DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 402 007 PS 024 614

TITLE West Virginia Kids Count Data Book: 1995 CountyProfiles of Child Well-Being.

INSTITUTION West Virginia Kids Count Fund, Charleston.; WestVirginia Task Force on Children, Youth and Families,Charleston.; West Virginia Univ., Morgantown. SurveyResearch Center.

SPONS AGENCY Annie E. Casey Foundation, Greenwich, CT.PUB DATE 96

NOTE 185p.; For 1993 profiles, see ED 369 524. For 1994profiles, see ED 383 426.

AVAILABLE FROM West Virginia KIDS COUNT Fund, 1031 Quarrier Street,Suite 313, Atlas Building, Charleston, WV 25301($5).

PUB TYPE Statistical Data (110)

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Adolescents; *At Risk Persons; Births to Single

Women; Child Abuse; *Child Health; Child Neglect;*Children; Day Care; Dropout Rate; Early ChildhoodEducation; Early Parenthood; Elementary SecondaryEducation; Graphs; Immunization Programs; InfantMortality; Mortality Rate; One Parent Family;Poverty; State Surveys; Well Being

IDENTIFIERS Access to Services; Early Periodic ScreeningDiagnosis and Treatment; *Indicators; Project HeadStart; *West Virginia; Women Infants ChildrenSupplemental Food Program

ABSTRACTThis Kids Count report presents data measuring the

health and the economic, educational, and social well-being ofchildren in West Virginia at the state and county levels. It measures12 indicators of child and adolescent health, education, and economicstatus, but focuses on the following 10 indicators, called "FamilySupports for At-Risk Children," that reflect the state's capacity tocare for its youngest children: (1) percent births with earlyprenatal care; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) percent eligible women,infants, and children receiving WIC food and nutrition educationservices; (4) percent eligible children receiving Early and PeriodicScreening, Diagnosis and Treatment services; (5) percent 2-year-oldscompleting recommended immunization plan at health departments; (6)

percent poor and near poor children receiving Medicaid; (7) percentchildren under 6 years with working parents without regulated daycare; (8) percent eligible children served by Head Start; (9) percentof all children approved for free and reduced school meals; and (10)percent of all births to mothers with less than a 12th gradeeducation. Following a foreword and overview outlining the Kids Countproject, the report includes the following: a display of 10 statemaps graphically representing the aforementioned indicators; statusof children by indicator; West Virginia Kids Count scores andcomposite county rankings; West Virginia state profile; West Virginiaminority profile; county profiles in alphabetical order; and threeappendices containing definitions, methodology, and sources; notes onstatistics and methodology; and a list of committee and staffmembers. (TJQ)

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tifie

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pag

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rep

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ra C

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199

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the

four

th a

nnua

l pro

file

of

the

cond

ition

of

Wes

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s ch

ildre

n. A

pro

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of

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with

the

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WV

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bri

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toge

ther

the

best

ava

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tato

mea

sure

the

heal

th, e

cono

mic

, edu

catio

nal a

ndso

cial

wel

l-be

ing

of c

hild

ren

in W

est V

irgi

nia.

In 1

989,

the

Ann

ie E

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ound

atio

n an

d th

eC

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r th

e St

udy

of S

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laun

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KID

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s in

itiat

ive

is p

rem

ised

on

the

belie

f th

atth

e m

ore

the

publ

ic a

nd p

olic

y-m

aker

s kn

ow a

bout

the

stat

us a

nd n

eeds

of

child

ren,

the

grea

ter

the

likel

ihoo

dth

ose

need

s w

ill b

e ad

dres

sed.

Fund

ed in

199

1, W

V K

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CO

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one

of

51si

mila

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ojec

ts th

roug

hout

the

Uni

ted

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es.

The

199

5 W

V K

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ea-

sure

s tw

elve

indi

cato

rs o

f ch

ild a

nd a

dole

scen

t hea

lth,

educ

atio

n an

d ec

onom

ic s

tatu

s. I

t als

o in

clud

esba

ckgr

ound

info

rmat

ion

for

each

cou

nty,

incl

udin

gde

mog

raph

ic a

nd f

amily

inco

me

data

.

Thi

s ye

ar's

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Dat

a B

ook

uses

the

sam

e in

dica

tors

of

child

wel

l-be

ing

as la

st y

ear's

book

. A n

ew f

eatu

re th

is y

ear

is a

dis

play

of

ten

stat

em

aps

calle

d "F

amily

Sup

port

s fo

r A

t-R

isk

Chi

ldre

n".

The

ten

indi

cato

rs r

efle

ct o

n th

e st

ate'

s ca

paci

ty to

care

for

its

youn

gest

and

mos

t vul

nera

ble

child

ren.

"Fam

ily S

uppo

rts"

is m

ade

up o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

indi

cato

rs: P

erce

nt B

irth

s w

ith E

arly

Pre

nata

l Car

e;In

fant

Mor

talit

y R

ate;

Per

cent

of

Elig

ible

Wom

en,

Infa

nts

and

Chi

ldre

n R

ecei

ving

WIC

Foo

d an

d

Pag

e 4

12

Nut

ritio

n Se

rvic

es; P

erce

nt E

ligib

le C

hild

ren

Rec

eiv-

ing

Ear

ly &

Per

iodi

c Sc

reen

ing,

Dia

gnos

is &

Tre

at-

men

t Ser

vice

s (a

ges

birt

h th

roug

h 20

); P

erce

nt T

wo

Yea

r-O

lds

Com

plet

ing

Rec

omm

ende

d Im

mun

izat

ion

Plan

at H

ealth

Dep

artm

ents

; Per

cent

of

Poor

and

Nea

rPo

or C

hild

ren

Rec

eivi

ng M

edic

aid

(age

s bi

rth

thro

ugh

20);

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cent

of

Chi

ldre

n U

nder

Six

With

Wor

king

Pare

nts

With

out R

egul

ated

Day

Car

e; P

erce

nt E

ligib

leC

hild

ren

Serv

ed b

y H

ead

Star

t (ag

es 3

-4);

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cent

Chi

ldre

n A

ppro

ved

for

Free

and

Red

uced

Sch

ool

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ls; a

nd P

erce

nt B

irth

s to

Mot

hers

With

Les

s T

han

a 12

th G

rade

Edu

catio

n.

Cou

nty

leve

l inf

orm

atio

n on

the

perc

enta

ge o

fch

ildre

n in

pov

erty

and

the

perc

enta

ge o

f si

ngle

-par

ent

fam

ilies

is n

ot u

pdat

able

in 1

993,

bec

ause

this

dat

a is

from

the

cens

us a

nd is

upd

ated

by

coun

ty e

very

ten

year

s. KID

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bel

ieve

s th

is d

ata

is v

ery

impo

rtan

t to

unde

rsta

ndin

g ho

w o

ur f

amili

es a

ndch

ildre

n ar

e fa

ring

, and

so

this

and

oth

er 1

990

dem

ogra

phic

dat

a is

incl

uded

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Las

t yea

r's W

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spir

ed c

omm

unity

act

ion

for

at-r

isk

child

ren

and

help

ed m

any

com

mun

ities

sec

ure

fund

ing

for

pro-

gram

s ta

rget

ed to

at-

risk

you

th. T

he p

rint

and

bro

ad-

cast

med

ia h

as in

crea

sed

its r

epor

tage

on

kids

. The

reis

mor

e ed

itori

al c

omm

enta

ry o

n ch

ildre

n an

d m

ore

peop

le s

ee th

e co

nnec

tion

betw

een

at-r

isk

child

ren

and

our

futu

re.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Thi

s ye

ar w

e ha

ve n

oted

the

man

y w

ays

kids

are

coun

ting

from

sto

ries

sen

t to

us f

rom

aro

und

the

stat

e.T

hese

are

fea

ture

d as

"55

Way

s K

ids

Are

Cou

ntin

g!".

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

is f

orgi

ng p

artn

ersh

ips

betw

een

busi

ness

, hum

an s

ervi

ces

and

the

relig

ious

com

mun

ity. A

new

initi

ativ

e, K

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UN

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hild

Wat

ch, w

ill e

ngag

e bu

sine

ss, r

elig

ious

and

oth

erpr

ivat

e se

ctor

lead

ers

to in

crea

se p

hila

nthr

opy,

han

dson

pro

gram

invo

lvem

ent a

nd a

dvoc

acy.

The

Dat

aB

ook

will

be

used

as

a to

ol to

sel

ect i

ssue

s fo

r fo

cus

and

actio

n.

Mak

ing

KID

S C

OU

NT

in W

est V

irgi

nia

is a

shar

ed e

nter

pris

e. C

onsi

der

how

you

mig

ht jo

in in

the

supp

ort o

f th

e ch

ildre

n of

Wes

t Vir

gini

a. W

e al

l nee

dto

do

mor

e. T

o jo

in a

con

stitu

ency

for

chi

ldre

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e pa

rt o

f th

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Thi

s ye

ar's

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Dat

a B

ook,

the

four

th a

nnua

l edi

tion,

pla

ces

a sp

ecia

l em

phas

is o

n th

est

ate'

s ca

paci

ty to

pro

vide

pre

vent

ion

serv

ices

to W

est

Vir

gini

a's

child

ren

and

fam

ilies

. The

con

nect

ion

betw

een

prev

entio

n an

d th

e w

ell-

bein

g of

chi

ldre

n is

clea

r. T

he C

arne

gie

Cor

pora

tion

of N

ew Y

ork,

in it

sSt

artin

g Po

ints

rep

ort,

spea

ks e

loqu

ently

abo

ut th

ecr

itica

l im

port

ance

of

prev

entio

n se

rvic

es a

nd o

urna

tion'

s ne

ed to

sup

port

chi

ldre

n fr

om b

irth

to a

geth

ree.

The

fir

st th

ree

year

s of

life

app

ear

to b

e a

cruc

ial s

tart

ing

poin

t, a

peri

od p

artic

ular

ly s

ensi

tive

toth

e pr

otec

tive

mec

hani

sms

of p

aren

tal a

nd f

amily

supp

ort.

Wha

t we

have

long

kno

wn

from

inst

inct

has

been

cor

robo

rate

d by

sci

entif

ic f

indi

ngs.

The

sefi

ndin

gs in

clud

e:

1.br

ain

deve

lopm

ent t

hat t

akes

pla

ce d

urin

g th

epr

enat

al p

erio

d is

mor

e ra

pid

and

exte

nsiv

eth

an w

e ha

d pr

evio

usly

rea

lized

;

2.br

ain

deve

lopm

ent i

s m

uch

mor

e vu

lner

able

to th

e ch

ild's

sur

roun

ding

s th

an w

e ev

ersu

spec

ted;

3.th

e in

flue

nce

of th

e ch

ild's

ear

ly s

ituat

ion

onbr

ain

deve

lopm

ent i

s lo

ng-l

astin

g;

4.th

e ch

ild's

sur

roun

ding

s af

fect

s no

t onl

y th

enu

mbe

r of

bra

in c

ells

and

the

num

ber

ofco

nnec

tions

am

ong

them

, but

als

o th

e w

ayth

ese

conn

ectio

ns a

re w

ired

;

5.w

e al

so h

ave

new

evi

denc

e fo

r th

e ne

gativ

eim

pact

of

earl

y st

ress

on

brai

n fu

nctio

n.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n14

Fam

ily S

uppo

rts

In W

est V

irgi

nia

Indi

cato

r

Perc

ent B

irth

s W

ith E

arly

Pre

nata

l Car

e

Infa

nt M

orta

lity

Rat

e (p

er 1

,000

live

bir

ths)

Perc

ent O

f E

ligib

le W

omen

, Inf

ants

And

Chi

ldre

nR

ecei

ving

WIC

Foo

d A

nd N

utri

tion

Edu

catio

n Se

rvic

es

Perc

ent E

ligib

le C

hild

ren

Rec

eivi

ng E

arly

& P

erio

d Sc

reen

ing,

Dia

gnos

is &

Tre

atm

ent S

ervi

ces

(age

s bi

rth

thro

ugh

20)

Perc

ent T

wo

Yea

r-O

lds

Com

plet

ing

Rec

omm

ende

dIm

mun

izat

ion

Plan

At H

ealth

Dep

artm

ents

Perc

ent O

f Po

or A

nd N

ear

Poor

Chi

ldre

n R

ecei

ving

Med

icai

d (a

ges

birt

h th

roug

h 20

)

Perc

ent O

f C

hild

ren

Und

er S

ix W

ith W

orki

ngPa

rent

s W

ithou

t Reg

ulat

ed D

ay C

are

Perc

ent O

f E

ligib

le C

hild

ren

Serv

ed B

y H

ead

Star

t (ag

es 3

-4)

Perc

ent O

f A

ll C

hild

ren

App

rove

d Fo

r Fr

eeA

nd R

educ

ed S

choo

l Mea

ls (

Gra

des

K-1

2)

Perc

ent O

f A

ll B

irth

s T

o M

othe

rs W

ithL

ess

Tha

n A

12t

h G

rade

Edu

catio

n

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e Pe

rcen

t/Rat

e

76.6

%

8.7

60.2

%

43.5

%

65.5

%

68.3

%

52.1

%

47.2

%

45.8

%

24.6

%

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KID

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15P

age

5

Ove

rvie

w c

ontin

ued

The

ris

ks a

re c

lear

er th

an e

ver

befo

re. A

nad

vers

e se

tting

for

the

child

can

com

prom

ise

a yo

ung

child

's b

rain

fun

ctio

n an

d ov

eral

l dev

elop

men

t,pl

acin

g hi

m/h

er a

t gre

ater

ris

k of

dev

elop

ing

a va

riet

yof

cog

nitiv

e, b

ehav

iora

l and

phy

sica

l dif

ficu

lties

. In

som

e ca

ses,

thes

e af

fect

s m

ay b

e ir

reve

rsib

le.

The

opp

ortu

nitie

s ar

e eq

ually

dra

mat

ic: a

goo

dst

art i

n lif

e ca

n do

mor

e to

pro

mot

e le

arni

ng a

ndpr

even

t dam

age

than

we

ever

imag

ined

.T

hese

fin

ding

s co

nfir

m w

hat m

any

of u

s ha

velo

ng k

now

n w

ithou

t suc

h st

udie

s, a

nd th

at is

that

babi

es r

aise

d by

car

ing,

atte

ntiv

e ad

ults

in s

afe

pred

icta

ble

envi

ronm

ents

are

bet

ter

lear

ners

than

thos

e ra

ised

with

less

atte

ntio

n in

less

sec

ure

setti

ngs.

Liv

ing

in a

sup

port

ive

and

safe

com

mun

ity, h

avin

gde

pend

able

car

egiv

ers

and

bein

g bo

rn f

ull-

term

and

at

norm

al b

irth

-wei

ght a

re a

ll cr

itica

l to

heal

thy

deve

lop-

men

t. For

all o

f th

ese

reas

ons,

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

has

deci

ded

to f

ocus

on

ten

indi

cato

rs w

hich

ref

lect

on

the

stat

e's

capa

city

to c

are

for

its y

oung

est c

hild

ren.

The

ten

indi

cato

rs in

clud

e:

1.pe

rcen

t bir

ths

with

ear

ly p

rena

tal c

are;

2.in

fant

mor

talit

y ra

te;

3.pe

rcen

t elig

ible

wom

en, i

nfan

ts a

nd c

hild

ren

rece

ivin

g W

IC f

ood

and

nutr

ition

edu

catio

nse

rvic

es;

4.pe

rcen

t elig

ible

chi

ldre

n re

ceiv

ing

EPS

DT

serv

ices

;

5.pe

rcen

t tw

o ye

ar-o

lds

com

plet

ing

reco

m-

men

ded

imm

uniz

atio

n pl

an a

t hea

lthde

part

men

ts;

6.pe

rcen

t poo

r an

d ne

ar p

oor

child

ren

rece

ivin

gM

edic

aid;

7.pe

rcen

t chi

ldre

n un

der

six

with

wor

king

pare

nts

with

out r

egul

ated

day

car

e;

8.pe

rcen

t elig

ible

chi

ldre

n se

rved

by

Hea

dSt

art;

9.pe

rcen

t of

all c

hild

ren

appr

oved

for

fre

e an

dre

duce

d sc

hool

mea

ls; a

nd

10. p

erce

nt o

f al

l bir

ths

to m

othe

rs w

ith le

ss th

ana

12th

gra

de e

duca

tion.

We

know

that

hel

p fr

om W

ashi

ngto

n is

dec

reas

-in

g, a

nd th

at th

e st

ates

will

hav

e gr

eate

r op

port

uniti

esfo

r de

cisi

on-m

akin

g fo

r pr

ogra

ms

and

few

er d

olla

rs to

inve

st. C

arin

g fo

r ou

r ch

ildre

n is

eve

n m

ore

toda

yth

an y

este

rday

up

to u

s. W

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T o

ffer

sth

is f

amily

sup

port

por

trai

t to

guid

e pr

iori

ties

bypo

licym

aker

s an

d co

mm

uniti

es.

Pag

e 6

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

1617

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

Fam

ily S

uppo

rts

for

At-

Ris

k C

hild

ren

in W

est V

irgin

iaE

arly

Pre

nata

l Car

e

Sta

te P

erce

nt =

76.

6%

53.2

2% -

71.

48%

71.4

9% -

77.

57%

At o

r ab

ove

77.5

8%

Per

cent

Birt

hs W

ith E

arly

Pre

nata

l Car

e

Thi

s in

dica

tor

is th

e pe

rcen

tage

of l

ive

birt

hs th

at a

re to

wom

en w

ho b

egan

pre

nata

l car

e in

the

first

thre

e m

onth

s of

thei

r pr

egna

ncy

and

mea

sure

s th

e ra

te a

t whi

ch p

regn

ant

wom

en r

ecei

ve a

set

of s

ervi

ces.

Rec

eipt

of e

arly

pre

nata

lca

re is

ass

ocia

ted

with

low

er r

ates

of i

nfan

t mor

talit

y, lo

w

birt

h-w

eigh

t and

mor

bidi

ty.

It is

inte

rest

ing

to n

ote

that

anu

mbe

r of

sou

ther

n co

untie

s ha

ve m

any

wom

en w

ho d

id n

ot

rece

ive

early

pre

nata

l car

e; h

owev

er, t

hese

sam

e co

untie

s

have

ave

rage

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

s. T

hese

sam

e so

uthe

rn

coun

ties

do h

ave

high

per

cent

ages

of e

ligib

le w

omen

rece

ivin

g fo

od a

nd n

utrit

ion

serv

ices

, as

wel

l as

Ear

ly &

Per

iodi

c S

cree

ning

, Dia

gnos

is &

Tre

atm

ent s

ervi

ces

and

Med

icai

d.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

18

Infa

nt D

eath

sN

utri

tion

Serv

ices

Sta

te R

ate

= 8

.7

mi2

7.02

--

13.6

2

El 1

3.61

-- 9

.15

I= A

t or

belo

w 9

.14

Infa

nt M

orta

lity

Rat

e (p

er 1

,000

live

birt

hs)

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

dea

ths

of in

fant

s un

der

one

year

of a

ge p

er 1

,000

live

birt

hs.

It is

reg

arde

d as

a

basi

c qu

ality

of l

ife in

dica

tor

for

a co

mm

unity

.It

refle

cts

the

heal

th o

f bot

h th

e pr

egna

nt w

oman

and

the

infa

nt a

nd th

eco

nditi

ons

in w

hich

a c

hild

live

s du

ring

his/

her

first

yea

r of

life

and

the

pare

ntin

g th

e ch

ild r

ecei

ves.

The

maj

ority

of W

est

Virg

inia

's c

ount

ies

have

an

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

at o

r be

low

the

stat

e av

erag

e. O

nly

six

coun

ties

have

ver

y hi

gh r

ates

.T

here

app

ears

to b

e si

mila

rity

betw

een

the

coun

ties

with

low

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

s an

d hi

gh c

over

age

for

WIC

, EP

SD

T a

nd

Med

icai

d.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Sta

te P

erce

nt =

60.

