Children's Health in California

Welcome to Children's Health in California

This is an interactive information tool in four pages. It allows exploration of health factors and outcomes at different levels: state, county, and race. The goal is to reveal disparities and areas for improvement.

Please proceed to the first tab.


Most of the data is from Kidsdata.org, a project of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health.



Watch a Video Demo

In case you are interested, there is a video demo of this project. Not as good as the interactive experience, though!

This page is a type of report card for California on a few different health indicators. Each image is actually a bar graph: the size of the bar reflects California's score for that health topic. Positive indicators, where a higher score is desired, are blue; negative indicators are red.

Some Positive Health Indicators

These rates are all specific to California. Scale of vertical axis is 0 - 100%.

25.5%
Fitness in 5th grade boys
31.6%
Fitness in 5th grade girls
34.5%
Fitness in 9th grade girls
36.7%
Fitness in 9th grade boys
55.9%
11th grade boys who ate breakfast
57.4%
11th grade girls who ate breakfast

Some Negative Health Indicators

Hover over the name to also see the rate for the country as a whole. Scale of vertical axis is 0 - 100%.

24%
Not immunized
25%
7th grade boys who tried alcohol
28%
Poor
28.5%
Lacking preventative care
29%
9th grade girls using alcohol
30.5%
Overweight

Some Causes of Death in Children

These death rates are per 100,000 children ages 15-19 in California. Hover over to see the total number of deaths and also the country-wide rates. Scale of vertical axis is 0 - 20.

3.47
Poisoning deaths
4.58
Suicides
14.65
Firearm deaths
15.54
Motor vehicle deaths


This tool allows you to see the counties ranked in order by a certain health indicator. The higher rates are on top. The population of the each county's children is also shown, represented by the size of the circle.

Please choose a topic:

Depression

The percentage of 7th grade girls reporting whether in the past 12 months, they had felt so sad and hopeless every day for two weeks or more that they stopped doing some usual activities, by gender. This data is from 2006-2008.

Source is Kidsdata.org. You can view this topic directly on Kidsdata.org.

Chlamydia (STD)

The rate per 100,000 of young people (ages 10-19) who have the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia. Data is from 2008.

Source is Kidsdata.org. You can view this topic directly on Kidsdata.org.

School Safety

The percentage of 7th grade girls reporting the level of safety they feel at school. This data is from 2006-2008.

Source is Kidsdata.org. You can view this topic directly on Kidsdata.org.

Teen Births

The rate of teen births per 1,000 young women ages 15-19. This data is from 2007.

Source is Kidsdata.org. You can view this topic directly on Kidsdata.org.

Truancy

The percentage of public school students missing more than 30 minutes of instruction without an excuse three or more times during the school year. This data is form 2009.

Source is Kidsdata.org. You can view this topic directly on Kidsdata.org.

Suspensions

The rate of suspensions per 100 public school students. This data is from 2009.

Source is Kidsdata.org. You can view this topic directly on Kidsdata.org.

Bullying

The percentage of 7th grade girls being bullied. This is bullying for a non-specified reason; it actually excludes bullying for the specific reasons of disability, gender, race, nationality, religion, or sexual orientation. Answers are self-reported, and collected 2006-2008.

Source is Kidsdata.org. You can view this topic directly on Kidsdata.org.

Gang Membership

The percentofe of 7th grade boys who report being a member of a gang. Answers are self-reported, and collected 2006-2008.

Source is Kidsdata.org. You can view this topic directly on Kidsdata.org.

Juvenile Arrests

The rate of juvenile felony arrests per 1,000 youth ages 10-17. This data is from 2008.

Source is Kidsdata.org. You can view this topic directly on Kidsdata.org.

Rate County Population

    Demographics in California

    27%
    Overall Child Population
    28%
    Portion Who Live in Los Angeles County


    Step 1: Click a county on the map.
    Sources