Health-Related Office Visits by Children and Adolescents

摘要

In 2013, there were 74 million (23.3% of population) children aged <18 years. This is a decline of 17.1% from 1980, including a 28% drop in the number of adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, and there were 4.4% more boys than girls (37.6 million vs. 36 million, respectively). According to the National Center for Health Statistics, parents of 84.2% of children said their child's health was excellent or very good.