2%

1.1

22.5

9% -

- 48

.17%

48.1

8% -

- 60

.96%

Ej A

t or

abov

e 60

.97%

Per

cent

Of E

ligib

le W

omen

, Inf

ants

And

Chi

ldre

nR

ecei

ving

WIC

Foo

d A

nd N

utrit

ion

Edu

catio

n S

ervi

ces

WIC

, sho

rtha

nd fo

r th

e W

omen

, Inf

ants

and

Chi

ldre

n

Spe

cial

Sup

plem

enta

l Foo

d P

rogr

am, w

as e

stab

lishe

d in

1972

afte

r a

surv

ey th

at fo

und

anem

ia a

nd in

adeq

uate

gro

wth

wer

e co

mm

on a

mon

g ch

ildre

n in

low

-inco

me

fam

ilies

. Are

port

rel

ease

d in

199

3 in

dica

ted

that

WIC

red

uces

ane

mia

amon

g po

or c

hild

ren

by 1

6 pe

rcen

t. F

amili

es w

ith a

n in

com

e

at o

r be

low

185

per

cent

of p

over

ty (

$21,

862

for

a fa

mily

of

thre

e) a

re e

ligib

le fo

r W

IC in

Wes

t Virg

inia

. The

re a

ppea

rs to

be a

rel

atio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e pa

ttern

s of

low

infa

nt m

orta

lity

and

high

cov

erag

e of

WIC

, as

wel

l as

the

high

cov

erag

e of

child

ren

rece

ivin

g M

edic

aid.

19P

age

7

Fam

ily S

uppo

rts

for

At-

Ris

k C

hild

ren

in W

est V

irgin

iaH

ealth

Scr

eeni

ng S

ervi

ces

Sta

te P

erce

nt =

43.

5%

2.26

% -

- 32

.67%

32.6

8% -

- 47

.88

%

At o

r A

bove

47.

89%

Per

cent

Elig

ible

Chi

ldre

n R

ecei

ving

Ear

ly &

Per

iodi

cS

cree

ning

, Dia

gnos

is &

Tre

atm

ent S

ervi

ces

(age

s bi

rth

thro

ugh

20)

The

Ear

ly &

Per

iodi

c S

cree

ning

, Dia

gnos

is &

Tre

atm

ent

prog

ram

was

add

ed b

y C

ongr

ess

in 1

967

as a

req

uire

dse

rvic

e fo

r al

l Med

icai

d el

igib

le c

hild

ren.

The

EP

SD

Tpr

ogra

m e

nsur

es th

at p

oor

child

ren

rece

ive

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

rang

e of

pre

vent

ive

and

prim

ary

heal

th s

ervi

ces.

Prim

ary

heal

th s

ervi

ces

are

extr

emel

y im

port

ant f

or a

ll ch

ildre

n in

orde

r to

avo

id u

nnec

essa

ry e

mer

genc

y ro

om tr

eatm

ent a

nd

the

othe

r co

nseq

uenc

es o

f unt

reat

ed c

ondi

tions

.

Pag

e 8

20

Imm

uniz

atio

nsH

ealth

Car

e Sta

te P

erce

nt =

68.

3%

29.3

2% -

- 56

.51%

n 56

.52%

--

65.5

8%

1-1

At o

r ab

ove

65.5

9%

1.11

Sta

te P

erce

nt =

65.

5%

2.38

% -

- 43

.02%

43.0

3% -

- 63

.35%

At o

r ab

ove

63.3

6%

Per

cent

Tw

o Y

ear-

Old

s C

ompl

etin

gR

ecom

men

ded

Imm

uniz

atio

n P

lan

At H

ealth

Dep

artm

ents

Thi

s da

ta in

clud

es o

nly

thos

e tw

o ye

ar-o

lds

who

hav

eco

mpl

eted

thei

r re

com

men

ded

imm

uniz

atio

ns a

t hea

lthde

part

men

ts.

For

a lo

ng ti

me,

par

ents

bel

ieve

d th

at

com

plet

ing

imm

uniz

atio

ns w

as s

omet

hing

you

nee

ded

to d

obe

fore

you

r ch

ild w

ent t

o sc

hool

. We

know

now

that

ther

e

are

imm

uniz

atio

ns r

equi

red

at a

n ea

rlier

age

. The

rec

ent

mea

sles

epi

dem

ic e

stab

lishe

d th

e cr

itica

l nat

ure

of e

arly

imm

uniz

atio

n. T

he im

mun

izat

ion

patte

rns

show

n on

the

map

do n

ot in

gen

eral

cor

resp

ond

with

Ear

ly &

Per

iodi

c S

cree

ning

,

Dia

gnos

is &

Tre

atm

ent o

r th

e W

omen

, Inf

ants

and

Chi

ldre

nfo

od p

rogr

am.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Per

cent

Of P

oor

And

Nea

r P

oor

Chi

ldre

n R

ecei

ving

Med

icai

d (a

ges

birt

h th

roug

h 20

)

Med

icai

d is

the

heal

th in

sura

nce

prog

ram

for

the

poor

.P

oor

and

near

poo

r ch

ildre

n ar

e de

fined

as

thos

e ch

ildre

n

who

live

in fa

mili

es w

ith in

com

es a

t or

belo

w 2

00 p

erce

nt o

f

pove

rty.

Thi

s le

vel i

s co

nsid

ered

by

the

heal

th li

tera

ture

to b

eth

e po

int u

nder

whi

ch p

aren

ts a

re u

nabl

e to

affo

rd h

ealth

insu

ranc

e.

Acc

ordi

ng to

the

rece

nt r

epor

t of t

he W

est V

irgin

iaC

hild

ren'

s H

ealth

Pro

ject

, 70,

000

Wes

t Virg

inia

chi

ldre

n ar

e

curr

ently

uni

nsur

ed. M

ost o

f the

se c

hild

ren

have

par

ents

who

wor

k in

low

wag

e jo

bs th

at d

o no

t pro

vide

cov

erag

e, a

nd th

eir

inco

me

is h

ighe

r th

an M

edic

aid

allo

ws.

21T

he A

nnie

E. C

asey

Fou

ndat

ion

Emily Supports for At-Risk Children in West Virginia

Day

Car

eH

ead

Star

t

Sta

te P

erce

nt =

52.

1%

1.1

104.

53%

81.

92%

81.9

1%59

.31%

At o

r be

low

59.

30%

Per

cent

Of C

hild

ren

Und

er S

ix W

ith W

orki

ng P

aren

tsW

ithou

t Reg

ulat

ed D

ay C

are

Day

car

e is

a s

ervi

ce p

rovi

ded

outs

ide

the

child

's h

ome

that

pro

vide

s su

bstit

ute

care

whi

le th

e ch

ild's

par

ents

wor

k or

atte

nd s

choo

l. A

mon

g th

e be

st o

f the

impe

rfec

t mea

sure

s,K

IDS

CO

UN

T h

as c

hose

n to

use

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

unde

r si

x w

ith w

orki

ng p

aren

ts a

nd c

ompa

re th

at n

umbe

rto

the

num

ber

of r

egul

ated

day

car

e pl

aces

in th

e co

unty

.

The

se d

ay c

are

plac

es a

re m

ade

up o

f situ

atio

ns th

at c

are

for

child

ren

from

thre

e m

onth

s to

age

12.

Bec

ause

we

have

used

a n

umer

ator

and

a d

enom

inat

or th

at a

re n

ot w

ith th

e

sam

e ag

e ba

se, t

he p

erce

ntag

es p

rovi

ded

are

an u

nder

coun

t

of a

vaila

ble

care

. The

cou

nty

with

the

best

day

car

e av

aila

ble

is H

arris

on C

ount

y, a

nd th

e co

unty

with

the

leas

t is

Poc

ahon

tas

Cou

nty.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

22

Sta

te P

erce

nt =

47.

2%

III 0

.75%

26.5

8%

26.5

9%52

.43%

n A

t or

abov

e 52

.44%

Per

cent

Of E

ligib

le C

hild

ren

Ser

ved

By

Hea

d S

tart

(age

s 3-

4)

The

Hea

d S

tart

pro

gram

is b

ased

on

the

prem

ise

that

early

chi

ld d

evel

opm

ent a

nd h

ealth

pro

gram

s ca

n m

ake

a

last

ing

diffe

renc

e in

the

lives

of c

hild

ren,

incl

udin

g sc

hool

read

ines

s. In

199

5, a

lmos

t hal

f of a

ll el

igib

le W

est V

irgin

iath

ree

to fo

ur y

ear-

olds

or

6,30

2 ch

ildre

n w

ere

enro

lled

in

Hea

d S

tart

. Thi

s su

rpas

ses

the

natio

nal p

erce

nt o

f 34.

7.O

nly

two

Wes

t Virg

inia

cou

ntie

s ha

ve a

ver

y lo

w p

erce

nt o

f

elig

ible

thre

e an

d fo

ur y

ear-

olds

ser

ved

by H

ead

Sta

rt. T

hese

coun

ties

are

Tuc

ker

and

Lew

is C

ount

ies.

Of s

ome

note

isth

at a

ll of

the

Pot

omac

Hig

hlan

d co

untie

s an

d m

any

of th

e

sout

hern

cou

ntie

s ar

e do

ing

an e

xcel

lent

job

in s

ervi

ng a

t or

abov

e th

e st

ate

aver

age

of c

hild

ren

in H

ead

Sta

rt.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

23P

age

9

Fam

ily S

uppo

rt fo

r A

t-R

isk

Chi

ldre

n in

Wes

t Virg

inia

Scho

ol L

unch

Ser

vice

s

EJ

Sta

te P

erce

nt =

45.

8%

84.0

3% -

61.

35%

61.3

4% -

50.

00%

At o

r be

low

49.

99%

Per

cent

Chi

ldre

n A

ppro

ved

For

Fre

e A

nd R

educ

edS

choo

l Mea

ls (

Gra

des

K-1

2)

Chi

ldre

n ar

e ap

prov

ed fo

r fr

ee a

nd r

educ

ed p

rice

mea

lsin

sch

ool b

ased

on

thei

r fa

mili

es' i

ncom

e. F

ree

mea

ls a

repr

ovid

ed to

chi

ldre

n w

ho a

pply

who

se fa

mily

inco

me

is a

t or

belo

w 1

30 p

erce

nt o

f pov

erty

. Red

uced

pric

e m

eals

are

prov

ided

to th

ose

who

app

ly w

hose

fam

ily in

com

e is

at o

rbe

low

185

per

cent

of p

over

ty. W

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T u

ses

this

benc

hmar

k as

an

indi

cato

r of

the

econ

omic

vul

nera

bilit

y of

child

ren

in o

ur c

ount

ies.

Of n

ote,

the

aver

age

perc

ent o

fch

ildre

n in

eac

h co

unty

ser

ved

by fr

ee o

r re

duce

d m

eals

is 5

0

perc

ent.

The

ran

ge o

f per

cent

s go

es fr

om 7

5.1

perc

ent i

nM

cDow

ell C

ount

y to

29.

0 pe

rcen

t in

Han

cock

Cou

nty.

Pag

e 10

24

Edu

catio

n L

evel

of

Mot

hers

Sta

te P

erce

nt =

24.

6%

11.1

1 54

.06%

--

32.4

3%

32.4

2 %

--

25.2

2%

O A

t or

belo

w 2

5.21

%

Per

cent

Birt

hs T

o M

othe

rs W

ith L

ess

Tha

n A

12t

h G

rade

Edu

catio

n

Par

ents

' edu

catio

n is

the

best

pre

dict

or o

f chi

ld w

ell-

bein

g, p

artic

ular

ly c

once

rnin

g ac

adem

ic a

chie

vem

ent.

InW

est V

irgin

ia, a

bout

one

chi

ld in

eve

ry fo

ur is

bor

n to

a

mot

her

with

less

than

a h

igh

scho

ol e

duca

tion.

Mos

t of t

hese

birt

hs a

re c

once

ntra

ted

in th

e so

uthe

rn c

ount

ies,

alth

ough

som

e co

ncen

trat

ions

occ

ur in

the

Eas

tern

Pan

hand

le, a

s w

ell

as th

e ce

nter

of t

he s

tate

. The

re w

ere

5,45

3 bi

rths

tom

othe

rs w

ith le

ss th

an a

12t

h gr

ade

educ

atio

n in

199

3. T

heco

unty

with

the

grea

test

per

cent

of b

irths

to m

othe

rs w

ith le

ss

than

a 1

2th

grad

e ed

ucat

ion

is M

cDow

ell,

with

50.

8 pe

rcen

t.T

he c

ount

y w

ith th

e fe

wes

t birt

hs to

mot

hers

with

less

than

a12

th g

rade

edu

catio

n is

Mon

onga

lia, w

ith 1

1.0

perc

ent.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

25T

he A

nnie

E. C

asey

Fou

ndat

ion

PER

CE

NT

LO

W B

IRT

H-W

EIG

HT

BA

BIE

S

Low

bir

th-w

eigh

t bab

ies

are

thos

e ba

bies

wei

gh-

ing

less

than

2,5

00 g

ram

s, o

r 5.

5 po

unds

, at b

irth

.L

ow b

irth

-wei

ght i

s as

soci

ated

with

imm

edia

te a

ndfu

ture

ris

ks to

a n

ewbo

rn in

fant

. Low

bir

th-w

eigh

tba

bies

are

40

times

mor

e lik

ely

to d

ie d

urin

g th

e fi

rst

mon

th o

f lif

e th

an n

orm

al w

eigh

t bab

ies.

Inf

ants

of

low

bir

th-w

eigh

t acc

ount

for

app

roxi

mat

ely

60pe

rcen

t of

all i

nfan

t dea

ths

duri

ng th

e fi

rst y

ear

of li

fe.

Surv

ivin

g lo

w b

irth

-wei

ght i

nfan

ts, p

artic

ular

ly th

ose

of v

ery

low

bir

th-w

eigh

t, ar

e ab

out t

hree

tim

es m

ore

likel

y to

exp

erie

nce

seve

re h

ealth

pro

blem

s. T

hese

prob

lem

s ar

e co

stly

for

chi

ldre

n an

d th

eir

fam

ilies

and

our

heal

th a

nd e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s.T

here

wer

e 1,

571

low

bir

th-w

eigh

t bab

ies

born

in W

est V

irgi

nia

in 1

993

and

1,98

5 bo

rn in

198

0.T

he p

erce

nt o

f al

l Wes

t Vir

gini

a bi

rths

in 1

993

that

wer

e cl

assi

fied

as

low

bir

th-w

eigh

t was

7.1

perc

ent,

a 5.

0 pe

rcen

t inc

reas

e ov

er th

e 19

80 r

ate

of 6

.8 p

erce

nt. T

he n

atio

nal p

erce

nt o

f lo

w b

irth

-w

eigh

t bab

ies

in 1

993

was

7.2

per

cent

, slig

htly

hig

her

than

the

stat

e pe

rcen

t. T

he b

lack

per

cent

of

low

bir

th-

wei

ght b

abie

s w

as m

uch

high

er th

an th

e w

hite

per

cent

in b

oth

1980

and

199

3. I

n 19

80, t

he b

lack

per

cent

was

12.

3, a

nd th

e w

hite

per

cent

was

6.5

. In

1993

, the

blac

k pe

rcen

t was

12.

5, th

e w

hite

per

cent

was

6.9

.T

he p

erce

nt o

f al

l Wes

t Vir

gini

a bi

rths

cla

ssi-

fied

as

low

bir

th-w

eigh

t has

mov

ed u

p an

d do

wn

only

slig

htly

fro

m 1

981

to 1

993,

fro

m a

hig

h of

abou

t 7.4

in 1

981

to a

low

of

6.4

in 1

988.

Off

icia

lsbe

lieve

this

is b

ecau

se th

e te

en b

irth

rat

e ha

s re

mai

ned

roug

hly

the

sam

e as

wel

l. B

abie

s m

ost l

ikel

y to

be

atri

sk f

or lo

w b

irth

-wei

ght a

re th

ose

born

to te

ens,

sing

le o

r lo

w-i

ncom

e m

othe

rs a

nd a

lso

thos

e le

sslik

ely

to r

ecei

ve e

arly

qua

lity

pren

atal

car

e. R

educ

ing

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

26

the

num

ber

of lo

w b

irth

-wei

ght b

abie

s w

ill o

ccur

ifw

e ar

e ab

le to

red

uce

the

num

ber

of te

ens

and

sing

lem

othe

rs h

avin

g ba

bies

and

red

uce

the

num

ber

ofm

othe

rs w

ho s

mok

e an

d ha

ve p

oor

nutr

ition

or

cons

ume

drug

s an

d al

coho

l.

INFA

NT

MO

RT

AL

ITY

RA

TE

(pe

r 1,

000

live

birt

hs)

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

refe

rs to

all

deat

hs th

at o

ccur

toin

fant

s un

der

one

year

of

age.

The

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

is r

egar

ded

as a

bas

ic q

ualit

y of

life

indi

cato

r fo

ra

com

mun

ity. I

t ref

lect

s th

e he

alth

of

both

the

preg

-na

nt w

oman

and

the

infa

nt; i

t als

o re

flec

ts th

e co

ndi-

tion

in w

hich

a c

hild

live

s du

ring

his

/her

fir

st y

ear

oflif

e an

d th

e pa

rent

ing

the

child

rec

eive

s.O

ver

the

last

13

year

s, th

e nu

mbe

r of

bab

ies

dyin

g be

fore

thei

r fi

rst b

irth

day

decr

ease

d. I

n 19

80,

the

num

ber

of in

fant

dea

ths

per

1,00

0 liv

e bi

rths

in W

est V

irgi

nia

was

398

, thi

s nu

mbe

r dr

oppe

d to

192

in 1

993.

Wes

t Vir

gini

a's

1980

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

of

13.6

dec

reas

ed to

8.7

by

1993

. Thi

s is

an

over

all d

ecre

ase

in th

e 13

yea

rs o

f 36

.0 p

erce

nt.

The

nat

iona

l inf

ant m

orta

lity

rate

(8.

5) in

199

2 w

assl

ight

ly lo

wer

than

the

Wes

t Vir

gini

a ra

te.

The

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

was

muc

h hi

gher

for

blac

ks th

an it

was

for

whi

tes

in b

oth

1980

and

199

3.B

etw

een

1980

and

199

3, th

e w

hite

rat

e de

crea

sed

by25

.7 p

erce

nt, a

nd th

e bl

ack

rate

dec

reas

ed b

y 37

.1pe

rcen

t. In

198

0, th

e w

hite

rat

e w

as 1

1.3,

and

the

blac

k ra

te w

as 2

3.7.

In

1993

, the

whi

te r

ate

was

8.4

,an

d th

e bl

ack

rate

was

14.

9. H

owev

er, t

he d

iffe

renc

ebe

twee

n th

e w

hite

and

bla

ck r

ates

dec

reas

ed o

ver

the

13 y

ears

. In

1980

, the

bla

ck r

ate

was

109

.7 p

erce

nthi

gher

than

the

whi

te r

ate,

and

in 1

993,

the

blac

k ra

tew

as 7

7.4

perc

ent h

ighe

r th

an th

e w

hite

rat

e.

Wes

t Vir

gini

a ha

s m

ade

cons

iste

nt p

rogr

ess

over

the

deca

de in

red

ucin

g th

e nu

mbe

r of

bab

ies

who

die

befo

re th

eir

firs

t bir

thda

y. M

uch

of th

e pr

ogre

ss is

the

resu

lt of

bot

h m

edic

al te

chno

logy

and

impr

oved

acc

ess

to h

ealth

car

e fo

r bo

th m

othe

rs a

nd th

eir

babi

es.

Med

ical

tech

nolo

gy h

as c

ontr

ibut

ed to

the

incr

ease

dsu

rviv

al r

ates

of

low

bir

th-w

eigh

t bab

ies

who

oth

er-

wis

e w

ould

hav

e di

ed. I

mpr

oved

acc

ess

to h

ealth

car

eha

s co

ntri

bute

d to

impr

oved

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

s.E

ligib

ility

for

Med

icai

d to

pre

gnan

t wom

en a

ndin

fant

s up

to 1

50 p

erce

nt o

f po

vert

y, $

17,7

26 f

or a

fam

ily o

f th

ree

in 1

995,

has

mad

e a

sign

ific

ant

cont

ribu

tion

to im

prov

ing

acce

ss to

car

e. T

he s

tate

'sR

ight

Fro

m T

he S

tart

pro

gram

, whi

ch p

rovi

des

inte

nsiv

e he

alth

car

e se

rvic

es to

pre

gnan

t wom

en, h

asm

ade

a si

gnif

ican

t im

pact

as

has

the

Wom

en, I

nfan

tsan

d C

hild

ren

(WIC

) fo

od p

rogr

am, w

hich

pro

vide

sfo

od s

uppl

emen

ts a

nd n

utri

tion

educ

atio

n to

low

-in

com

e m

othe

rs. T

he W

IC p

rogr

am, a

s w

ell a

s th

eE

arly

Per

iodi

c &

Scr

eeni

ng, D

iagn

osis

& T

reat

men

tpr

ogra

m, h

ave

mad

e co

ncer

ted

effo

rts

to d

o ou

trea

chto

incr

ease

the

num

bers

of

poor

fam

ilies

who

rec

eive

the

kind

of

heal

th c

are

all f

amili

es n

eed

and

wan

t.

CH

ILD

DE

AT

H R

AT

E(a

ges

1-14

per

100

,000

chi

ldre

n)

The

chi

ld d

eath

rat

e is

the

num

ber

of d

eath

s fr

omal

l cau

ses

of c

hild

ren

betw

een

the

ages

of

one

and

14pe

r 10

0,00

0 ch

ildre

n of

the

sam

e ag

e. T

he c

hild

dea

thra

te te

lls u

s ab

out t

he r

isks

to c

hild

ren

and

how

muc

hof

this

ris

k ha

s re

sulte

d in

dea

th. R

isks

incl

ude

heal

thpr

oble

ms,

exp

osur

e to

haz

ardo

us c

ondi

tions

, pre

vent

-ab

le in

juri

es, a

ccid

ents

and

chi

ld a

buse

and

neg

lect

.D

eath

s in

chi

ldho

od f

rom

illn

ess

and

inju

ry m

ay b

eth

e re

sult

of a

com

bina

tion

of f

acto

rs r

elat

ed to

chi

ld

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Pag

e 11

27

Sta

tus

Of C

hild

ren

By

Indi

cato

r, c

ontin

ued

1

care

in th

e ho

me,

the

com

mun

ity o

r th

e lo

cal s

ervi

cesy

stem

.T

here

wer

e 99

chi

ld d

eath

s in

Wes

t Vir

gini

a in

1993

. The

chi

ld d

eath

rat

e in

199

3 w

as 2

8.9.

Thi

sis

a 2

9.1

perc

ent i

mpr

ovem

ent o

ver

the

1980

chi

ldde

ath

rate

of

40.8

, 174

chi

ld d

eath

s. T

he 1

992

natio

nal c

hild

dea

th r

ate

of 2

8.8

is s

light

ly b

ette

rth

an W

est V

irgi

nia'

s ra

te.

The

198

0 w

hite

chi

ld d

eath

rat

e w

as 9

9.0

perc

ent

high

er th

an th

e bl

ack

child

dea

th r

ate.

By

1993

, thi

str

end

reve

rsed

. In

1993

, the

chi

ld d

eath

rat

e fo

rbl

acks

was

66.

9 pe

rcen

t hig

her

than

the

whi

te c

hild

deat

h ra

te. I

n 19

80, t

he b

lack

rat

e w

as 2

0.2,

and

the

whi

te r

ate

was

40.

2. I

n 19

93, t

he b

lack

rat

e w

as 4

7.4,

and

the

whi

te r

ate

was

28.

4.T

he tr

end

data

may

be

infl

ated

. In

som

e co

untie

s,th

e ac

tual

num

ber

of c

hild

dea

ths

are

one

or tw

o, a

ndon

e de

ath

can

sign

ific

antly

infl

ate

the

perc

enta

gein

crea

se o

r de

crea

se. W

hen

look

ing

at y

our

coun

tyfo

r th

is a

nd o

ther

indi

cato

rs, p

leas

e ch

eck

the

back

of

the

book

for

act

ual n

umbe

rs, a

nd y

ou w

ill s

ee e

xact

lyho

w m

any

deat

hs th

ere

wer

e in

you

r co

unty

in 1

980

and

1993

.

CH

ILD

AB

USE

/NE

GL

EC

T R

AT

E(p

er 1

00,0

00 c

hild

ren)

Chi

ldre

n w

ho a

re v

ictim

s of

chi

ld a

buse

and

negl

ect m

ay s

uffe

r la

stin

g ph

ysic

al, a

s w

ell a

s em

o-tio

nal,

prob

lem

s. W

hile

not

con

clus

ive,

abu

sed

and

negl

ecte

d ch

ildre

n ar

e m

ore

likel

y to

bec

ome

child

abus

ers

them

selv

es a

nd h

ave

an in

crea

sed

chan

ce o

fbe

com

ing

runa

way

s an

d ju

veni

le d

elin

quen

ts. A

t am

inim

um, t

hey

need

imm

edia

te tr

eatm

ent f

or p

hysi

cal

inju

ries

and

em

otio

nal t

raum

as. S

omet

imes

, the

y ne

edto

be

rem

oved

fro

m th

eir

hom

e fo

r pr

otec

tion.

Pag

e 12

28

In 1

993,

1,3

93 n

ew c

ases

of

child

abu

se a

ndne

glec

t wer

e re

port

ed a

nd s

ubst

antia

ted

for

furt

her

inve

stig

atio

n by

chi

ld a

buse

aut

hori

ties.

In

term

s of

a r

ate,

314

.0 c

ases

of

child

abu

se a

ndne

glec

t wer

e re

port

ed f

or e

very

100

,000

of

Wes

tV

irgi

nia'

s ch

ildre

n. T

his

rate

is a

dec

line

from

last

yea

r's r

ate

of 4

52.0

. The

num

ber

of s

ubst

anti-

ated

cas

es m

ay o

ften

be

a re

flec

tion

of th

e ca

paci

ty o

fth

e sy

stem

to r

espo

nd, a

nd in

Wes

t Vir

gini

a, c

ount

ybu

dget

s fo

r ch

ild p

rote

ctiv

e se

rvic

e w

orke

rs a

re v

ery

limite

d.A

new

dat

a sy

stem

for

col

lect

ing

and

trac

king

child

abu

se a

nd n

egle

ct in

form

atio

n ha

s be

en im

ple-

men

ted

for

the

stat

e. I

ncon

sist

ent f

orm

s of

rep

ortin

g,as

wel

l as

unde

rrep

ortin

g, h

ave

prod

uced

num

bers

whi

ch te

nd to

und

eres

timat

e th

e ac

tual

am

ount

of

child

abus

e an

d ne

glec

t tha

t occ

urs.

In

addi

tion,

the

actu

alnu

mbe

rs o

f ca

ses

subs

tant

iate

d ar

e lim

ited

by c

ount

ybu

dget

s. W

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T h

ad h

oped

to u

se th

ene

w d

atab

ase

this

yea

r, b

ut th

e ne

w d

ata

has

not

yet b

een

com

pile

d fo

r a

full

year

of

repo

rtin

g. W

eho

pe to

use

this

new

dat

abas

e ne

xt y

ear.

We

deci

ded

to in

clud

e ch

ild a

buse

and

neg

lect

bec

ause

it is

suc

h an

impo

rtan

t iss

ue, a

nd th

e da

ta w

illpr

ompt

deb

ate

abou

t the

bes

t app

roac

hes

topr

even

t abu

se a

nd n

egle

ct.

Res

earc

h ha

s sh

own

that

inte

nsiv

e fa

mily

-bas

edse

rvic

es w

hich

incl

ude

both

fre

quen

t hom

e vi

sitin

gan

d pa

rent

edu

catio

n pr

ogra

ms

redu

ce th

e in

cide

nce

ofab

use

and

negl

ect.

A f

ocus

on

earl

y in

terv

entio

npr

ogra

ms

such

as

DA

Y O

NE

, 0-3

Hea

d St

art,

regu

lar

Hea

d St

art a

nd d

ay c

are,

with

the

supp

ort o

f bo

thgo

vern

men

t and

the

priv

ate

sect

or, i

s vi

tal t

o re

vers

eth

e ab

use

and

negl

ect o

f W

est V

irgi

nia'

s ch

ildre

n.

TE

EN

BIR

TH

RA

TE

(age

s 15

-19

per

1,00

0 fe

mal

es)

The

teen

bir

th r

ate

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

live

bir

ths

tofe

mal

e te

ens

ages

15

thro

ugh

19 y

ears

old

per

1,0

00fe

mal

e te

ens

of th

e sa

me

age.

The

teen

bir

th r

ate

incl

udes

all

birt

hs to

bot

h m

arri

ed a

nd u

nmar

ried

teen

age

girl

s.T

here

wer

e 3,

872

birt

hs to

teen

s in

Wes

tV

irgi

nia

in 1

993;

a r

ate

of 5

5.9

birt

hs p

er 1

,000

fem

ale

teen

s ag

es 1

5 th

roug

h 19

. In

1980

, the

rew

ere

5,92

1 ba

bies

bor

n to

teen

mot

hers

equ

allin

ga

teen

bir

th r

ate

of 6

8.9.

Sin

ce 1

980,

Wes

tV

irgi

nia'

s te

en b

irth

rat

e ha

s im

prov

ed b

y 18

.8pe

rcen

t. In

199

3, th

e na

tiona

l tee

n bi

rth

rate

was

59.6

, a r

ate

slig

htly

wor

se th

an W

est V

irgi

nia'

s ra

te.

The

teen

bir

th r

ate

has

decl

ined

in th

e pa

st 1

3ye

ars,

and

the

perc

ent o

f te

en b

irth

s co

mpa

red

toal

l bir

ths

has

rem

aine

d ro

ughl

y th

e sa

me

sinc

e19

89. In

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es, 8

0 pe

rcen

t of

teen

ager

sre

port

thei

r pr

egna

ncie

s as

uni

nten

tiona

l. R

ecen

tre

port

s in

dica

te th

at a

maj

ority

of

thes

e pr

egna

ncie

sre

sult

from

rel

atio

nshi

ps w

ith o

lder

men

. Pre

gnan

tte

ens

are

less

like

ly to

sta

rt p

rena

tal c

are

with

in th

efi

rst t

rim

este

r. T

he p

rinc

iple

foc

us s

houl

d be

on

prev

entio

n to

red

uce

the

inci

denc

e of

teen

pre

gnan

-ci

es. E

ffor

ts a

cros

s th

e co

untr

y an

d in

Eur

opea

nco

untr

ies

sugg

est t

hat t

he b

est p

reve

ntio

n pr

ogra

ms

are

ones

in w

hich

bol

ster

the

mot

ivat

ion

and

capa

city

of te

ens

to p

reve

nt to

o ea

rly

preg

nanc

y. T

hese

eff

orts

incl

ude

a ra

nge

of n

on-a

cade

mic

opp

ortu

nitie

s fo

rsu

cces

s, jo

bs, e

arly

edu

catio

n ab

out d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing,

wor

k-re

late

d sk

ill b

uild

ing,

edu

catio

n an

d st

rong

bas

icsk

ills

and

fam

ily li

fe e

duca

tion

and

life

plan

ning

.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

29

:tus

Of C

hild

ren

By

Indi

cato

r co

ntin

ued

iv70

%E 36

0%

1g 5

0%

'071

40%

E j 30% 20

%

r 10

% 0%19

80

Per

cent

Birt

hs to

Unm

arrie

d W

omen

By

Age

Gro

upW

est V

irgin

ia R

esid

ent B

irths

, 198

0-94

29.7

%

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. _

63.8

%

1982

1984

1986

1988

Yea

r

15-1

920

.A

ll A

ges

1990

1992

1994

PER

CE

NT

BIR

TH

S T

O U

NM

AR

RIE

D T

EE

NS

(age

s 10

-19)

Thi

s in

dica

tor

mea

sure

s th

e pe

rcen

t of

all b

irth

sth

at a

re to

teen

s ag

es 1

0 th

roug

h 19

who

are

unm

ar-

ried

at t

he ti

me

of th

e ba

by's

bir

th.

In 1

993,

9.9

per

cent

of

all b

irth

s in

Wes

tV

irgi

nia

wer

e to

unm

arri

ed te

ens.

The

per

cent

of

babi

es b

orn

to u

nmar

ried

teen

s ha

s gr

own

from

6.0

perc

ent,

(1,7

51)

of a

ll bi

rths

in 1

980,

to 9

.9pe

rcen

t (2,

202

birt

hs)

of a

ll bi

rths

in 1

993.

Thi

s is

a 68

.8 p

erce

nt in

crea

se o

ver

the

last

13

year

s. N

a-tio

nally

, the

per

cent

of

unw

ed te

en b

irth

s is

9.2

perc

ent,

bette

r th

an th

e st

ate

perc

ent o

f un

wed

teen

birt

hs. Bet

wee

n 19

80 a

nd 1

993,

the

perc

ent o

f bi

rths

tow

hite

unm

arri

ed te

ens

incr

ease

d by

79.

2 pe

rcen

t whi

le

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

30

the

perc

ent o

f bi

rths

to b

lack

unm

arri

ed te

ens

incr

ease

d by

only

1.7

per

cent

. How

ever

,th

e pe

rcen

t of

birt

hs to

bot

hw

hite

and

bla

ck u

nmar

ried

teen

s ha

s in

crea

sed

over

time.

In

1980

, 23.

1 pe

rcen

tof

all

birt

hs w

ere

to b

lack

unm

arri

ed te

ens.

In

1980

,th

e pe

rcen

t of

all b

irth

s to

whi

te u

nmar

ried

teen

s w

as5.

3 pe

rcen

t. In

199

3, th

epe

rcen

t of

all b

irth

s to

bla

ckun

mar

ried

teen

s w

as 2

3.5,

and

in 1

993,

the

perc

ent o

fal

l bir

ths

to w

hite

unm

arri

edte

ens

was

9.5

per

cent

.In

add

ition

to lo

okin

g at

the

perc

ent o

f al

l bir

ths

to u

nmar

ried

teen

s, K

IDS

CO

UN

T lo

oked

at t

he p

erce

nt o

f al

l bir

ths

toun

mar

ried

wom

en. I

n 19

94, 6

3.8%

of

all b

irth

s to

unm

arri

ed w

omen

wer

e to

teen

s ag

es 1

5 to

19.

Thi

s pi

ctur

e is

ala

rmin

g. T

his

perc

enta

ge is

mor

eth

an d

oubl

e th

at o

f w

omen

twen

ty a

nd o

ver.

See

all o

f th

is in

form

atio

n on

the

char

t on

this

pag

e.E

xper

ts s

ugge

st th

at te

ens

havi

ng b

abie

s is

are

sult

of in

terr

elat

ed f

acto

rs. S

ocia

l and

eco

nom

icst

atus

and

eco

nom

ic o

ppor

tuni

ty im

pact

a te

en's

mot

ivat

ion

for

succ

ess

in d

elay

ing

child

bir

th. C

ul-

tura

l, re

ligio

us a

nd f

amily

atti

tude

s to

war

d se

xual

ity,

cont

race

ptio

n an

d fa

mily

pla

nnin

g an

d ac

cept

abili

ty o

fch

ildbe

arin

g at

an

earl

y ag

e al

so e

xert

a s

tron

gin

flue

nce

on te

ens.

Pub

lic p

olic

y in

the

area

s of

educ

atio

n, e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t, jo

bs a

nd f

amily

plan

ning

is li

kely

to p

lay

a si

gnif

ican

t rol

e as

wel

l.T

eena

gers

nee

d su

ppor

t and

info

rmat

ion

that

will

giv

e

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

them

the

abili

ty a

nd th

e m

otiv

atio

n to

del

aych

ildbe

arin

g. T

hey

also

nee

d ac

cess

to q

ualit

ypr

enat

al c

are

if th

ey d

o be

com

e pr

egna

nt a

nd e

duca

-tio

nal a

nd s

uppo

rt s

ervi

ces

once

they

beg

in p

aren

ting.

PE C

EN

T H

IGH

SC

HO

OL

DR

OPO

UT

S

A h

igh

scho

ol d

ropo

ut is

one

who

leav

es h

igh

scho

ol b

efor

e gr

adua

tion

with

out t

rans

ferr

ing

toan

othe

r sc

hool

. Chi

ldre

n w

ho d

o no

t com

plet

e hi

ghsc

hool

are

mor

e lik

ely

to h

ave

heal

th, e

cono

mic

and

soci

al p

robl

ems.

Hig

h sc

hool

dro

pout

s ar

e le

ss li

kely

than

hig

h sc

hool

gra

duat

es to

fin

d em

ploy

men

t and

have

less

ear

ning

pot

entia

l tha

n gr

adua

tes.

Dro

ppin

gou

t of

high

sch

ool i

ncre

ases

the

risk

for

pov

erty

.Fa

mili

es h

eade

d by

hig

h sc

hool

dro

pout

s ar

e m

ore

likel

y to

hav

e in

com

es b

elow

the

fede

ral p

over

ty le

vel.

Bet

wee

n 19

80 a

nd 1

993,

the

high

sch

ool

drop

out r

ate

impr

oved

in a

ll bu

t one

Wes

t Vir

-gi

nia

coun

ty. T

he n

umbe

r of

hig

h sc

hool

dro

pout

sin

Wes

t Vir

gini

a in

199

3 w

as 3

,850

, equ

allin

g a

rate

of

15.7

per

cent

. Thi

s is

a 3

8.7

perc

ent i

m-

prov

emen

t ove

r th

e 19

80 r

ate

of 2

5.6

perc

ent o

r8,

094

drop

outs

.T

he p

rogr

ess

Wes

t Vir

gini

a ha

s m

ade

over

the

deca

de in

red

ucin

g th

e nu

mbe

r of

hig

h sc

hool

dro

pout

sis

a f

unct

ion

of a

num

ber

of th

ings

. The

Boa

rd o

fE

duca

tion

has

begu

n to

str

ess

a fo

cus

on th

e hi

ghsc

hool

dro

pout

num

bers

. The

re is

incr

easi

ng r

ecog

ni-

tion

of th

e es

sent

ial n

eed

for

high

sch

ool e

duca

tion

toun

empl

oym

ent a

nd a

void

alm

ost c

erta

in p

over

ty. T

hest

ate

gove

rnm

ent h

as m

ade

its c

entr

al f

ocus

edu

catio

n,an

d th

ere

has

been

a s

ense

of

urge

ncy

to k

eep

child

ren

in s

choo

l to

com

plet

e th

eir

high

sch

ool e

duca

tion.

The

enac

tmen

t of

legi

slat

ion

to r

evok

e th

e dr

iver

's li

cens

eof

any

16

year

-old

who

dro

ps o

ut o

f sc

hool

has

als

o

31P

age

13

us O

f Chi

ldre

n B

y In

dica

tor,

con

tinue

d

been

a m

otiv

atio

n to

sta

y in

sch

ool.

Com

mun

ity-

base

d dr

opou

t pre

vent

ion

prog

ram

s ha

ve b

een

impl

e-m

ente

d, a

nd th

e w

ell-

resp

ecte

d bu

sine

ss s

choo

lpa

rtne

rshi

ps h

ave

undo

ubte

dly

mad

e a

sign

ific

ant

cont

ribu

tion.

Whe

ther

it b

e th

e ca

rrot

or

the

stic

k th

atis

wor

king

, all

Wes

t Vir

gini

ans

reco

gniz

e th

e im

por-

tanc

e of

this

indi

cato

r an

d ou

r su

cces

s in

this

are

a is

enco

urag

ing

whe

n w

e th

ink

abou

t the

oth

ers

and

the

wor

k th

at n

eeds

to p

roce

ed to

mak

e si

mila

r im

prov

e-m

ents

in o

ther

are

as o

f co

ncer

n.

JUV

EN

ITL

E D

EL

INQ

UE

NC

Y C

ASE

RA

TE

(age

s 10

-19

per

1,00

0 yo

uths

)

The

juve

nile

del

inqu

ency

cas

e ra

te is

the

num

ber

of r

epor

ted

delin

quen

cy c

ases

per

1,0

00 y

outh

s ag

es10

thro

ugh

19. T

he ju

veni

le d

elin

quen

cy c

ase

rate

refl

ects

upo

n ho

w w

ell o

ur f

amili

es a

nd c

omm

uniti

esca

re f

or th

eir

yout

h. I

t mea

sure

s th

e ri

sk o

f ch

ildre

nan

d al

l mem

bers

of

the

com

mun

ity. W

est V

irgi

nia

adde

d 8,

931

new

cas

es to

the

juve

nile

just

ice

syst

em in

199

3, e

qual

ling

a ju

veni

le d

elin

quen

cyca

se r

ate

of 3

2.3.

For

ty-o

ne o

f ou

r 55

cou

ntie

s ha

da

juve

nile

del

inqu

ency

cas

e ra

te R

ower

than

the

stat

e ra

te. T

en c

ount

ies,

hom

e to

38.

1 pe

rcen

t of

Wes

t Vir

gini

a's

child

ren,

hav

e a

very

hig

h ju

veni

lede

linqu

ency

cas

e ra

te, f

rom

76.

2 to

40.

5. T

he w

orst

rank

ed c

ount

y w

as R

alei

gh, w

hich

add

ed 9

00 c

ases

toth

e sy

stem

in 1

993,

equ

allin

g a

case

rat

e of

70.

4.W

est V

irgi

nia'

s de

linqu

ency

rat

e co

nsis

tent

lyre

mai

ns m

uch

low

er th

an th

e na

tiona

l ave

rage

.T

he m

ost c

urre

nt n

atio

nal r

ate

that

we

are

able

toob

tain

is 4

9.6.

Pag

e 14

32

TE

EN

IN

JUR

Y D

EA

TH

RA

TE

(age

s 15

-19

per

100,

000

teen

s)

The

teen

inju

ry d

eath

rat

e m

easu

res

the

rate

s of

deat

h fo

r yo

uths

age

s 15

to 1

9 fr

om u

nint

entio

nal

inju

ries

, hom

icid

es o

r su

icid

es. U

nint

entio

nal

inju

ries

, suc

h as

aut

o ac

cide

nts,

are

the

lead

ing

caus

es o

f te

en d

eath

s. I

n 19

93, t

here

wer

e 10

1in

jury

-rel

ated

dea

ths

of 1

5 to

19

year

-old

teen

s in

Wes

t Vir

gini

a. T

his

equa

ls a

dea

th r

ate

of 7

0.9

per

100,

000

teen

s of

the

sam

e ag

e. T

here

wer

e 15

2de

aths

in 1

980.

Ove

r th

e la

st 1

3 ye

ars,

the

teen

inju

ry d

eath

rate

dec

reas

ed f

rom

87.

2 in

198

0 to

70.

9 in

199

3, a

decr

ease

of

18.7

per

cent

. The

199

2 na

tiona

l tee

nin

jury

dea

th r

ate,

84.

3, is

wor

se th

an th

e W

est

Vir

gini

a ra

te.

The

198

0 w

hite

teen

inju

ry d

eath

rat

e w

as 6

5.9

perc

ent h

ighe

r th

an th

e bl

ack

teen

inju

ry d

eath

rat

e.B

y 19

93, t

his

tren

d re

vers

ed; t

he te

en in

jury

dea

th r

ate

for

blac

ks w

as 1

8.6

perc

ent h

ighe

r th

an th

e w

hite

teen

inju

ry d

eath

rat

e. T

he 1

980

blac

k ra

te w

as 5

5.8,

and

the

whi

te r

ate

for

1980

was

92.

6. I

n 19

93, t

he b

lack

rate

was

82.

2, a

nd f

or th

e sa

me

year

, the

whi

te r

ate

was

69.

3. O

vera

ll, th

e w

hite

teen

inju

ry d

eath

rat

ede

crea

sed

by 2

5.2

perc

ent o

ver

the

13 y

ears

, and

the

blac

k ra

te in

crea

sed

by 4

7.3

perc

ent.

Res

earc

h sh

ows

that

whe

n te

ens

die

viol

ently

,th

ere

are

ofte

n si

gnif

ican

t gap

s in

the

supp

orts

and

oppo

rtun

ities

that

hav

e be

en a

vaila

ble

to th

em.

Eff

orts

to in

volv

e te

ens

in p

rodu

ctiv

e co

mm

unity

activ

ities

, men

tal h

ealth

ser

vice

s, s

ubst

ance

abu

sepr

ogra

ms,

org

aniz

ed a

fter

-sch

ool a

ctiv

ities

, sup

port

grou

ps a

nd m

ento

r pr

ogra

ms

are

ofte

n la

ckin

g.C

omm

uniti

es th

at f

ill in

thes

e ga

ps c

an h

elp

Wes

tV

irgi

nia

cont

inue

to im

prov

e in

its

over

all r

educ

tion

inth

e nu

mbe

r of

teen

s w

ho d

ie v

iole

ntly

eac

h ye

ar.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

PER

CE

NT

BIR

TH

S T

O M

OT

HE

RS

WIT

H L

ESS

TH

AN

A 1

2TH

GR

AD

E E

DU

CA

TIO

N

Pare

nt e

duca

tion

is th

e be

st p

redi

ctor

of

child

wel

l-be

ing,

par

ticul

arly

con

cern

ing

acad

emic

ach

ieve

-m

ent.

Nat

ionw

ide,

abo

ut o

ne c

hild

in e

very

fiv

e is

born

to a

mot

her

with

less

than

a h

igh

scho

ol e

duca

-tio

n. I

n W

est V

irgi

nia,

abo

ut o

ne c

hild

in e

very

fou

r is

born

to a

mot

her

with

less

than

a h

igh

scho

ol e

duca

-tio

n. T

here

wer

e 5,

453

birt

hs to

mot

hers

with

less

than

a h

igh

scho

ol e

duca

tion

in W

est V

irgi

nia

in19

93. T

his

repr

esen

ts a

lmos

t one

-qua

rter

or

24.6

perc

ent o

f al

l Wes

t Vir

gini

a bi

rths

. In

1980

, the

rew

ere

9,24

8 bi

rths

to m

othe

rs w

ith le

ss th

an a

hig

hsc

hool

edu

catio

n re

pres

entin

g 31

.5 p

erce

nt o

f al

lbi

rths

. Bet

wee

n 19

80 a

nd 1

993,

the

perc

ent b

irth

sto

low

-edu

cate

d m

othe

rs im

prov

ed b

y 21

.8 p

er-

cent

. Nat

iona

lly, t

he 1

993

perc

ent o

f bi

rths

tom

othe

rs w

ith le

ss th

an a

12t

h gr

ade

educ

atio

n w

as22

.9, a

per

cent

som

ewha

t bet

ter

than

Wes

t Vir

-gi

nia. C

ount

ies

whe

re h

igh

num

bers

of

child

ren

born

tom

othe

rs w

ith le

ss th

an a

hig

h sc

hool

edu

catio

n fa

ce a

spec

ial c

halle

nge

of e

duca

ting

mor

e di

sadv

anta

ged

child

ren

and

impr

ovin

g th

e ed

ucat

iona

l lev

el o

f al

lpa

rent

s. T

his

requ

ires

con

tinui

ng e

duca

tion

for

adul

tslif

e lo

ng le

arni

ngpa

rent

sup

port

and

par

ent

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

ms,

as

wel

l as

job

trai

ning

and

job

plac

emen

t. In

Wes

t Vir

gini

a, th

ere

are

som

e ex

em-

plar

y pr

ogra

ms

doin

g ju

st th

is. I

nclu

ded

amon

g th

emar

e th

e E

ven

Star

t pro

gram

s. I

mpr

ovin

g th

e pr

even

-tio

n of

teen

pre

gnan

cy a

nd s

uppo

rt to

kee

p te

ens

who

do g

et p

regn

ant i

n sc

hool

will

be

nece

ssar

y to

con

tinue

the

stat

e's

impr

ovem

ent o

n th

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than

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n

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ount

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opul

atio

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catio

n ex

pend

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r pu

pil

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rel

ated

child

ren

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are

AF

DC

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cent

birt

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early

pre

nata

l car

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al jo

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hig

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indu

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al jo

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low

-pay

ing

indu

strie

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mpl

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ent r

ate

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III

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al p

opul

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n un

der

age

1827

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cent

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ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

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cent

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ority

pop

ulat

ion

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cent

min

ority

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ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

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cent

chi

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n in

sing

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aren

t fam

ilies

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%

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cent

chi

ldre

n in

pov

erty

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ian

fam

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com

e (1

990

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rs)

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ays

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ing!

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ber

6: K

IDS

CO

UN

T in

form

atio

n he

lped

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mun

ity C

ounc

il of

the

Kan

awha

Val

ley

deve

lop

the

Par

ents

As

Tea

cher

s P

rogr

am in

Kan

awha

Cou

nty.

55P

age

25

Cal

houn

Cou

nty

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cent

Cha

nge

1980

-199

3T

rend

Dat

aS

olid

bar

s in

dica

te c

ount

y pe

rcen

t cha

nge

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atte

rned

bar

s in

dica

te s

tate

per

cent

cha

nge

.

Per

cent

low

birt

h-w

eigh

t bab

ies

II

0-S

E.

a

- -E

R+

46.6

1980

Rat

e %

10.7

%

1993

Rat

e %

5.7%

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teR

ate

%

7.1

%

Cou

nty

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k"

7

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

(per

1,0

00 li

ve b

irths

)\

248

16.4

12.3

8.7

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ld d

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rat

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7.6

(age

s 1-

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er 1

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hild

ren)

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18.2

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28.9

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cent

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le c

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ed b

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ages

3-4

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A50

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cent

chi

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n ap

prov

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r fr

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grad

es K

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NA

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100

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chi

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314.

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24.6

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56

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-40

-30

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20+

30+

40+

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on ty

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k is

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d on

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t rec

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ble

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st)

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S C

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posi

te C

ount

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ank

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al p

opul

atio

n8,

250

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catio

n ex

pend

iture

s pe

r pu

pil

(199

3 do

llars

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cent

all

fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

child

ren

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are

AF

DC

rec

ipie

nts

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cent

birt

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pre

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l car

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al jo

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strie

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al p

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n un

der

age

182,

380

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cent

pop

ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

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%

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cent

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ority

pop

ulat

ion

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cent

min

ority

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ulat

ion

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r ag

e 18

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cent

chi

ldre

n in

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le-p

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t fam

ilies

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%

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cent

chi

ldre

n in

pov

erty

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ian

fam

ily in

com

e (1

990

dolla

rs)

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837

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671

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%

5C W

ays

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s A

reC

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ing!

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ber

7: D

onna

Lin

kous

, of W

ar, d

istr

ibut

edda

ta b

ooks

at t

he A

nnua

l Mat

h T

each

ers

Con

fer-

ence

, and

she

gav

e aw

ay fi

ve a

s hi

ghly

cov

eted

door

priz

es. T

each

ers

are

inte

rest

ed in

this

rea

lda

ta fo

r m

ath

activ

ities

and

gra

nt w

ritin

g.

57T

he A

nnie

E. C

asey

Fou

ndat

ion

Cla

y C

ount

y

Per

cent

Cha

nge

1980

-199

3T

r nd

Dat

a1.

1 S

olid

bar

s in

dica

te c

ount

y pe

rcen

t cha

nge

0 P

atte

rned

bar

s in

dica

te s

tate

per

cent

cha

nge

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cato

rs

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cent

low

birt

h-w

eigh

t bab

ies

-N

.

M

= -R

+19

110

Rat

e %

7.2%

1993

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e %

8.0%

Sta

teR

ate

%

7.1%

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nty

Ran

k'

4512

.2

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

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1,0

00 li

ve b

irths

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i!19

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48.

72

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ges

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100

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cent

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ages

3-4

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ldre

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ndre

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grad

es K

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71.9

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54

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49

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ie E

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atio

n

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-40

-30

-20

-10

0+

10+

20+

30+

40

58

+50

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ye R

ank

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ased

on

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t rec

ent a

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ble

data

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best

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S C

OU

NT

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posi

te C

ount

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ts19

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al p

opul

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n ex

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s pe

r pu

pil

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3 do

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9550

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cent

all

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ilies

with

rel

ated

child

ren

who

are

AF

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rec

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nts

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%

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cent

birt

hs w

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rly p

rena

tal c

are

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al jo

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strie

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6%

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al jo

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ing

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strie

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mpl

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ent r

ate

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%

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al p

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n un

der

age

183,

876

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cent

pop

ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

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cent

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ority

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cent

min

ority

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ulat

ion

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r ag

e 18

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cent

chi

ldre

n in

sing

le-p

aren

t fam

ilies

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%

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cent

chi

ldre

n in

pov

erty

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%

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ian

fam

ily in

com

e (1

990

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rs)

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322

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ays

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ount

ing!

Num

ber

8: D

oris

Cob

b an

d th

e S

umm

ers

Cou

nty

Fam

ily R

esou

rce

Net

wor

k ut

ilize

d th

eK

IDS

CO

UN

T d

ata

book

to w

rite

and

rece

ive

five

gran

ts to

talli

ng $

70,2

00. 59

Pag

e 27

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drid

ge C

ount

y

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cent

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nge

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-199

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rend

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lSol

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ars

indi

cate

cou

nty

perc

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te s

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per

cent

cha

nge

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IP

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nt lo

w b

irth-

wei

ght b

abie

s

I

OR

E

L.V

.

BE

TT

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29.1

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9e80%

9.6%

1993

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ate

6.8%

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t eR

ate

%

7.1%

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nty

Ran

k*

24

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nt m

orta

lity

rate

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1,0

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ve b

irths

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39.4

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28.9

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cent

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ages

3-4

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ldre

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54.3

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37

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37

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e 28

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10+

20+

30+

40+

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. ty

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n m

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t ava

ilabl

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=be

st, 5

5.vo

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posi

te C

ount

y R

ank

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al p

opul

atio

n7,

433

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0-2

.7%

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catio

n ex

pend

iture

s pe

r pu

pil

(199

3 do

llars

)$4

,073

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cent

all

fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

child

ren

who

are

AF

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rec

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nts

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cent

birt

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rly p

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al jo

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825

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mpl

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al p

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n un

der

age

182,

281

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cent

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ulat

ion

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r ag

e 18

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cent

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ority

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ulat

ion

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%

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cent

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ority

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ion

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e 18

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cent

chi

ldre

n in

sing

le-p

aren

t fam

ilies

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%

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cent

chi

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n in

pov

erty

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%

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ian

fam

ily in

com

e (1

990

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rs)

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972

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830

4.5%

55W

ays

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s A

reC

ount

ing!

Num

ber

9: O

ne o

f Sen

ator

Roc

kefe

ller's

sta

ffers

uses

the

data

boo

k to

ass

ist i

n le

gisl

ativ

e an

alys

is.

The

ir cu

rren

t cop

y w

as fa

lling

apa

rt fr

om e

xten

sive

use.

Sen

. Roc

kefe

ller

uses

the

data

boo

k fo

r st

atis

tics

whi

le d

ebat

ing

on th

e S

enat

e flo

or.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

Fay

ette

Cou

nty

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cent

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nge

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-199

3T

rend

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lSol

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ars

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cou

nty

perc

ent c

hang

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bar

s in

dica

te s

tate

per

cent

cha

nge

III

.

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cent

low

birt

h-w

eigh

t bab

ies

I1

SE

9.0 \

- -I

I

6 4%

7 0%

- 7 1%

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nty

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k

25

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

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00 li

ve b

irths

).\\

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MIL

'IL'

j14

68

68

729

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rat

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ges

1-14

per

100

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al p

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n un

der

age

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e 18

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cent

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n in

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cent

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n in

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ily in

com

e (1

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ber

10: L

inda

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all,

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ctor

of H

ead

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rt, u

sed

KID

S C

OU

NT

dat

a to

sub

mit

apr

opos

al to

the

Mot

t Fou

ndat

ion

for

a "T

een

Mom

s In

Sch

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prog

ram

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age

29

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er C

ount

y

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cent

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nge

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rend

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cent

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ages

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52

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age

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ber

11: N

ancy

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of t

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nty

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epar

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t, sa

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at th

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luab

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her

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data

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sed

for

prog

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pla

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g, c

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unity

pres

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tions

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gra

nt w

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E. C

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ndat

ion

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nt C

ount

y

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cent

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nge

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-199

3T

rend

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aS

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nge

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12: D

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inT

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ays

the

form

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dat

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the

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ser-

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age

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cent

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rend

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rs

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loca

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the

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N

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16: T

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dat

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hard

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spire

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mun

ity to

do

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out c

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nge

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27: P

eter

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ford

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trat

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pita

l, M

artin

sbur

g, h

as u

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the

data

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39: M

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y C

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aI

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TT

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lect

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s 15

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ey F

ound

atio

n

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

0+

10+

20+

30+

40+

50

122

("C

oo ty

Ran

k is

be

ad o

n m

ost w

ont a

vaila

ble

data

. 1.b

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55oi

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t)

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S C

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posi

te C

ount

y R

ank

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und

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ts19

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nge

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al p

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n38

,181

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catio

n ex

pend

iture

s pe

r pu

pil

(199

3 do

llars

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8932

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cent

all

fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

child

ren

who

are

AF

DC

rec

ipie

nts

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7.3%

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%

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cent

birt

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ithea

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rena

tal c

are

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al jo

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al jo

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strie

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mpl

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ts19

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Tot

al p

opul

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n un

der

age

1811

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cent

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ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

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cent

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ority

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ion

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cent

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r ag

e 18

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cent

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n in

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t fam

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cent

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ldre

n in

pov

erty

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ian

fam

ily in

com

e (1

990

dolla

rs)

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448

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ays

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s A

re%

# C

ount

ing!

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ber

40: M

ary

Tob

org

of L

ando

ver,

MD

, is

a re

sear

cher

in th

e E

aste

rn P

anha

ndle

. She

uses

the

book

ofte

n an

d be

lieve

s it

has

insp

ired

plan

ning

to m

eet t

he m

ajor

nee

ds o

fch

ildre

n.

123

Pag

e 59

Ral

eigh

Cou

nty

Per

cent

Cha

nge

1980

-199

3T

rend

Dat

aS

olid

bar

s in

dica

te c

ount

y pe

rcen

t cha

nge

ES

3 P

atte

rned

bar

s in

dica

te s

tate

per

cent

cha

nge

.

Per

cent

low

birt

h-w

eigh

t bab

ies

- W

OR

SE

20.7

M.

- -R

+1

Rat

e80%

7 2%

19 9

3R

ate

%

8.7%

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teR

ate

,

7.1%

52

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nt m

orta

lity

rate

(per

1,0

00 li

ve b

irths

)1.

612

.912

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747

\N

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ld d

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e(a

ges

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100

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chi

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38.1

32.5

28.9

32

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cent

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le c

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ren

serv

ed b

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cent

chi

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prov

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r fr

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grad

es K

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NA

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29

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NA

294.

131

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27

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s 15

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per

1,00

0 fe

mal

es)

N28

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ens

(age

s 10

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...kkk

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45

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h sc

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NV

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43

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hers

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t

Pag

e 60

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

0+

10+

20+

30+

40

124

+50

('Cou

nty

Ran

k is

bas

ed o

n m

ost r

ecen

t ava

ilabl

e;da

ta. I

nbes

k 55

=w

orst

)

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

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posi

te C

ount

y R

ank

50

:e

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al p

opul

atio

n86

,821

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40-1

0.3%

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catio

n ex

pend

iture

s pe

r pu

pil

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3 do

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3044

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ilies

with

rel

ated

child

ren

who

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al jo

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al jo

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al p

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n un

der

age

1826

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r ag

e 18

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ority

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r ag

e 18

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ber

41: N

orm

an M

oore

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ublic

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lthA

dmin

istr

ator

from

Key

ser,

say

s th

e bo

ok h

asin

spire

d hi

m to

bec

ome

mor

e ac

tive

in c

om-

mun

ity h

ealth

ass

essm

ent.

125

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Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

Ran

dolp

h C

ount

y

Per

cent

Cha

nge

1980

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3T

rend

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aS

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bar

s in

dica

te c

ount

y pe

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t cha

nge

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cent

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birt

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t bab

ies

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OR

SE

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%

5.0%

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e %

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leR

ate

%

7.1%

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nty

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k

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nt m

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prov

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grad

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NA

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44

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372.

331

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54.7

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25

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55.6

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27

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L.W

24.9

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31

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

0+

10+

20+

30+

40+

50

126

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ty R

ank

is b

ased

on

mos

t vac

ant a

vaila

ble

data

, 1=

best

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wor

st)

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S C

OU

NT

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te C

ount

y R

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30

Bac

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und

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ts19

8019

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hang

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al p

opul

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n28

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28,6

05-0

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catio

n ex

pend

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s pe

r pu

pil

(199

3 do

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1133

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cent

all

fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

child

ren

who

are

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DC

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8.2%

11.9

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cent

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are

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al jo

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strie

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3,67

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al jo

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241

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mpl

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I

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al p

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n un

der

age

188,

071

6,71

5-1

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cent

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ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

28.1

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cent

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ority

pop

ulat

ion

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1.3%

6.3%

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cent

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ority

pop

ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

0.7%

1.1%

50.2

%

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cent

chi

ldre

n in

sing

le-p

aren

t fam

ilies

10.8

%16

.6%

53.8

%

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cent

chi

ldre

n in

pov

erty

21.0

%29

.9%

42.6

%

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ian

fam

ily in

com

e (1

990

dolla

rs)

$23,

483

$21,

522

-8.4

%

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Way

s K

ids

Are

Cou

ntin

g!N

umbe

r 42

: Fai

th T

hom

pson

, Big

Bro

ther

s/B

ig S

iste

rs o

f the

Eas

tern

Pan

hand

le,

educ

ates

fam

ilies

and

vol

unte

ers

with

the

data

. She

say

s th

e bo

ok h

as in

crea

sed

awar

enes

s of

pro

blem

s.

