Resources for Children and Adolescents
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) provides statistics, data, and resources to monitor the health and well-being of children and adolescents in the United States.
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Key Statistics
- FastStats: Statistics by Topic
Important indicators and links on the health of children and adolescents - DATA2010
The database for Healthy People 2010 provides selected health estimates for adolescents and young adults.
Data Sources With a Focus on Children and Adolescents
- National Immunization Survey – Teen (NIS-Teen)
NIS-Teen was established to provide an ongoing, consistent data set for analyzing vaccination levels among adolescents in the United States and disseminating this information to interested public health partners. - National Youth Fitness Survey
A new, one-of-a-kind survey that will be collecting data on physical activity and fitness to provide an evaluation of the health and fitness of children in the United States aged 3 to 15 years. - State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS)
SLAITS provides a mechanism to collect data quickly on a broad range of topics at the national, state, and local levels and uses the same random-digit-dial telephone design approach and sampling frame as the ongoing National Immunization Survey. SLAITS modules with a focus on children include:
Publications
- America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2012
- NCHS Data Briefs
- Diagnostic History and Treatment of School-aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Special Health Care Needs
- Birth Rates for U.S. Teenagers Reach Historic Lows for All Age and Ethnic Groups
- Consumption of Added Sugar Among U.S. Children and Adolescents, 2005–2008
- Antidepressant Use in Persons Aged 12 and Over: United States, 2005–2008
- Low-fat Milk Consumption Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2007–2008
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Children Aged 5-17 Years in the United States, 1998-2009
- U.S. Teenage Birth Rate Resumes Decline
- Obesity and Socioeconomic Status in Children and Adolescents: United States, 2005-2008
- State Disparities in Teenage Birth Rates in the United States
- Educating Teenagers About Sex in the United States
- Mortality Among Teenagers Aged 12-19 Years: United States, 1999-2006
- Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations
Additional Resources
- Growth Charts
Pediatric growth charts have been used by pediatricians, nurses, and parents to track the growth of infants, children, and adolescents in the United States since 1977.
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The National Center for Health Statistics has produced a poster entitled, “I Want to be a Statistician Just Like my Mom.” Two electronic versions of the poster are available and may be freely printed and distributed: The “Web Version” is created with a higher compression ratio and has a smaller file size more suitable for the Web. The “Print Version” is considerably larger but will have better resolution when printed.