute for Child Health and Human Developmentexternal icon
- KIDS Countexternal icon
Page last reviewed: May 11, 2020
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics