National Child Health Day
- Under age 18
- 5.2% of children are without health insurance
- 4.3% of children are without a usual source of healthcare
- Mortality Rate
- There were 3,880 deaths in children aged 1-4 years in 2017
- As well as 5,571 deaths in children 5-14 years in 2017
- Aged 6-11
- 18.4% of children are obese
- Health Status
- 86.3% of children aged 5-11 years are in excellent or very good health
- 3.2% of children aged 5-11 years miss 11 or more days of school in the past year because of illness or injury.