127

Pag

e 61

Ritc

hie

Cou

nty

Per

cent

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nge

1980

-199

3T

rend

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a11

11 S

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bar

s in

dica

te c

ount

y pe

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t cha

nge

in P

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bar

s in

dica

te s

tate

per

cent

cha

nge

.

Per

cent

low

birt

h-w

eigh

t bab

ies

II

1--

-E

.14

BE

TT

ER

28.0

+.

7.4%

1993

Rat

e %

5.3%

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teR

ate

%

7.1%

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nty

Ran

k'

4

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

(per

1,0

00 li

ve b

irths

)\

\66

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98.

712

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ld d

eath

rat

e(a

ges

1-14

per

100

,000

chi

ldre

n)\

V10

0.0

13.4

0.0

28.9

1

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cent

of e

ligib

le c

hild

ren

serv

ed b

yH

ead

Sta

rt (

ages

3-4

)N

A36

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47.2

%43

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cent

chi

ldre

n ap

prov

ed fo

r fr

ee a

ndre

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ls (

grad

es K

-12)

NA

54.7

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38

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buse

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lect

rat

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00 c

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NA

1,19

9.0

314.

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55.9

17

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62.8

(age

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33.8

284.

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52

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hers

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less

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e ed

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ion

l17.1

V29

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24.8

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28

Pag

e 62

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

0+

10+

20+

30+

40+

50

128

('Cou

ly R

ank

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ased

on

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t rec

ent a

vaila

ble

data

, leb

est,

55 =

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at)

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S C

OU

NT

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und

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ts19

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hang

e

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al p

opul

atio

n11

,442

10,2

24-1

0.6%

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catio

n ex

pend

iture

s pe

r pu

pil

(199

3 do

llars

)$3

,571

$5,9

0365

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Per

cent

all

fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

child

ren

who

are

AF

DC

rec

ipie

nts

6.1%

13.7

%12

4.3%

Per

cent

birt

hs w

ithea

rly p

rena

tal c

are

67.6

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4.8%

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al jo

bs in

hig

h-pa

ying

indu

strie

s1,

877

2,13

013

.5%

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al jo

bs in

low

-pay

ing

indu

strie

s1,

008

1,37

336

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mpl

oym

ent r

ate

13.0

%16

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27.1

%

111

Tot

al p

opul

atio

n un

der

age

183,

258

2,50

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cent

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ion

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r ag

e 18

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cent

min

ority

pop

ulat

ion

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cent

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ion

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r ag

e 18

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cent

chi

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sing

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t fam

ilies

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cent

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n in

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erty

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ian

fam

ily in

com

e (1

990

dolla

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ber

43: T

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nty

FR

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the

data

to p

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re a

cou

nty

Fam

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wor

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lan

and

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ves

the

data

and

thei

rac

tiviti

es h

ave

brou

ght t

he c

omm

unity

toge

ther

to s

erve

fam

ilies

mor

e ef

fect

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y.

129

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

Roa

ne C

ount

y

Per

cent

Cha

nge

1980

-199

3T

rend

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t cha

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nty

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nt m

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cent

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fam

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ie E

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ey F

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n

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nty

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cent

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nge

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rend

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te c

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ated

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cent

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ian

fam

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990

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729

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ters

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velo

ped

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wic

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teen

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rs, a

rep

orte

r fo

rW

CH

S-T

V, r

efer

s to

her

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a bo

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tics

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epar

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for

her

wee

kly

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kid

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lled,

"W

edne

sday

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139

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e 67

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rend

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49: T

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nor's

Cab

inet

on

Chi

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n an

d F

amili

es r

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s to

the

KID

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sta

tistic

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ns.

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unt

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ber

50: T

he W

V C

hild

ren'

s H

ealth

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ject

,fu

nded

by

the

Cla

ude

Wor

thin

gton

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edum

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ndat

ion,

use

d K

IDS

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to p

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ader

s to

exp

and

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tV

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hild

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s he

alth

insu

ranc

e.

143

Pag

e 69

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ster

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rmat

ion

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urre

nt, r

elia

ble

and

itfo

cuse

s on

Wes

t Virg

inia

's c

hild

ren.

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e 73

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S C

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NT

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ian

fam

ily in

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e (1

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rs)

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ays

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s A

rei C

ount

ing!

Num

ber

55: W

ith a

$2,

000

KID

S C

OU

NT

Min

i-G

rant

, Ste

p-B

y-S

tep

and

the

WV

Cha

pter

of t

heN

atio

nal C

ounc

il of

Jew

ish

Wom

en w

ent o

n to

urw

ith "

Cha

rley'

s P

lace

", a

pla

y on

fost

er c

are

tora

ise

deba

te a

bout

chi

ldre

n's

issu

es.

153

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

WEST VIRGINIA

r rt: w

0 c a

Def

initi

ons,

Met

hodo

logy

And

Sou

rces

How

an

indi

cato

r or

bac

kgro

und

fact

or w

as c

onst

ruct

ed is

pres

ente

d w

hen

staf

f at t

he S

urve

y R

esea

rch

Cen

ter

perf

orm

edca

lcul

atio

ns to

det

erm

ine

rate

s or

per

cent

ages

.In

dica

tor

or b

ackg

roun

d fa

ctor

cla

rific

atio

n is

pro

vide

d fo

rth

ose

varia

bles

nee

ding

som

e ex

plan

atio

n ab

out t

he d

ata;

this

does

not

app

ly to

eve

ry v

aria

ble.

Dat

a so

urce

s ar

e th

e sa

me

for

both

sta

te a

nd c

ount

yun

less

oth

erw

ise

spec

ified

. Whe

n th

e na

tiona

l dat

a so

urce

was

diffe

rent

from

the

stat

e or

cou

nty

sour

ce, t

here

are

hea

ding

ssp

ecify

ing

diffe

rent

sta

te a

nd n

atio

nal s

ourc

es.

CH

ILD

AB

US

E/N

EG

LEC

T R

AT

E

(per

100

,000

chi

ldre

n)In

dica

tor:

The

num

ber

of s

ubst

antia

ted

abus

e an

d ne

glec

t cas

es "

open

ed"

durin

g F

Y 1

993-

94 fo

r fu

rthe

r se

rvic

ing

by a

soc

ial w

orke

r pe

r10

0,00

0 ch

ildre

n.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t the

sta

te a

nd c

ount

y le

vel,

this

indi

cato

r is

a r

ate

per

100,

000

child

ren

base

d on

199

3-19

94 fi

scal

yea

r da

ta. T

he r

ate

is c

alcu

-la

ted

as 1

00,0

00 ti

mes

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

unde

r 18

hav

ing

"ope

n" s

ubst

antia

ted

abus

e an

d ne

glec

t cas

es d

ivid

ed b

y th

e to

-ta

l num

ber

of c

hild

ren

unde

r 18

.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

No

tren

d da

ta h

as b

een

calc

ulat

ed fo

r th

is in

dica

tor

due

to th

eun

avai

labi

lity

of 1

980

data

. The

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

unde

r 18

isba

sed

on 1

990

cens

us d

ata.

Cab

ell,

Jack

son,

Roa

ne, K

anaw

ha,

Bar

bour

, Pre

ston

, Tay

lor,

McD

owel

l and

Wyo

min

g C

ount

ies

wer

eno

ted

to h

ave

"inco

mpl

ete

data

".D

iffer

ence

s in

the

repo

rtin

gpr

oced

ures

of i

ndiv

idua

l cou

ntie

s w

ill e

ffect

the

indi

vidu

al c

ount

yra

tes,

and

, the

refo

re, l

imits

the

com

paris

on o

f rat

es a

cros

s co

un-

ties.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1993

) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

and

Hum

anR

esou

rces

, Ann

ual B

ulle

tin, F

isca

l Yea

r be

ginn

ing

July

1, 1

993

and

endi

ng J

une

30, 1

994.

Pag

e 76

156

CH

ILD

DE

AT

H R

AT

E

(age

s 1-

14 p

er 1

00,0

00 c

hild

ren)

Indi

cato

r:T

he n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

due

to a

ll ca

uses

of c

hild

ren

betw

een

the

ages

of 1

-14

year

s pe

r 10

0,00

0 ch

ildre

n.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is v

aria

ble

is a

rat

e pe

r 10

0,00

0ch

ildre

n ba

sed

on a

thre

e-ye

ar a

vera

ge (

1978

, 197

9 an

d 19

80fo

r 19

80 a

nd 1

991,

199

2 an

d 19

93 fo

r 19

93).

The

rat

e is

cal

cu-

late

d as

100

,000

tim

es th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

ld d

eath

s du

e to

all

caus

es d

ivid

ed b

y th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n ag

es 1

-14.

The

natio

nal r

ate

is c

alcu

late

d in

the

sam

e m

anne

r, b

ut it

is b

ased

only

on

1992

dat

a an

d no

t on

a th

ree-

year

ave

rage

.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

Due

to th

e sm

all n

umbe

r of

chi

ld d

eath

s on

the

coun

ty le

vel,

asm

all c

hang

e in

the

actu

al n

umbe

r fr

om th

e pe

riod

1980

to 1

993

may

res

ult i

n a

larg

e pe

rcen

tage

cha

nge

for

tren

d da

ta. T

he n

um-

ber

of c

hild

ren

1-14

yea

rs o

ld is

bas

ed o

n 19

90 c

ensu

s da

ta.

1993

nat

iona

l dat

a is

not

ava

ilabl

e at

this

tim

e; 1

992

data

has

been

use

d.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

80, 1

993)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lthan

d H

uman

Res

ourc

es, B

urea

u of

Pub

lic H

ealth

, Offi

ce o

f Epi

de-

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s C

ente

r, C

harle

s-to

n, W

V.

Nat

iona

l (19

92)

Adv

ance

Rep

ort o

f Fin

al M

orta

lity

Sta

tistic

s, 1

992.

Mon

thly

Vita

l Sta

tistic

s R

epor

t, V

ol 4

3 N

o 6,

Sup

pl. H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d: N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r H

ealth

Sta

tis-

tics.

199

4.

ED

UC

AT

ION

EX

PE

ND

ITU

RE

S P

ER

PU

PIL

(199

3 D

olla

rs)

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t:C

urre

nt p

er p

upil

expe

nditu

res

base

d on

ave

rage

dai

ly a

ttend

ance

for

publ

ic s

choo

l pro

gram

s pr

e-ki

nder

gart

en th

roug

h 12

th g

rade

expr

esse

d in

199

3 co

nsta

nt d

olla

rs.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?F

or c

ompa

rison

pur

pose

s, e

duca

tiona

l exp

endi

ture

dat

a fo

r 19

80-

1981

wer

e co

nver

ted

into

199

3 do

llars

; a d

efla

tor

of .5

31 w

aspr

ovid

ed b

y th

e N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r E

duca

tion

Sta

tistic

s.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion:

198

0-19

81E

duca

tiona

l Sta

tistic

s S

umm

ary

Ann

ual R

epor

t, P

age

137.

(19

93)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n: E

xpen

ditu

res

on a

Per

Pup

il B

asis

Gen

eral

Cur

rent

Exp

ense

Fun

d fo

r th

e 19

93-9

4 Y

ear.

INF

AN

T M

OR

TA

LIT

Y R

AT

E(p

er 1

,000

live

birt

hs)

Indi

cato

r:T

he n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

of in

fant

s un

der

one

year

of a

ge p

er 1

,000

live

birt

hs.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is v

aria

ble

is a

rat

e pe

r 1,

000

live

birt

hs b

ased

on

a th

ree-

year

ave

rage

(19

78, 1

979

and

1980

for

1980

and

199

1, 1

992

and

1993

for

1993

). T

he r

ate

is c

alcu

late

das

1,0

00 ti

mes

the

num

ber

of in

fant

dea

ths

due

to a

ll ca

uses

divi

ded

by th

e nu

mbe

r of

tota

l birt

hs. A

t the

nat

iona

l lev

el, t

hera

te is

cal

cula

ted

as 1

,000

tim

es th

e nu

mbe

r of

infa

nt d

eath

s in

1992

div

ided

by

the

num

ber

of li

ve b

irths

in 1

992.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

Due

to th

e sm

all n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

to in

fant

s un

der

one

year

of

age

on th

e co

unty

leve

l, a

smal

l cha

nge

in th

e ac

tual

num

ber

from

the

perio

d 19

80 to

199

3 m

ay r

esul

t in

a la

rge

perc

enta

gech

ange

for

tren

d da

ta. 1

993

natio

nal d

ata

is n

ot a

vaila

ble

at th

istim

e; 1

992

data

has

bee

n us

ed.

Dat

a S

ourc

es:

Sta

te (

1980

, 199

3) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth, O

ffice

of E

pide

-m

iolo

gy a

nd H

ealth

Pro

mot

ion,

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics

Cen

ter,

Cha

rles-

ton,

WV

. Nat

iona

l (19

92)

Adv

ance

Rep

ort o

f Fin

al M

orta

lity

Sta

-tis

tics,

199

2. M

onth

ly V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort,

Vol

43

No

6, S

uppl

.H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d: N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s. 1

994.

157

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

Def

initi

ons

Met

hodo

logy

And

, Sou

rces

,

JUV

EN

ILE

DE

LIN

QU

EN

CY

CA

SE

RA

TE

(age

s 10

-19

per

1,00

0 yo

uths

)In

dica

tor:

The

num

ber

of d

elin

quen

cy c

ases

rep

orte

d pe

r 1,

000

yout

hsag

es 1

0-19

. The

se c

ases

incl

ude

child

ren

accu

sed

of s

tatu

sof

fens

es, m

isde

mea

nors

and

felo

nies

.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

his

varia

ble

is a

rat

e pe

r 1,

000

yout

hs b

ased

on

the

repo

rtin

gpe

riod

of J

uly

1, 1

993

thro

ugh

June

30,

199

4. T

he r

ate

isca

lcul

ated

as

1,00

0 tim

es th

e nu

mbe

r of

rep

orte

d de

linqu

ency

case

s fo

r yo

uths

age

s 10

-19

divi

ded

by th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

child

ren

ages

10-

19.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

No

tren

ds a

re c

alcu

late

d fo

r th

is in

dica

tor

due

to th

e un

avai

l-ab

ility

of d

ata

in 1

980.

The

num

ber

of 1

0-19

yea

r-ol

ds is

bas

edon

199

0 ce

nsus

dat

a.T

he s

ame

child

can

be

the

subj

ect o

fm

ore

than

one

cas

e ov

er th

e re

port

ing

year

.T

his

case

rat

ere

flect

s th

e nu

mbe

r of

juve

nile

del

inqu

ency

cas

es th

at w

ere

repo

rted

as

bein

g ha

ndle

d st

atew

ide;

it is

not

an

adju

dica

tion

rate

.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

93)

WV

Sup

rem

e C

ourt

of A

ppea

ls,

Juve

nile

Jus

tice

Com

mitt

ee. J

uven

ile D

elin

quen

cy in

Wes

t Vir-

gini

a, A

nnua

l Rep

ort,

July

1, 1

993

to J

une

30, 1

994.

Juv

enile

Just

ice

Dat

a B

ase,

Tab

le IV

, Pag

e 14

. Nat

iona

l (19

90)

Nat

iona

lC

ente

r fo

r Ju

veni

le J

ustic

e, P

ittsb

urgh

, PA

. Unp

ublis

hed

sta-

tistic

s, 1

990.

ME

DIA

N F

AM

ILY

INC

OM

E (

1990

Dol

lars

)B

ackg

roun

d F

act:

Tha

t fam

ily in

com

e at

whi

ch fi

fty p

erce

nt o

f all

fam

ilies

hav

e a

high

er in

com

e, a

nd fi

fty p

erce

nt o

f all

fam

ilies

hav

e a

low

erin

com

e. B

oth

1980

and

199

0 m

edia

n fa

mily

inco

mes

are

ex-

pres

sed

in c

onst

ant 1

990

dolla

rs.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

he m

edia

n fa

mily

inco

me

is b

ased

on

cens

us d

ata.

To

arriv

eat

the

1980

med

ian

fam

ily in

com

e in

199

0 do

llars

, the

198

0

med

ian

fam

ily in

com

e w

as d

ivid

ed b

y a

defla

tor

of .6

5.

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t Cla

rific

atio

n:D

ata

for

this

var

iabl

e is

not

upd

atab

le fo

r 19

93 o

n th

e st

ate

orco

unty

leve

ls a

nd is

ther

efor

e pr

esen

ted

as 1

990

data

on

thes

ele

vels

.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opu-

latio

n an

d H

ousi

ng, 1

980:

Sum

mar

y T

ape

File

3C

, (T

able

74)

/P

repa

red

by th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

u-re

au (

WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

, 199

2.(1

990)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

s-in

g 19

90: S

umm

ary

Tap

e F

ile 3

C, (

Tab

le 1

07A

)/P

repa

red

byth

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

urea

u (W

V U

ni-

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

, 199

2.

PE

RC

EN

T A

LL F

AM

ILIE

S W

ITH

RE

LAT

ED

CH

ILD

RE

N W

HO

AR

EA

FD

C R

EC

IPIE

NT

S

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

chi

ldre

n w

ho r

ecei

vepu

blic

ass

ista

nce

unde

r th

e A

id to

Fam

ilies

with

Dep

ende

ntC

hild

ren

(AF

DC

) or

Aid

to F

amili

es w

ith D

epen

dent

Chi

ldre

n-U

nem

ploy

ed P

rogr

am (

AF

DC

-U).

Elig

ibili

ty fo

r th

is p

rogr

amis

inco

me-

base

d.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at th

e pe

rcen

tage

, the

tota

l of A

FD

C a

nd A

FD

C-U

cas

esar

e di

vide

d by

the

num

ber

of fa

mili

es w

ith r

elat

ed c

hild

ren.

Fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

chi

ldre

n ar

e co

mpr

ised

of m

arrie

d co

uple

sw

ith r

elat

ed c

hild

ren,

fem

ale

head

s w

ith r

elat

ed c

hild

ren

and

mal

e he

ads

with

rel

ated

chi

ldre

n. A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l,th

is b

ackg

roun

d fa

ct is

a p

erce

ntag

e ba

sed

on a

thre

e-ye

arav

erag

e (F

Y 7

8-79

, 79-

80 a

nd 8

0-81

for

1980

and

FY

91-

92,

92-9

3 an

d 93

-94

for

1993

.)

Dat

a Li

mita

tions

:T

he n

umbe

r of

fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

chi

ldre

n is

bas

ed o

n 19

90ce

nsus

dat

a.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

nW

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T

158

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

and

Hum

anR

esou

rces

. Fis

cal Y

ear

78-7

9, 7

9-80

, 80-

81; u

npub

lishe

d an

-nu

al b

ulle

tin fr

om O

ffice

of A

udits

, Res

earc

h an

d A

naly

-si

s.(1

993)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth a

nd H

uman

Res

ourc

es.

Fis

cal Y

ear

91-9

2, 9

2-93

and

93-

94 fo

r 19

93; u

npub

lishe

d an

-nu

al b

ulle

tin fr

om O

ffice

of A

udits

, Res

earc

h an

d A

naly

sis.

