tailieunhanh - THE STATE OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN® HANDBOOK 2012

The Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), together with Professor John Wilmoth and Alison Gemmill, of the University of California at Berkeley, United States of America (USA), collaborated in developing these maternal mortality estimates. The MMEIG consists of the following individuals, listed in alphabetical order: Mohamed Ali of the World Health Organization (WHO); Ties Boerma of WHO; Doris Chou of WHO; Sara Hertog of the United Nations Population Division (UNPD); Edilberto Loaiza of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); Mie Inoue of WHO; Colin Mathers of WHO; Michael Mbizvo of WHO; Samuel Mills of The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA; Holly Newby of the United Nations Children’s Fund. | THE STATE OF AMERICA S CHILDREN HANDBOOK CDF Mission Statement The Children s Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start a Head Start a Fair Start a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong effective and independent voice for all the children of America who cannot vote lobby or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investments before they get sick drop out of school get into trouble or suffer family breakdown. CDF began in 1973 and is a private nonprofit organization supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations. 2012 Children s Defense Fund. All rights reserved. Cover photos Steve Liss Inside photos Dean Alexander Glauz Diego Lee Lannom and Steve Liss ii Children s Defense Fund Table of Contents Foreword .1 Moments in How America Ranks among Industrialized The Four Child Population .6 Table 1. Child Population by Age Race and Ethnicity 2011 Child Table 2. Poverty Guidelines 2010-2012 Table 3. Poor Children in America A Portrait Table 4. Child Poverty by Age 2010 Table 5. Child Poverty by Race and Ethnicity 2010 Family Income and Table 6. Labor Force Participation and Unemployment Among Teens and Young Adults 2010 and 2011 Table 7. Median Income of Families and Children by Family Type 2010 Housing and Table 8. Homeless Children and Youth Enrolled in Public Schools Table 9. Rental Housing Affordability 2012 Table 10. Odds of Being Uninsured Children s Coverage in 2010 Table 11. Health Insurance Coverage 2008-2010 Average Table 12. Children Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP Table 13. Teen Birth Rates Table 14. Low Birthweight Babies 2009 Table 15. Infant Mortality 2009 .