KIDS COUNT Backgrounders

• Child Death Rate
• Infant Mortality Rate
• Low Birth Weight Babies
• Children Living in Poverty
• Percent of Children Living with Parents Who Do Not have Full Time, Year Round Employment
• Families with Children Headed by a Single Parent
• Teens Not Attending Schools and Not Working
• Teens Who are High School Dropouts
• Teen Death by Accident, Homicide, and Suicide
• Teen Birth Rate
• National Composite Rank