Finding Health Statistics

FastStats about adolescent health includes links to relevant statistical tables and publications as well as pointers to related studies and programs.

The Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) collects case-level information from state and tribal title IV-E agencies on all children in foster care and those who have been adopted with title IV-E agency involvement.

FastStats about children's health includes links to relevant statistical tables and publications as well as pointers to related studies and programs.

Child Survival and Health, Child Nutrition, Maternal Health, Water and Sanitation, Education, Child Protection, HIV/AIDS, MDG (Millennium Development Goals) Monitoring. Data by Country.

Various reports using MEPS data.

Demographics, Health Status Indicators, Pediatric & Prenatal Care, Health Insurance, Medicaid, HIV/AIDS. Data by state.

Analysis based on Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Shoes that in 2014, approximately 7.9 percent of U.S. children younger than eighteen years (about 5.8 million children) were reported as not having a usual source of care.

Offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.

This project of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The Division of Adolescent and School Health presents a summary of major surveillance activities and links to studies such as the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Global School-based Student Health Survey, Healthy Passages, School Health Profiles, and State-By-State Profiles.

FastStats about infant health includes links to relevant statistical tables and publications as well as pointers to related studies and programs.

The Data Center includes health topics covering birth outcomes, health insurance, vital statistics, indicators by race and ethnicity, and more. Create tables, maps, graphs, or raw data by state or across states by topic.

Add Health is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of over 20,000 adolescents who were in grades 7-12 during the 1994-95 school year, and have been followed for five waves to date, most recently in 2016-18.

NSCH provides rich data on multiple, intersecting aspects of children’s lives—including physical and mental health, access to quality health care, and the child’s family, neighborhood, school, and social context. The National Survey of Children's Health is funded and directed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).

The State of Childhood Obesity is a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Includes abortion, hysterectomy, infant health. interactive atlas of reproductive health, international reproductive health surveys, maternal health, tobacco use and pregnancy, unintended and teen pregnancy prevention, women's reproductive health.