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.