Resources for Children and Adolescents

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) provides statistics, data, and resources to monitor the health and well-being of children and adolescents in the United States.

Key Statistics

• FastStats: Statistics by Topic
  Important indicators and links on the health of children and adolescents
  • Adolescent Health
  • Allergies
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child Health
  • Immunization
  • Teen Pregnancy
• Health Data Interactive
  Interactive data tables include information on children and adolescents.
• DATA2010
  The database for Healthy People 2010 provides selected health estimates for adolescents and young adults.

Data Sources With a Focus on Children and Adolescents

• National Immunization Survey - Teen (NIS-Teen)
  NIS-Teen was established to provide an ongoing, consistent data set for analyzing vaccination levels among adolescents in the United States and disseminating this information to interested public health partners.
• National Youth Fitness Survey
  A new, one-of-a-kind survey that will be collecting data on physical activity and fitness to provide an evaluation of the health and fitness of  children in the United States aged 3 to 15 years.
• State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS)
  SLAITS provides a mechanism to collect data quickly on a broad range of topics at the national, state, and local levels and uses the same random-digit-dial telephone design approach and sampling frame as the ongoing National Immunization Survey. SLAITS modules with a focus on children include:
  • Child Well-Being and Welfare
    
  • Influenza Vaccination Module for Children
    
  • National Survey of Adoptive Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs
    
  • National Survey of Children's Health
    
  • National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
    
  • National Survey of Early Childhood Health

Publications

• America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2012
• NCHS Data Briefs
  • Diagnostic History and Treatment of School-aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Special Health Care Needs
  • Birth Rates for U.S. Teenagers Reach Historic Lows for All Age and Ethnic Groups
  • Consumption of Added Sugar Among U.S. Children and Adolescents, 2005–2008
  • Antidepressant Use in Persons Aged 12 and Over: United States, 2005–2008
  • Low-fat Milk Consumption Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2007–2008
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Children Aged 5-17 Years in the United States, 1998-2009
  • U.S. Teenage Birth Rate Resumes Decline
  • Obesity and Socioeconomic Status in Children and Adolescents: United States, 2005-2008
  • State Disparities in Teenage Birth Rates in the United States
  • Educating Teenagers About Sex in the United States
  • Mortality Among Teenagers Aged 12-19 Years: United States, 1999-2006
  • Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations

Additional Resources

• Growth Charts
  Pediatric growth charts have been used by pediatricians, nurses, and parents to track the growth of infants, children, and adolescents in the United States since 1977.
  
• NCHS Survey Measures Catalog
  An overview of questions about child and adolescent mental health, and functioning and disability, in various surveys of the NCHS Data Systems.