Prevalence of Selected Health Conditions in Children

摘要

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the health status of children aged 5 to 11 years is excellent or very good overall, at 84.8%, but 3.2%. of children miss 11 or more days of school in a year because of illness or injury. It was found that 17.4% of children are obese, 4.5% of children do not have health insurance coverage, and 4% of children lack a usual source of healthcare. The death rate among children aged 5 to 14 years is 12.7 per 1,00,000. Leading causes of death among children aged 5 to 14 years include accidents, cancer, and intentional self-harm.