PE

RC

EN

T B

IRT

HS

TO

MO

TH

ER

S W

ITH

LE

SS

TH

AN

A 1

2th

GR

AD

E E

DU

CA

TIO

N

Indi

cato

r:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

all

birt

hs to

mot

hers

with

less

than

a 1

2th

grad

e ed

ucat

ion.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is b

ased

on

a th

ree-

year

ave

rage

(19

78, 1

979

and

1980

for

1980

and

199

1, 1

992

and

1993

for

1993

). T

he n

umer

ator

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

birt

hs to

mot

hers

"w

ith le

ss th

an a

12t

h gr

ade

educ

atio

n" d

ivid

ed b

yth

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

birt

hs. T

he n

atio

nal f

igur

e is

cal

cula

ted

inth

e sa

me

way

as

stat

e an

d co

unty

figu

res,

but

is b

ased

on

data

from

one

yea

r, 1

993.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

The

bas

e po

pula

tion

is a

ll bi

rths

to m

othe

rs, r

egar

dles

s of

age

.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

80, 1

993)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lthan

d H

uman

Res

ourc

es, B

urea

u of

Pub

lic H

ealth

, Offi

ce o

f Epi

-de

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s C

ente

r,C

harle

ston

, WV

.N

atio

nal (

1993

) A

dvan

ce R

epor

t of F

inal

Nat

ality

Sta

tistic

s, 1

993.

Mon

thly

Vita

l Sta

tistic

s R

epor

t; V

ol44

No

3, S

upp.

Hya

ttsvi

lle, M

aryl

and:

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Hea

lthS

tatis

tics.

199

5.

PE

RC

EN

T B

IRT

HS

TO

UN

MA

RR

IED

TE

EN

S (

ages

10-

19)

Indi

cato

r:A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is th

e pe

rcen

tage

of

live

birt

hs w

hich

are

to u

nmar

ried

wom

en a

ges

10-1

9. A

t ana

tiona

l lev

el, t

he p

erce

ntag

e re

pres

ents

live

birt

hs w

hich

are

to u

nmar

ried

wom

en u

nder

20

year

s of

age

.

159

Pag

e 77

Def

initi

ons,

Met

hodo

logy

And

Sou

rces

, con

tinue

d

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is b

ased

on

a th

ree-

year

aver

age

(197

8, 1

979

and

1980

for

1980

and

199

1, 1

992

and

1993

for

1993

). T

he n

umer

ator

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

birt

hs to

un-

mar

ried

teen

s ag

es 1

0-19

; the

den

omin

ator

is th

e to

tal n

umbe

rof

birt

hs. N

atio

nal d

ata

is c

alcu

late

d by

div

idin

g th

e nu

mbe

r of

birt

hs to

unm

arrie

d te

ens

unde

r ag

e 20

by

the

tota

l num

ber

ofbi

rths

. Nat

iona

l dat

a is

bas

ed o

nly

on 1

993

data

.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

Due

to th

e sm

all n

umbe

r of

birt

hs to

unm

arrie

d te

ens

in s

ome

coun

ties,

a s

mal

l cha

nge

in th

e ac

tual

num

ber

from

the

perio

d19

80 to

199

3 m

ay r

esul

t in

a la

rge

perc

enta

ge c

hang

e fo

r tr

end

data

. The

bas

e po

pula

tion

for

this

indi

cato

r is

the

birt

hs to

all

mot

hers

, reg

ardl

ess

of a

ge.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(198

0, 1

993)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth a

ndH

uman

Res

ourc

es, B

urea

u of

Pub

lic H

ealth

, Offi

ce o

f Epi

dem

iol-

ogy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s C

ente

r, C

harle

ston

,W

V; 1

980

is a

n av

erag

e of

197

8, 1

979

and

1980

, and

199

3 da

tais

an

aver

age

of 1

991,

199

2 an

d 19

93. N

atio

nal (

1993

) A

d-va

nce

Rep

ort o

f Fin

al N

atal

ity S

tatis

tics,

199

3. M

onth

ly V

ital S

ta-

tistic

s R

epor

t; V

ol 4

4 N

o 3,

Sup

p. H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d:N

a-

tiona

l Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics.

199

5.

PE

RC

EN

T B

IRT

HS

WIT

H E

AR

LY P

RE

NA

TA

L C

AR

EB

ackg

roun

d F

act:

The

per

cent

age

of li

ve b

irths

that

are

to w

omen

who

beg

an p

re-

nata

l car

e in

the

first

thre

e m

onth

s of

thei

r pr

egna

ncy.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is v

aria

ble

is a

per

cent

age,

bas

edon

a th

ree-

year

ave

rage

(19

78, 1

979

and

1980

for

1980

and

1991

, 199

2 an

d 19

93 fo

r 19

93).

The

num

erat

or fo

r th

e va

ri-ab

le is

the

num

ber

of m

othe

rs w

ith fi

rst t

rimes

ter

care

; the

deno

min

ator

is a

ll bi

rths

with

kno

wn

pren

atal

car

e. N

atio

nal

data

is b

ased

on

the

num

ber

of m

othe

rs r

ecei

ving

firs

t trim

es-

ter

pren

atal

car

e in

199

3 di

vide

d by

the

tota

l birt

hs w

ith k

now

npr

enat

al c

are

durin

g 19

93.

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t Cla

rific

atio

n:Li

ve b

irths

to w

omen

who

did

not

rep

ort t

he m

onth

in w

hich

pren

atal

car

e w

as s

tart

ed w

ere

excl

uded

from

the

com

puta

-tio

n. T

his

varia

ble

does

not

tell

us a

nyth

ing

abou

t the

qua

lity,

freq

uenc

y or

con

sist

ency

of c

are

that

the

mot

her

rece

ived

dur

-in

g th

is ti

me.

Lac

k of

ear

ly p

rena

tal c

are

does

not

in a

nd o

fits

elf c

ause

poo

r bi

rth

outc

omes

.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

80, 1

993)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lthan

d H

uman

Res

ourc

es, B

urea

u of

Pub

lic H

ealth

, Offi

ce o

f Epi

-de

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s C

ente

r,C

harle

ston

, WV

. Nat

iona

l (19

93)

Adv

ance

Rep

ort o

f Fin

al N

a-ta

lity

Sta

tistic

s, 1

993.

Mon

thly

Vita

l Sta

tistic

s R

epor

t; V

ol 4

4N

o 3,

Sup

p. H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d: N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s. 1

995.

PE

RC

EN

T C

HIL

DR

EN

AP

PR

OV

ED

FO

R F

RE

E A

ND

RE

DU

CE

D S

CH

OO

L M

EA

LS (

grad

es K

-12)

Indi

cato

r:T

he p

erce

nt o

f all

enro

lled

child

ren

in g

rade

s K

-12

who

hav

eap

plie

d an

d be

en a

ppro

ved

for

free

or

redu

ced

scho

ol m

eals

.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a c

ount

y an

d st

ate

leve

l, th

is v

aria

ble

is a

per

cent

age

base

don

199

4-19

95 fi

scal

yea

r da

ta. T

he n

umer

ator

is th

e nu

mbe

rof

sub

mitt

ed a

nd a

ppro

ved

appl

icat

ions

for

free

or

redu

ced

pric

e sc

hool

mea

ls in

gra

des

K-1

2;th

e de

nom

inat

or is

the

tota

l stu

dent

enr

ollm

ent i

n gr

ades

K-1

2.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

No

tren

d da

ta h

as b

een

calc

ulat

ed fo

r th

is in

dica

tor.

The

num

-be

r of

chi

ldre

n w

ho a

re e

ligib

le fo

r fr

ee a

nd r

educ

ed s

choo

lm

eals

is th

ough

t to

be u

nder

coun

ted

sinc

e no

t all

elig

ible

per

-so

ns r

etur

n th

e ap

plic

atio

n fo

rm. I

t is

estim

ated

that

app

roxi

-m

atel

y 17

per

cent

of i

ncom

e el

igib

le n

atio

nally

do

not a

pply

for

free

or

redu

ced

scho

ol m

eals

. Whi

le th

is in

dica

tor

is b

eing

used

in li

eu o

f the

"P

erce

nt C

hild

ren

in P

over

ty,"

the

actu

alpe

rcen

tage

rec

eivi

ng fr

ee o

r re

duce

d sc

hool

mea

ls w

ill b

ehi

gher

sin

ce e

ligib

ility

for

free

sch

ool m

eals

is a

t 130

per

cent

of p

over

ty a

nd r

educ

ed is

at 1

85 p

erce

nt o

f pov

erty

.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

94)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n, O

f-fic

e of

Chi

ld N

utrit

ion,

Cha

rlest

on, W

V. W

V C

hild

Nut

ritio

nP

rogr

ams,

Per

cent

age

of N

eedy

Stu

dent

s, O

ctob

er F

isca

l Yea

r19

94-1

995.

Nat

iona

l (19

94)

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

:C

hild

Nut

ritio

n D

ivis

ion,

Foo

d an

d N

utrit

ion

Ser

vice

. Mon

thly

Pro

gram

Rep

ort,

Oct

ober

, 199

4.

PE

RC

EN

T C

HIL

DR

EN

IN P

OV

ER

TY

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

chi

ldre

n un

der

18 y

ears

of a

ge w

ho li

ve in

pove

rty

as d

efin

ed b

y th

e U

.S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

The

pov

-er

ty th

resh

old

for

a fa

mily

of f

our

pers

ons

was

$13

,360

in 1

990.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at th

e pe

rcen

t chi

ldre

n in

pov

erty

, the

tota

l num

ber

ofch

ildre

n be

low

the

pove

rty

leve

l is

divi

ded

by th

e to

tal n

umbe

rof

chi

ldre

n un

der

age

18.

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t Cla

rific

atio

n:D

ata

for

this

var

iabl

e is

not

upd

atab

le a

t the

sta

te o

r co

unty

leve

ls fo

r 19

93 a

nd is

ther

efor

e pr

esen

ted

as 1

990

data

.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

80)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

sing

, 198

0: C

hara

cter

istic

s of

the

Pop

ula-

tion,

Cha

pter

D, D

etai

led

Pop

ulat

ion

Cha

ract

eris

tics,

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

Sum

mar

y (P

C80

-1-D

1-A

), T

able

304

, Was

hing

ton:

Bu-

reau

of t

he C

ensu

s (W

V U

nive

rsity

Offi

ce o

f Hea

lth S

ervi

ces

Res

earc

h), 1

984.

(19

90)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

sing

, 199

0: S

umm

ary

Tap

e F

ile 3

C, (

Tab

leP

117)

/Pre

pare

d by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. -

Was

hing

ton:

The

Bur

eau

(WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

,19

92. N

atio

nal (

1980

) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

198

0 C

ensu

sof

Pop

ulat

ion.

Cha

ract

eris

tics

of th

e P

opul

atio

n. C

hapt

er B

,G

ener

al P

opul

atio

n C

hara

cter

istic

s, P

C80

-1-B

1, B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus,

198

3. (

1990

) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opu-

latio

n an

d H

ousi

ng 1

990:

Sum

mar

y T

ape

File

3C

(T

able

P12

6)/

Pre

pare

d by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. -

Was

hing

ton:

The

Bu-

reau

(W

V U

nive

rsity

Offi

ce o

f Hea

lth S

ervi

ces

Res

earc

h), 1

992.

Pag

e 78

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

160

161

finiti

ons,

Met

hodo

logy

And

Sou

rces

, con

tinue

d

PE

RC

EN

T C

HIIL

DR

EN

IN S

ING

LE-P

AR

EN

T F

AM

ILIE

S

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

"ow

n" c

hild

ren

unde

r ag

e 18

who

live

in fa

mi-

lies

head

ed b

y a

pers

on w

ithou

t a s

pous

e pr

esen

t in

the

hom

e."O

wn"

chi

ldre

n in

clud

e th

e fa

mily

hea

d's

child

ren

by b

irth,

mar

-ria

ge o

r ad

optio

n.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at th

e pe

rcen

t chi

ldre

n in

sin

gle-

pare

nt fa

mili

es, t

heto

tal n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n in

sin

gle-

pare

nt fa

mili

es w

ere

divi

ded

by th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n un

der

age

18. S

ingl

e pa

rent

s ar

eco

mpr

ised

of f

emal

e-he

aded

fam

ilies

and

mal

e-he

aded

fam

ilies

with

no

spou

se p

rese

nt. N

umbe

rs fo

r th

is fo

rmul

a w

ere

base

don

cen

sus

data

.

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t Cla

rific

atio

n:D

ata

for

this

var

iabl

e is

not

upd

atab

le a

t the

sta

te o

r co

unty

leve

lan

d is

ther

efor

e pr

esen

ted

as 1

990

data

at t

hese

leve

ls.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

80)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

sing

, 198

0: S

umm

ary

Tap

e F

ile 2

(W

V),

(Tab

les

B12

and

B13

)/P

repa

red

by th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Was

hing

ton:

The

Bur

eau

(WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

-vi

ces

Res

earc

h), 1

992.

(19

90)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

sing

, 199

0: S

umm

ary

Tap

e F

ile 1

C, (

Tab

leP

21)/

Pre

pare

d by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. -

Was

hing

ton:

The

Bur

eau

(WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

,19

92. N

atio

nal (

1980

) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

198

0 C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion.

Cha

ract

eris

tics

of th

e P

opul

atio

n. C

hapt

er B

, Gen

-er

al P

opul

atio

n C

hara

cter

istic

's. P

C80

-1-B

1. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

-su

s, 1

983.

(19

90)

1992

Kid

s C

ount

Dat

a B

ook-

Sta

te P

rofil

es o

fC

hild

Wel

l-Bei

ng. C

ente

r fo

r th

e S

tudy

of S

ocia

l Pol

icy,

Sui

te 5

03,

1250

Eye

Str

eet,

N.W

., W

ashi

ngto

n, D

.C. 2

0005

.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n16

2

PE

RC

EN

T H

IGH

SC

HO

OL

DR

OP

OU

TS

Indi

cato

r:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

all

stud

ents

who

leav

e a

publ

ic s

choo

l bef

ore

grad

uatio

n w

ithou

t tra

nsfe

rrin

g to

ano

ther

sch

ool.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is b

ased

on

a th

ree-

year

ave

rage

of s

choo

l yea

rs 1

978-

1979

, 197

9-19

80 a

nd 1

980-

1981

for

1980

and

199

1-19

92, 1

992-

1993

and

199

3-19

94 fo

r19

93. T

his

perc

ent i

s ba

sed

on th

e nu

mbe

r of

dro

pout

s di

-vi

ded

by th

e nu

mbe

r of

dro

pout

s pl

us th

e nu

mbe

r of

gra

du-

ates

. The

num

ber

of d

ropo

uts

is b

ased

on

grad

es 7

-12

whi

leth

e nu

mbe

r of

gra

duat

es is

for

12th

gra

de o

nly.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

, 199

3) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion.

Sch

ool y

ears

197

8-19

79, 1

979-

1980

and

198

0-19

81 r

epre

-se

nt 1

980

data

, and

199

1-19

92, 1

992-

1993

and

199

3-19

94re

pres

ent 1

993

data

: unp

ublis

hed

spec

ial t

abul

atio

ns b

y th

eW

V D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion.

Cha

rlest

on, W

V.

PE

RC

EN

T L

OW

BIR

TH

-WE

IGH

T B

AB

IES

Indi

cato

r:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

live

birt

hs r

ecor

ded

as lo

w b

irth-

wei

ght.

Ba-

bies

of l

ow b

irth-

wei

ght a

re th

ose

who

wei

gh u

nder

2,5

00gr

ams

(5.5

pou

nds)

at b

irth.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is a

per

cent

age

base

don

a th

ree-

year

ave

rage

(19

78, 1

979

and

1980

for

1980

and

1991

, 199

2 an

d 19

93 fo

r 19

93).

The

num

erat

or fo

r th

is v

ari-

able

is n

umbe

r of

low

birt

h-w

eigh

t bab

ies;

the

deno

min

ator

isto

tal b

irths

for

all a

ges.

Nat

iona

l dat

a is

the

num

ber

of lo

wbi

rth-

wei

ght b

abie

s in

199

3 di

vide

d by

the

tota

l birt

hs fo

r al

lag

es in

199

3.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

Whi

le th

e lo

w b

irth-

wei

ght i

ndic

ator

enc

ompa

sses

two

leve

lsof

birt

h-w

eigh

t, th

ose

of m

oder

atel

y lo

w w

eigh

t and

ver

y lo

ww

eigh

t, it

is th

ose

surv

ivin

g in

fant

s of

ver

y lo

w b

irth-

wei

ght

who

res

earc

h ha

s sh

own

to h

ave

nota

bly

high

er o

dds

of im

-pa

ired

deve

lopm

ent;

this

fact

can

be

mas

ked

whe

n lo

okin

g at

the

two

leve

ls o

f low

birt

h-w

eigh

t in

com

bina

tion.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

80, 1

993)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lthan

d H

uman

Res

ourc

es, B

urea

u of

Pub

lic H

ealth

, Offi

ce o

f Epi

-de

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s C

ente

r,C

harle

ston

, WV

.N

atio

nal (

1993

) A

dvan

ce R

epor

t of F

inal

Nat

ality

Sta

tistic

s, 1

993.

Mon

thly

Vita

l Sta

tistic

s R

epor

t; V

ol44

No

3, S

upp.

Hya

ttsvi

lle, M

aryl

and:

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Hea

lthS

tatis

tics.

199

5.

PE

RC

EN

T M

INO

RIT

Y P

OP

ULA

TIO

NB

ackg

roun

d F

act:

The

per

cent

age

of th

e to

tal p

opul

atio

n th

at is

iden

tifie

d as

mi-

norit

y.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at p

erce

nt m

inor

ity p

opul

atio

n, th

e m

inor

ity p

opul

a-tio

n ha

s be

en d

ivid

ed b

y th

e to

tal p

opul

atio

n. N

umbe

rs fo

rth

is fo

rmul

a w

ere

base

d on

198

0 an

d 19

90 c

ensu

s da

ta.

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t Cla

rific

atio

n:D

ata

for

this

var

iabl

e is

not

upd

atab

le a

t the

sta

te o

r co

unty

leve

l for

199

3 an

d is

ther

efor

e pr

esen

ted

as 1

990

data

at t

hese

leve

ls.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opu-

latio

n an

d H

ousi

ng, 1

980:

Sum

mar

y T

ape

File

1C

, (T

able

7)/

Pre

pare

d by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. -

Was

hing

ton:

The

Bu-

reau

(W

V U

nive

rsity

Offi

ce o

f Hea

lth S

ervi

ces

Res

earc

h), 1

992.

(199

0) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opul

atio

n an

d H

ous-

ing,

199

0: S

umm

ary

Tap

e F

ile 1

C, (

Tab

le P

6)/P

repa

red

by th

eB

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

urea

u (W

V U

nive

r-si

ty O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

, 199

2.

163

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Pag

e 79

Def

initi

ons,

Met

hodo

logy

And

Sou

rces

, con

tinue

d

PE

RC

EN

T M

INO

RIT

Y P

OP

ULA

TIO

N U

ND

ER

AG

E 1

8B

ackg

roun

d F

act:

The

per

cent

age

of th

e po

pula

tion

unde

r ag

e 18

iden

tifie

d as

am

inor

ity.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at th

e pe

rcen

t min

ority

pop

ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

, the

tota

l min

ority

pop

ulat

ion

unde

r 18

was

div

ided

by

the

tota

l pop

u-la

tion

unde

r 18

. Num

bers

for

this

form

ula

wer

e ba

sed

on 1

980

and

1990

cen

sus

data

.

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t Cla

rific

atio

n:D

ata

for

this

var

iabl

e is

not

upd

atab

le fo

r 19

93 o

n th

e st

ate

orco

unty

leve

l and

is th

eref

ore

pres

ente

d as

199

0 da

ta a

t the

sele

vels

.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opu-

latio

n an

d H

ousi

ng, 1

980:

Sum

mar

y T

ape

File

1C

(T

able

12)

1P

repa

red

by th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

u-re

au (

WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

, 199

2.(1

990)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

s-in

g, 1

990:

Sum

mar

y T

ape

File

1C

, (T

able

P12

)/P

repa

red

byth

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

urea

u (W

V U

ni-

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

, 199

2.

