KIDS COUNT News

KIDS COUNT Data Center
Adds New Features

New data available on the KIDS COUNT Data Center:

The following data are now available in the KIDS COUNT Data Center, our powerful, user-friendly online database of more than 100 indicators of child well-being.

Ten Key Indicators by Race and Ethnicity: New comprehensive state-level data on kids and families in the five largest racial and ethnic groups – African American, Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaskan Native, and Non-Hispanic White – are now available online for 10 key indicators including low birth weight babies and children in poverty.

Birth Outcomes: State- and city-level data on birth outcomes are now available from the report, 2008 Right Start for America's Newborns: City and State Trends. Data spotlight gaps in birth conditions and health status for the nation's infants. Generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles, or download the entire data set as delimited text files.

Add live maps to your site!

KIDS COUNT has added a new feature to the KIDS COUNT Data Center that allows any visitor to create a map or line graph and then insert that item directly into their own website. This differs from the “Save Image” feature in that it gives the visitor a live, working map or line graph, just like the one found in the datacenter. Also, if updates are made to the data at the datacenter, the map changes on the remote website as well, so it’s always up-to-date!