National and State Data
Non-Governmental Sources

This page provides links to a number of national databases from non-profit research centers, private and non-profit foundations, and other non-federal sources that contain information on various aspects of healthcare for children and youth. Some of these databases may be used for state-level analysis. Many of these databases also have on-line or telephone technical support and/or query tools.

Child Trends DataBank: (Supported by private foundations.) Site is rich in national trends and research data on over 70 key indicators of child and youth well-being including demographic, health, social and emotional development, income-assets and work, education and skills, and family and community. Site has links to violence and injury.

Children’s Defense Fund: Leave No Child Behind Campaign: National advocacy group for children. Site has variety of links to national and state data, census data, and topical fact sheets. Information is related to child poverty, education, youth employment, and child care.

Kids Count: Annie E. Casey Foundation. Provides national and state data and information on 10 major well-being indicators for children. Includes links to state level data on children of color and links to other state Kids Count Data publications. Reader can also access 3 on-line databases and a 4th site that compares the data and features of each site.

• Kids Count State-Level Online Data: Allows reader to create maps, profiles, graphs, rankings, and download raw data for states of interest.
  
• Kids Count Census Data Online : Provides data on 10 areas – income and poverty, parental employment, education, language, disability, neighborhood characteristics, age and sex, race, Hispanic origin, and living arrangements – by national, state, county, largest US cities, SMSA, CMSA, PMSA, indigenous homelands, and 108th Congressional districts.
• CLINKS (County-City-Community Level Information on Kids) Online Data:   Allows reader to access state data sources collected from local sources such as health departments, social service agencies and schools. Reader can create profiles, graphs, rankings, and download raw data. Does not include data for Alaska, District of Columbia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, Wyoming or US Virgin Islands.

National Survey of America ’s Families, The Urban Institute. Provides a comprehensive look at the well-being of adults and children and reveals sometimes striking differences among the 13 states studied in depth. The survey pays particular attention to low-income families, and reporting on important aspects about their lives and how they differ from the lives of children and adults in families with higher incomes. It is a part of New Federalism, a multi-year research project of the Urban Institute. The survey is representative of the non-institutionalized, civilian population of persons under age 65 in the nation as a whole and in 13 states: including Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.

State Health Facts Online, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Provides state -specific and comparison data for variety of indicators for both adults and children. Includes data on asthma, unintentional injuries, smoking, diabetes, teen pregnancy and other Healthy People 2010 objectives.

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