PE

RC

EN

T O

F C

HIL

DR

EN

UN

DE

R S

IX W

ITH

WO

RK

ING

PA

R-

EN

TS

WIT

HO

UT

RE

GU

LAT

ED

DA

Y C

AR

EIn

dica

tor:

Thi

s in

dica

tor

is a

per

cent

age

of c

hild

ren

unde

r si

x w

ho, g

iven

the

capa

city

in e

ach

coun

ty, w

ould

not

hav

e an

ava

ilabl

e re

gu-

late

d da

y ca

re p

ositi

on. C

hild

ren

acco

unte

d fo

r in

this

equ

a-tio

n in

clud

e ch

ildre

n in

two-

pare

nt h

omes

with

bot

h pa

rent

sw

orki

ng a

nd c

hild

ren

in s

ingl

e-pa

rent

hom

es w

ith a

wor

king

pare

nt.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

he p

erce

ntag

e w

as c

onst

ruct

ed b

y di

vidi

ng th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

l-dr

en s

ix a

nd u

nder

(in

clud

es o

nly

thos

e ch

ildre

n in

sin

gle-

par-

ent h

omes

with

an

empl

oyed

par

ent a

nd th

ose

child

ren

in tw

o-pa

rent

hom

es w

ith b

oth

pare

nts

wor

king

) w

ithou

t a r

egul

ated

day

care

pos

ition

by

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

six

and

unde

r (in

-

clud

es o

nly

thos

e ch

ildre

n in

two-

pare

nt h

omes

with

bot

h pa

r-en

ts w

orki

ng a

nd th

ose

child

ren

in s

ingl

e-pa

rent

hom

es w

ith a

wor

king

par

ent)

. The

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

with

out a

reg

ulat

edda

y ca

re p

ositi

on w

as a

cqui

red

by s

ubtr

actin

g th

e nu

mbe

r of

avai

labl

e re

gula

ted

day

care

pos

ition

s fr

om th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

l-dr

en s

ix a

nd u

nder

(in

clud

es o

nly

thos

e ch

ildre

n in

sin

gle-

par-

ent h

omes

with

an

empl

oyed

par

ent a

nd c

hild

ren

in tw

o-pa

r-en

t hom

es w

ith b

oth

pare

nts

wor

king

).

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

The

reg

ulat

ed d

ay c

are

capa

city

dat

a in

clud

es c

hild

ren

from

age

thre

e m

onth

s th

roug

h 12

yea

rs. T

he n

umer

ator

(ch

ildre

nw

ith w

orki

ng p

aren

ts)

incl

udes

onl

y ch

ildre

n si

x an

d un

der

(the

cens

us d

oes

not b

reak

labo

r fo

rce

data

dow

n by

par

ents

with

child

ren

unde

r tw

elve

). T

here

fore

, the

fina

l per

cent

age

indi

-ca

tes

that

ther

e is

mor

e re

gula

ted

day

care

spa

ce a

vaila

ble

for

child

ren

ages

six

and

und

er th

an a

ctua

lly e

xist

s.T

he la

bor

forc

e da

ta c

omes

from

the

1990

cen

sus

and

the

day

care

ca-

paci

ty d

ata

is b

ased

on

FY

199

5. T

he d

ata

on th

e ca

paci

ty o

fre

gist

ered

day

car

e ho

mes

is a

n es

timat

e ca

lcul

ated

by

mul

ti-pl

ying

the

num

ber

of r

egis

tere

d da

y ca

re h

omes

by

thre

e.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1995

) (D

ay C

are)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lthan

d H

uman

Res

ourc

es, B

urea

u fo

r C

hild

ren

and

Fam

ilies

, Of-

fice

of S

ocia

l Ser

vice

s, C

harle

ston

, WV

. (La

bor

forc

e) B

urea

uof

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opul

atio

n an

d H

ousi

ng, 1

990:

(T

able

P74

-Par

t 1)/

Pre

pare

d by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s.-W

ashi

ng-

ton:

The

Bur

eau

(WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

e-se

arch

).

PE

RC

EN

T E

LIG

IBLE

CH

ILD

RE

N R

EC

EIV

ING

EA

RLY

& P

ER

IOD

ICS

CR

EE

NIN

G, D

IAG

NO

SIS

& T

RE

AT

ME

NT

SE

RV

ICE

S(a

ges

birt

h th

roug

h 20

)In

dica

tor:

Ear

ly &

Per

iodi

c S

cree

ning

, Dia

gnos

is &

Tre

atm

ent (

EP

SD

T)

is a

man

date

d M

edic

aid

prog

ram

ena

cted

to e

nsur

e th

at M

ed-

icai

d el

igib

le c

hild

ren

rece

ive

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

and

wid

e ra

nge

of p

reve

ntiv

e an

d pr

imar

y he

alth

ser

vice

s. T

hese

figu

res

indi

-ca

te th

e pe

rcen

t of e

ligib

le c

hild

ren

and

teen

s ag

es b

irth

thro

ugh

20 w

ho h

ave

had

at le

ast a

n in

itial

EP

SD

T s

cree

ning

dur

ing

the

fisca

l yea

r en

ding

Jun

e 30

, 199

4.

Pag

e 80

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

161

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is a

per

cent

of t

henu

mbe

r of

elig

ible

s pa

rtic

ipat

ing

in E

PS

DT

div

ided

by

the

num

-be

r of

EP

SD

T e

ligib

les.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

The

num

bers

that

go

into

det

erm

inin

g th

ose

elig

ible

are

bas

edon

199

0 ce

nsus

dat

a. T

he p

over

ty p

opul

atio

n un

der

21 y

ears

of a

ge w

as c

alcu

late

d fr

om a

ctua

l num

bers

for

child

ren

ages

0-17

plu

s es

timat

ed fi

gure

s fo

r ch

ildre

n ag

es 1

8-20

livi

ng a

tor

bel

ow 1

00 p

erce

nt o

f the

fede

ral p

over

ty le

vel.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1994

) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

and

Hum

anR

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth, O

ffice

of M

ater

nal a

ndC

hild

Hea

lth, C

harle

ston

, WV

. 199

4 da

ta is

bas

ed o

n th

e fis

cal

year

end

ing

June

30,

199

4.

PE

RC

EN

T O

F E

LIG

IBLE

CH

ILD

RE

N S

ER

VE

D B

Y H

EA

D S

TA

RT

(age

s 3-

4)In

dica

tor:

The

per

cent

age

of a

ll el

igib

le 3

-4 y

ear-

olds

who

are

par

ticip

at-

ing

in H

ead

Sta

rt.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t the

sta

te a

nd c

ount

y, th

is v

aria

ble

is a

per

cent

age

base

d on

1995

dat

a. T

he n

umer

ator

for

this

indi

cato

r is

the

num

ber

of3-

4 ye

ar-o

lds

serv

ed b

y H

ead

Sta

rt; t

he d

enom

inat

or is

the

estim

ated

num

ber

of 3

-4 y

ear-

olds

in p

over

ty. A

t the

nat

iona

lle

vel,

the

deno

min

ator

is th

e av

erag

e nu

mbe

r of

3-4

yea

r-ol

dsin

pov

erty

bas

ed o

n an

ave

rage

of 1

993,

199

4 an

d 19

95 fi

g-ur

es.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

Thi

s in

dica

tor

is b

ased

on

data

from

199

5; n

o tr

end

data

has

been

cal

cula

ted

for

this

indi

cato

r.D

ata

for

Cab

ell,

Fay

ette

,H

arris

on, K

anaw

ha, L

ogan

, Mar

ion,

Mer

cer,

Mon

onga

lia, O

hio,

Ral

eigh

and

Woo

d C

ount

ies

are

base

d on

pro

ject

ions

.

The

rea

der

will

als

o no

tice

that

in s

ome

coun

ties,

the

perc

ent-

age

of 3

-4 y

ear-

olds

ser

ved

by H

ead

Sta

rt e

xcee

ds th

e pe

rcen

t-ag

e of

chi

ldre

n in

pov

erty

; thi

s is

due

to th

e fa

ct th

at g

uide

lines

165

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

Def

initi

ons,

Met

hodo

logy

And

Sou

rces

, con

tinue

d

for

the

prog

ram

allo

w u

p to

10

perc

ent o

f tho

se c

hild

ren

en-

rolle

d in

Hea

d S

tart

to e

xcee

d th

e in

com

e le

vel.

Whi

le th

e da

ta in

dica

tes

that

onl

y a

cert

ain

perc

enta

ge o

f elig

ible

child

ren

are

serv

ed b

y H

ead

Sta

rt, o

ne s

houl

d no

t ass

ume

that

full

fund

ing

of th

e pr

ogra

m fo

r al

l elig

ible

chi

ldre

n w

ould

res

ult

in 1

00 p

erce

nt p

artic

ipat

ion

sinc

e so

me

elig

ible

may

cho

ose

not

to p

artic

ipat

e or

alre

ady

be p

artic

ipat

ing

in s

ome

othe

r pr

ogra

m.

Whi

le th

is d

ata

is p

rese

nted

as

the

perc

enta

ge o

f 3-4

yea

r-ol

ds in

pove

rty

serv

ed b

y H

ead

Sta

rt, t

his

is n

ot m

eant

to im

ply

that

3-4

year

-old

s ar

e th

e ta

rget

gro

up fo

r H

ead

Sta

rt.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

95)

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth a

nd H

uman

Ser

vice

s, R

egio

n III

. Adm

inis

trat

ion

for

Chi

ldre

n an

d F

amili

es,

Offi

ce fo

r C

omm

unity

Pro

gram

s, P

hila

delp

hia,

Pen

nsyl

vani

a.N

atio

nal (

1995

) R

aw n

umbe

rs, i

nclu

ding

the

num

ber

of c

hil-

dren

in p

over

ty w

ho a

re 3

-4 y

ears

old

, wer

e su

pplie

d by

the

Hea

dS

tart

Bur

eau,

Adm

inis

trat

ion

of C

hild

ren,

You

th a

nd F

amili

es,

Hea

lth a

nd H

uman

Ser

vice

s. T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

3-4

yea

r- o

lds

serv

ed b

y H

ead

Sta

rt w

as c

alcu

late

d by

Sur

vey

Res

earc

h C

ente

rst

aff.

PE

RC

EN

T O

F E

LIG

IBLE

WO

ME

N, I

NF

AN

TS

AN

D C

HIL

DR

EN

RE

-C

EIV

ING

WIC

FO

OD

AN

D N

UT

RIT

ION

ED

UC

AT

ION

SE

RV

ICE

SIn

dica

tor:

Thi

s in

dica

tor

is a

per

cent

age

of th

ose

wom

en, i

nfan

ts a

nd c

hil-

dren

who

are

elig

ible

to r

ecei

ve W

IC a

nd a

ctua

lly d

o. W

IC e

ligi-

bilit

y is

inco

me-

base

d.R

ecip

ient

s m

ust b

e at

185

per

cent

of

pove

rty

to b

e el

igib

le to

rec

eive

WIC

ser

vice

s.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is a

per

cent

age

base

don

199

5 da

ta. T

he n

umer

ator

for

this

indi

cato

r is

the

actu

alnu

mbe

r of

wom

en, i

nfan

ts a

nd c

hild

ren

who

rec

eive

thes

e se

r-vi

ces;

the

deno

min

ator

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

wom

en, i

nfan

ts a

ndch

ildre

n po

tent

ially

elig

ible

for

thes

e se

rvic

es.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1995

) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

and

Hum

anR

esou

rces

, WV

WIC

, Cha

rlest

on, W

V.

PE

RC

EN

T O

F P

OO

R A

ND

NE

AR

PO

OR

CH

ILD

RE

N R

EC

EIV

ING

ME

DIC

AID

(ag

es b

irth

thro

ugh

20)

Indi

cato

r:T

his

indi

cato

r is

a p

erce

ntag

e of

chi

ldre

n th

roug

h 20

yea

rs o

fag

e w

ho a

re a

t 200

per

cent

of p

over

ty a

nd r

ecei

ve M

edic

aid.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

he p

erce

ntag

e w

as c

onst

ruct

ed b

y di

vidi

ng th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

l-dr

en u

nder

21

year

s ol

d w

ho h

ave

Med

icai

d ca

rds

by th

e nu

m-

ber

of c

hild

ren

unde

r 18

yea

rs o

ld w

ho a

re a

t 200

per

cent

of

pove

rty.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

The

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

rece

ivin

g M

edic

aid

refe

rs to

the

num

-be

r of

chi

ldre

n w

ho h

ave

been

issu

ed M

edic

aid

card

s.It

says

noth

ing

abou

t the

per

cent

of c

hild

ren

with

Med

icai

d w

ho a

ctu-

ally

util

ize

thes

e se

rvic

es, h

ow o

ften

they

util

ize

thes

e se

rvic

esor

abo

ut th

e qu

ality

of c

are

avai

labl

e to

thes

e ch

ildre

n vi

a M

ed-

icai

d. T

he p

over

ty d

ata

used

in th

e de

nom

inat

or is

from

the

1990

cen

sus

and

incl

udes

chi

ldre

n un

der

the

age

of 1

8. T

heM

edic

aid

data

use

d in

the

num

erat

or is

bas

ed o

n a

Sep

tem

ber,

1995

ben

chm

ark

and

incl

udes

chi

ldre

n th

roug

h th

e ag

e of

20.

The

refo

re, t

he n

umbe

rs o

ffer

an e

stim

ate

of s

ervi

ce th

at is

slig

htly

larg

er th

an w

hat m

ay a

ctua

lly e

xist

. The

num

ber

of c

hil-

dren

at 2

00 p

erce

nt o

f pov

erty

was

use

d be

caus

e el

igib

ility

for

Med

icai

d is

not

bas

ed s

olel

y on

inco

me

leve

ls.

Fur

ther

mor

e,th

is le

vel w

as u

sed

inst

ead

of c

hild

ren

at 1

33 p

erce

nt o

f pov

-er

ty, t

he le

vel c

omm

only

use

d in

est

imat

es o

f thi

s na

ture

. Be-

caus

e th

ere

is a

five

-yea

r di

ffere

nce

betw

een

the

num

erat

orda

ta a

nd th

e de

nom

inat

or d

ata

(and

bec

ause

cou

nty

leve

l pov

-er

ty in

form

atio

n is

not

upd

atab

le u

ntil

the

next

cen

sus)

, it w

asfe

lt th

at u

sing

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

at 2

00 p

erce

nt o

f pov

-er

ty p

rodu

ced

a m

ore

real

istic

est

imat

e of

the

perc

ent o

f chi

ldre

nin

nee

d re

ceiv

ing

Med

icai

d.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1995

) (M

edic

aid)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lthan

d H

uman

Res

ourc

es, O

ffice

of A

udit,

Res

earc

h an

d A

naly

-si

s, C

harle

ston

, WV

. (P

over

ty)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

sof

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

sing

, 199

0: S

umm

ary

Tap

e F

ile 4

, (P

B10

1)/

Pre

pare

d by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s.-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

urea

u(W

V U

nive

rsity

Offi

ce o

f Hea

lth S

ervi

ces

Res

earc

h).

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

nW

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T

166

PE

RC

EN

T P

OP

ULA

TIO

N U

ND

ER

AG

E 1

8B

ackg

roun

d F

act:

The

per

cent

age

of th

e to

tal p

opul

atio

n un

der

age

18.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at th

e pe

rcen

t pop

ulat

ion

unde

r 18

, the

pop

ulat

ion

unde

r 18

has

bee

n di

vide

d by

the

tota

l pop

ulat

ion.

Num

bers

for

this

form

ula

wer

e ba

sed

on 1

980

cens

us d

ata

for

1980

and

1990

cen

sus

data

for

1990

.

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t Cla

rific

atio

n:D

ata

for

this

var

iabl

e is

not

upd

atab

le fo

r 19

93 o

n th

e co

unty

leve

l and

is th

eref

ore

pres

ente

d as

199

0 da

ta a

t thi

s le

vel.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opu-

latio

n an

d H

ousi

ng, 1

980:

Sum

mar

y T

ape

File

1C

, (T

able

10)

/P

repa

red

by th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

u-re

au (

WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

, 199

2.(1

990)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

s-in

g, 1

990:

Sum

mar

y T

ape

File

1C

, (T

able

P12

)/ P

repa

red

byth

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

urea

u (W

V U

ni-

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

, 199

2.

PE

RC

EN

T T

WO

YE

AR

-OLD

S C

OM

PLE

TIN

G R

EC

OM

ME

ND

ED

IMM

UN

IZA

TIO

N P

LAN

AT

HE

ALT

H D

EP

AR

TM

EN

TS

Indi

cato

r:T

his

is a

per

cent

age

of a

ll tw

o ye

ar-o

lds

who

hav

e co

mpl

eted

the

reco

mm

ende

d im

mun

izat

ion

proc

ess

at C

ount

y H

ealth

De-

part

men

ts. i

n 19

95, t

he W

V B

urea

u of

Pub

lic H

ealth

rec

om-

men

ded

that

two

year

-old

s be

com

plet

ely

vacc

inat

ed w

ith th

efo

llow

ing:

thre

e D

TP

vac

cine

dos

es (

diph

ther

ia, t

etan

us a

ndpe

rtus

sis)

, thr

ee d

oses

of o

ral p

olio

viru

s (O

PV

), o

ne d

ose

ofM

MR

vac

cine

(m

easl

es, m

umps

and

rub

ella

), th

ree

HIB

dos

es(h

aem

ophl

ius

influ

enza

type

b)

and

thre

e H

BV

dos

es (

hepa

ti-tis

-B).

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

he p

erce

nt is

cal

cula

ted

by d

ivid

ing

the

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

(incl

udes

onl

y th

ose

betw

een

the

ages

of 2

4-36

mon

ths)

in e

ach

coun

ty w

ho h

ave

com

plet

ed th

e re

com

men

ded

imm

uniz

atio

n

167

Pag

e 81

Def

initi

ons,

Met

hodo

logy

And

Sou

rces

, con

tinue

d

plan

at C

ount

y H

ealth

Dep

artm

ents

by

the

num

ber

of a

ctiv

eco

unty

hea

lth d

epar

tmen

t clin

ic p

atie

nts

betw

een

the

ages

of

24-3

6 m

onth

s.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

Thi

s in

dica

tor

is b

ased

on

data

from

the

1995

Cou

nty

Hea

lthD

epar

tmen

t clin

ic a

sses

smen

t. T

he s

ampl

e fr

om w

hich

the

data

was

col

lect

ed in

clud

e al

l chi

ldre

n be

twee

n th

e ag

es o

f 24-

36m

onth

s w

ho w

ere

activ

e pa

tient

s at

Cou

nty

Hea

lth D

epar

tmen

ts.

A tw

o ye

ar-o

ld c

hild

is c

onsi

dere

d to

hav

e "c

ompl

eted

" th

e re

c-om

men

ded

imm

uniz

atio

n pr

oces

s vi

a a

Cou

nty

Hea

lth D

epar

t-m

ent i

f the

chi

ld r

ecei

ved

his/

her

final

rec

omm

ende

d im

mun

iza-

tions

at t

he c

linic

or

if th

e ch

ild r

ecei

ved

som

e of

the

orig

inal

imm

uniz

atio

ns a

t the

clin

ic b

ut r

ecei

ved

his/

her

final

rec

om-

men

ded

imm

uniz

atio

n fr

om a

priv

ate

prac

titio

ner

who

not

ified

the

clin

ic o

f the

com

plet

ion.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1995

) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

and

Hum

anR

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth, D

ivis

ion

for

Sur

veill

ance

and

Dis

ease

Con

trol

, Im

mun

izat

ion

Pro

gram

, Cha

rlest

on, W

V.

TE

EN

BIR

TH

RA

TE

(ag

es 1

5-19

per

1,0

00 fe

mal

es)

Indi

cato

r:T

he n

umbe

r of

live

birt

hs to

teen

s ag

es 1

5-19

per

1,0

00 fe

-m

ales

age

s 15

-19

year

s.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is a

rat

e pe

r 1,

000

fem

ales

age

s 15

-19

base

d on

an

aver

age

of 1

978,

197

9 an

d19

80 d

ata

for

1980

and

199

1, 1

992

and

1993

for

1993

. The

rate

is c

alcu

late

d as

1,0

00 ti

mes

the

num

ber

of te

en b

irths

tofe

mal

es a

ges

15-1

9 di

vide

d by

the

tota

l num

ber

of fe

mal

es a

ges

15-1

9. N

atio

nal d

ata

is c

alcu

late

d in

the

sam

e m

anne

r ex

cept

that

it is

bas

ed o

n 19

93 d

ata

and

not o

n a

thre

e-ye

ar a

vera

ge.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

The

bas

e po

pula

tion

for

this

indi

cato

r is

the

tota

l num

ber

offe

mal

es a

ges

15-1

9.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

80, 1

993)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lth

Pag

e 82

168

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth, O

ffice

of E

pi-

dem

iolo

gy a

nd H

ealth

Pro

mot

ion,

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics

Cen

ter,

Cha

rlest

on, W

V.

Nat

iona

l (19

93)

Adv

ance

Rep

ort o

f Fin

alN

atal

ity S

tatis

tics,

199

3. M

onth

ly V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort;

Vol

44 N

o 3,

Sup

p. H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d: N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s. 1

995.

TE

EN

INJU

RY

DE

AT

H R

AT

E(a

ges

15-1

9 pe

r 10

0,00

0 te

ens)

Indi

cato

r:T

he n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

from

hom

icid

es, s

uici

des

and

unin

ten-

tiona

l inj

urie

s to

teen

s ag

es 1

5-19

yea

rs p

er 1

00,0

00 te

ens.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is a

thre

e-ye

ar a

ver-

age

(197

8, 1

979

and

1980

for

1980

and

199

1, 1

992

and

1993

for

1993

). E

ach

com

pone

nt o

f the

teen

inju

ry d

eath

rat

e (h

o-m

icid

e, s

uici

de a

nd u

nint

entio

nal i

njur

ies)

is d

ivid

ed b

y th

e nu

m-

ber

of y

outh

s ag

es 1

5-19

and

then

mul

tiplie

d by

100

,000

.T

o

arriv

e at

the

over

all t

een

inju

ry d

eath

rat

e, th

e th

ree

com

pone

ntra

tes

are

sum

med

. The

nat

iona

l rat

e is

cal

cula

ted

in th

e sa

me

man

ner,

but

it is

bas

ed o

nly

on 1

992

data

and

not

on

a th

ree-

year

ave

rage

.

Indi

cato

r C

larif

icat

ion:

Like

the

infa

nt m

orta

lity

and

child

dea

th r

ates

, thi

s ra

te d

oes

not t

ell u

s an

ythi

ng a

bout

the

qual

ity o

f life

for

thos

e te

ens

surv

ivin

g lif

e-th

reat

enin

g in

jurie

s. D

ue to

the

smal

l num

ber

ofte

en d

eath

s on

the

coun

ty le

vel,

a sm

all c

hang

e in

the

actu

alnu

mbe

r fr

om th

e pe

riod

1980

to 1

993

may

res

ult i

n a

larg

epe

rcen

tage

cha

nge

for

tren

d da

ta. 1

993

natio

nal d

ata

is n

otav

aila

ble

at th

is ti

me;

199

2 na

tiona

l dat

a ha

s be

en u

sed.

The

num

ber

of y

outh

s be

twee

n 15

-19

year

s ol

d is

bas

ed o

n 19

90ce

nsus

dat

a.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

80, 1

993)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f Hea

lthan

d H

uman

Res

ourc

es, B

urea

u of

Pub

lic H

ealth

, Offi

ce o

f Epi

-de

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s C

ente

r,

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Cha

rlest

on, W

V. N

atio

nal (

1992

) A

dvan

ce R

epor

t of F

inal

Mor

-ta

lity

Sta

tistic

s, 1

992.

Mon

thly

Vita

l Sta

tistic

s R

epor

t, V

ol 4

3N

o 6,

Sup

pl. H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d: N

atio

nal C

ente

r fo

r H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s. 1

994.

TO

TA

L JO

BS

IN H

IGH

-PA

YIN

G IN

DU

ST

RIE

SB

ackg

roun

d F

act:

The

per

cent

age

chan

ge in

the

num

ber

of jo

bs in

hig

h-pa

ying

indu

strie

s w

hich

a c

ount

y ha

s ga

ined

or

lost

from

198

0 to

199

3.Jo

bs in

the

min

ing,

man

ufac

turin

g, c

onst

ruct

ion,

tran

spor

ta-

tion

and

finan

cial

sec

tors

are

cla

ssifi

ed a

s "h

igh"

pay

ing

pro-

fess

ions

.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of C

omm

erce

, Bur

eau

of E

cono

mic

Ana

lysi

s, T

able

CA

25, A

pril,

199

1. (

1993

) U

.S.

Dep

artm

ent o

f Com

mer

ce, B

urea

u of

Eco

nom

ic A

naly

sis,

Tab

leC

A25

, May

, 199

5.

TO

TA

L JO

BS

IN L

OW

-PA

YIN

G IN

DU

ST

RIE

SB

ackg

roun

d F

act:

The

per

cent

age

chan

ge in

the

num

ber

of jo

bs in

low

-pay

ing

indu

strie

s w

hich

a c

ount

y ha

s ga

ined

or

lost

from

198

0 to

199

3.Jo

bs in

agr

icul

tura

l ser

vice

s, w

hole

sale

and

ret

ail t

rade

and

ser

-vi

ces

sect

ors

are

cons

ider

ed a

s "lo

w"

payi

ng p

rofe

ssio

ns.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of C

omm

erce

, Bur

eau

of E

cono

mic

Ana

lysi

s, T

able

CA

25, A

pril,

199

1. (

1993

) U

.S.

Dep

artm

ent o

f Com

mer

ce, B

urea

u of

Eco

nom

ic A

naly

sis,

Tab

leC

A25

, May

, 199

5.

TO

TA

L P

OP

ULA

TIO

NB

ackg

roun

d F

act:

The

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

as r

epor

ted

in th

e ce

nsus

.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: S

tate

(19

80)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

sing

, 198

0: S

umm

ary

Tap

e F

ile 1

C, (

Tab

le1)

/Pre

pare

d by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. -

Was

hing

ton:

The

Bur

eau

(WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

,

169

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

finiti

ons,

Met

hodo

logy

And

Sou

rces

, con

tinue

d

1992

. (19

93)

U.S

. Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s an

d R

egio

nal R

esea

rch

Inst

itute

, Wes

t Virg

inia

Uni

vers

ity, F

ebru

ary

1995

. Nat

iona

l(1

993)

Sta

tistic

al A

bstr

act o

f the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

1994

. The

Na-

tiona

l Dat

a B

ook.

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f Com

mer

ce. E

cono

mic

san

d S

tatis

tics

Adm

inis

trat

ion,

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s.(T

able

No.

26)

.

TO

TA

L P

OP

ULA

TIO

N U

ND

ER

AG

E 1

8B

ackg

roun

d F

act:

The

per

cent

age

of th

e to

tal p

opul

atio

n un

der

age

18.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at th

e pe

rcen

t pop

ulat

ion

unde

r 18

, the

pop

ulat

ion

unde

r 18

has

bee

n di

vide

d by

the

tota

l pop

ulat

ion.

Num

bers

for

this

form

ula

wer

e ba

sed

on 1

980

cens

us d

ata

for

1980

and

1990

cen

sus

data

for

1990

.

Bac

kgro

und

Fac

t Cla

rific

atio

n:D

ata

for

this

var

iabl

e is

not

upd

atab

le fo

r 19

93 o

n th

e co

unty

leve

l and

is th

eref

ore

pres

ente

d as

199

0 da

ta a

t thi

s le

vel.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opu-

latio

n an

d H

ousi

ng, 1

980:

Sum

mar

y T

ape

File

1C

, (T

able

10)

/P

repa

red

by th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

u-re

au (

WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

, 199

2.(1

990)

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s. C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

s-in

g, 1

990:

Sum

mar

y T

ape

File

1C

, (T

able

P12

)/ P

repa

red

by th

eB

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

-W

ashi

ngto

n: T

he B

urea

u (W

V U

nive

r-si

ty O

ffice

of H

ealth

Ser

vice

s R

esea

rch)

, 199

2.

UN

EM

PLO

YM

EN

T R

AT

EB

ackg

roun

d F

act:

The

num

ber

of p

eopl

e w

ho a

re a

ctiv

ely

look

ing

for

wor

k bu

t are

unem

ploy

ed a

s a

perc

enta

ge o

f the

civ

ilian

labo

r fo

rce.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

his

varia

ble

is a

per

cent

age

base

d on

the

WV

Lab

or F

orce

Sta

-tis

tics

annu

al a

vera

ge, 1

993.

To

calc

ulat

e th

e un

empl

oym

ent

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n17

0

rate

, the

tota

l num

ber

of u

nem

ploy

ed p

erso

ns is

div

ided

by

the

num

ber

of p

erso

ns in

the

civi

lian

labo

r fo

rce.

Dat

a S

ourc

es: (

1980

) B

urea

u of

Em

ploy

men

t Pro

gram

s, P

re-

pare

d by

Lab

or a

nd E

cono

mic

Res

earc

h, (

BLS

ser

ies)

: unp

ub-

lishe

d sp

ecia

l tab

ulat

ions

. (19

93)

WV

Bur

eau

of E

mpl

oym

ent

Pro

gram

s. B

urea

u of

Bus

ines

s R

esea

rch,

WV

Uni

vers

ity.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

17i

Pag

e 83

Not

es O

n S

tatis

tics

And

Met

hodo

logy

The

199

5 W

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T D

ata

Boo

k co

nsis

ts o

fa

stat

e pr

ofile

, a m

inor

ity p

rofil

e, a

fam

ily s

uppo

rtpr

ofile

and

55

coun

ty p

rofil

es, a

ll of

whi

ch d

ocum

ent

the

stat

us o

f chi

ldre

n in

Wes

t Virg

inia

. Mos

t of t

hein

dica

tors

and

bac

kgro

und

fact

s ar

e ex

pres

sed

aspe

rcen

tage

s or

rat

es.

Indi

cato

rs a

nd b

ackg

roun

d fa

cts

pres

ente

d as

act

ual n

umbe

rs in

clud

e: T

otal

Pop

ulat

ion,

Tot

al P

opul

atio

n U

nder

Age

18,

Edu

catio

n E

xpen

ditu

res

Per

Pup

il (1

993

dolla

rs),

Tot

al J

obs

In H

igh-

Pay

ing

Indu

strie

s, T

otal

Job

s In

Low

-Pay

ing

Indu

strie

s an

dM

edia

n F

amily

Inco

me

(199

0 do

llars

). A

ctua

l num

bers

behi

nd th

e pe

rcen

tage

s an

d ra

tes

appe

ar in

the

App

endi

x.T

rend

dat

a is

bas

ed o

n th

e ch

ange

bet

wee

n 19

80an

d 19

93.

In s

ome

case

s, in

clud

ing

Per

cent

Low

Birt

h-W

eigh

t Bab

ies,

Infa

nt M

orta

lity

Rat

e, C

hild

Dea

thR

ate,

Tee

n B

irth

Rat

e, P

erce

nt B

irths

To

Unm

arrie

dT

eens

, Tee

n In

jury

Dea

th R

ate

and

Per

cent

Birt

hs T

oM

othe

rs W

ith L

ess

Tha

n A

12t

h G

rade

Edu

catio

n, th

e19

80 v

alue

is th

e av

erag

e of

197

8, 1

979

and

1980

, and

the

1993

val

ue is

the

aver

age

of th

e 19

91, 1

992

and

1993

. The

198

0 P

erce

nt H

igh

Sch

ool D

ropo

uts

is th

eav

erag

e of

thre

e sc

hool

yea

rs: 1

978-

79, 1

979-

80 a

nd19

80-8

1; th

e 19

93 P

erce

nt H

igh

Sch

ool D

ropo

uts

is th

eav

erag

e of

the

1991

-92,

199

2-93

and

199

3-94

sch

ool

year

s. T

rend

dat

a is

not

ava

ilabl

e on

five

of t

hein

dica

tors

.In

this

yea

r's K

IDS

CO

UN

T D

ata

Boo

k,C

hild

Abu

se/N

egle

ct R

ate

and

Juve

nile

Del

inqu

ency

Cas

e R

ate

are

both

bas

ed o

n F

Y 1

994,

Hea

d S

tart

data

is fr

om 1

995

and

Fre

e an

d R

educ

ed S

choo

l Mea

lsda

ta is

bas

ed o

n th

e 19

94-9

5 sc

hool

yea

r. A

lso,

tren

dda

ta is

una

vaila

ble

on a

ll of

the

new

fam

ily s

uppo

rtite

ms.

Eac

h of

the

new

fam

ily s

uppo

rt in

dica

tors

isba

sed

on 1

995

data

exc

ept f

or P

erce

nt E

ligib

le C

hil-

dren

Rec

eivi

ng E

arly

& P

erio

dic

Scr

eeni

ng, D

iagn

osis

&T

reat

men

t Ser

vice

s, w

hich

is fr

om fi

scal

yea

r 19

94.

A c

ompo

site

cou

nty

rank

app

ears

in th

e up

per

right

corn

er o

f eac

h co

unty

pro

file.

It w

as d

eriv

ed b

yco

nver

ting

the

coun

ty r

ates

and

per

cent

ages

(on

eac

hin

dica

tor)

into

a z

sco

re. T

his

was

don

e in

ord

er to

giv

e

Pag

e 84

172

each

indi

cato

r eq

ual w

eigh

t. T

hen

each

cou

nty'

s z

scor

es w

ere

adde

d to

geth

er to

form

a c

ount

y co

mpo

s-ite

z s

core

.F

inal

ly, t

he c

ompo

site

z s

core

s w

ere

rank

ed 1

(be

st)

thro

ugh

55 (

wor

st).

The

indi

cato

rs' z

sco

res

sum

med

to a

chie

ve th

eco

mpo

site

ran

k in

clud

e P

erce

nt L

ow B

irth-

Wei

ght

Bab

ies,

Infa

nt M

orta

lity

Rat

e, C

hild

Dea

th R

ate,

Per

cent

Chi

ldre

n A

ppro

ved

For

Fre

e A

nd R

educ

edS

choo

l Mea

ls, T

een

Birt

h R

ate,

Per

cent

Birt

hs T

oU

nmar

ried

Tee

ns, P

erce

nt H

igh

Sch

ool D

ropo

uts,

Juve

nile

Del

inqu

ency

Cas

e R

ate,

Tee

n In

jury

Dea

thR

ate

and

Birt

hs T

o M

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n A

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cent

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buse

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posi

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core

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ring

the

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mpo

site

ran

ks fr

om th

e 19

93 o

r 19

94 b

ooks

with

thos

e fr

om th

e 19

91 a

nd 1

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s ca

nnot

be

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ach

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e 12

indi

cato

rs is

als

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n-tia

l ord

er fr

om b

est (

1) to

wor

st (

55).

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ran

king

was

obta

ined

by

sim

ply

rank

ing

the

rate

or

perc

enta

ge fr

ombe

st to

wor

st. T

hese

indi

vidu

al in

dica

tor

rank

ings

appe

ar o

n ea

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f the

cou

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page

s un

der

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nk c

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n. E

ach

indi

vidu

al in

dica

tor

rank

ing,

exc

ept

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cent

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ligib

le C

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ved

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ta)

and

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cent

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ldre

n A

ppro

ved

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eA

nd R

educ

ed S

choo

l Mea

ls (

1995

dat

a), i

s ba

sed

on19

93 d

ata.

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all o

f the

indi

cato

rs, e

xcep

t for

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dS

tart

, the

low

est r

ate

or p

erce

nt is

giv

en th

e m

ost

posi

tive

rank

ing

(ran

k =

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indi

cato

r, a

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ach

new

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rt it

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than

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cent

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ver

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ties

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me

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our

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ties

tied

at r

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all

four

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e as

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ed a

ran

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ld b

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ed in

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for

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ple

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men

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ativ

ely

rare

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exam

ple,

the

coun

ty th

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ran

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3rd

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ay h

ave

a va

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le th

eco

unty

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th m

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ave

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ent.

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dica

tes

that

dat

a w

as n

ot a

vaila

ble.

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indi

cate

s th

ere

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no

chan

ge b

etw

een

the

1980

and

the

1993

rat

e or

per

cent

. "N

M"

is u

sed

whe

n th

e 19

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ta is

zer

o an

d 19

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ny v

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ero,

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use

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from

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calc

ulat

ed. W

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1980

dat

a is

any

val

ue a

bove

zero

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the

1993

dat

a is

zer

o, th

e pe

rcen

t cha

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ping

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port

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sed

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9,248

5,453

25,689

40,542

18,913

16,386

74,893

67,954

23,313

19,833

66,949

77,130

103,964

115,073

BARBOUR

89

48

304

437

160

153

223

366

75

106

533

690

1,198

1,438

BERKELEY

245

246

495

812

477

690

2,011

2,742

687

832

1,790

2,738

2,599

2,454

BOONE

213

109

450

877

302

209

383

280

122

91

1,071

1,143

1,811

2,393

BRAXTON

66

39

197

349

124

112

99

93

29

26

507

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1,108

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51

349

387

292

224

325

319

74

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1,097

1,039

432

313

1,429

2,135

1,021

1,002

5,208

4,724

1,540

1,324

4,178

4,441

4,554

5,234

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624

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340

186

1,126

1,456

485

415

4,587

3,255

1,425

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2,223

2,341

3,823

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103

183

96

54

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76

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238

280

466

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116

151

155

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396

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432

175

97

289

501

258

315

1,673

1,397

507

367

1,235

1,453

1,721

1,921

HAMPSHIRE

60

59

170

272

146

177

153

184

49

60

456

614

869

874

HANCOCK

116

49

414

574

352

281

1,235

1,098

367

287

1,331

1,387

1,035

1,444

HARDY

41

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121

100

94

118

214

233

56

57

289

376

624

400

HARRISON

297

212

1,014

1,582

922

736

1,326

1,315

420

386

2,622

3,000

3,808

4,125

JACKSON

104

62

167

476

272

241

83

121

33

44

730

1,021

1,066

1,661

JEFFERSON

178

121

332

510

346

401

2,913

2,967

1,081

888

1,215

1,411

1,561

1,246

KANAWHA

930

584

2,459

4,658

2,389

1,676

15,461

15,600

4,803

4,803

8,362

10,142

8,288

10,525

LEWIS

85

50

235

407

201

170

141

137

33

35

657

754

1,025

1,290

LINCOLN

180

113

530

925

213

230

43

45

013

810

882

2,294

2,652

LOGAN

372

171

810

1,545

420

299

2,389

1,655

784

472

1,949

2,089

3,641

4,388

McDOWELL

552

221

1,663

1,894

417

249

7,498

4,826

2,439

1,467

2,377

1,942

5,380

5,095

MARION

214

122

866

1,320

685

539

2,603

2,173

839

603

2,175

2,204

2,894

3,400

MARSHALL

143

81

483

673

480

361

410

354

103

94

1,329

1,486

1,409

1,912

MASON

155

69

257

571

260

213

246

230

92

69

833

1,066

1,254

1,772

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375

208

1,230

1,598

687

519

5,459

4,560

1,685

1,394

2,607

2,808

4,146

4,518

MINERAL

79

54

344

391

288

262

900

831

335

252

871

983

1,340

1,268

MINGO

360

191

1,060

1,607

299

314

1,174

928

385

289

1,643

1,907

3,989

3,839

MONONGALIA

193

100

392

817

734

714

2,754

3,739

622

756

1,860

2,370

1,843

2,838

MONROE

59

36

81

167

89

102

262

196

67

42

332

412

949

777

MORGAN

36

36

69

147

86

102

128

143

37

30

256

352

633

283

'1'

167

88

378

748

315

224

75

105

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950

1,173

1,912

2,386

OHIO

151

120

742

900

606

436

2,513

2,080

861

698

2,316

2,366

2,117

2,278

PENDLETON

28

18

100

68

71

78

197

185

69

54

203

221

566

319

PLEASANTS

35

14

60

115

71

61

29

33

810

278

324

393

487

POCAHONTAS

48

18

108

97

76

73

105

88

916

258

316

365

552

PRESTON

154

80

419

608

343

270

138

141

46

55

869

1,027

2,123

1,784

PUTNAM

115

73

284

480

430

433

169

336

68

129

980

1,494

1,314

1,618

RALEIGH

437

269

1,070

2,107

610

666

7,413

6,465

2,424

2,043

2,769

3,572

4,153

5,742

RANDOLPH

143

90

316

444

284

284

349

359

60

75

872

1,116

1,678

1,974

RITCHIE

51

28

95

192

109

79

20

22

08

382

421

718

868

ROANE

97

53

176

377

161

117

146

64

011

474

672

922

1,520

SUMMERS

95

46

335

352

127

98

1,241

860

182

115

612

579

1,236

1,048

TAYLOR

76

41

238

358

175

144

173

151

44

38

586

629

943

1,118

TUCKER

29

19

64

86

79

72

27

25

012

250

211

512

410

TYLER

45

20

107

188

113

80

23

39

09

307

351

608

515

II-

114

85

194

565

253

211

182

236

36

43

648

947

1,305

1,723

WAYNE

220

152

562

901

452

455

119

147

29

48

1,477

1,656

3,358

3,035

WEBSTER

87

49

339

487

149

105

17

25

210

526

576

1,439

1,356

WETZEL

94

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