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Click to go to the Child & Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI) web site
  
2007 National Survey of Children's Health
Washington Profile Page

Estimated Number of Children: 1,316,713
Click on any row of data in the table below to view detailed results by age, race/ethnicity, household income and other subgroups.
IndicatorExplanation%
%
HEALTH STATUS
Child Health Statuspercent of children in excellent or very good health
85.8
Oral Health Statuspercent of children with excellent or very good oral health
74.3
Injurypercent of children age 0-5 with injuries requiring medical attention in the past year
15.8
Breastfeedingpercent of children age 0-5 who were ever breastfed
89.6
Risk of Developmental or Behavioral Problemspercent of children age 4 months to 5 years determined to be at moderate or high risk based on parents' specific concerns
23.3
Positive Social Skillspercent of children age 6-17 who exhibit two or more positive social skills
94.5
Missed School Dayspercent of children age 6-17 who missed 11 or more days of school in the past year
7.3
HEALTH CARE
Current Health Insurancepercent of children currently insured
90.4
Insurance Coverage Consistencypercent of children lacking consistent insurance coverage in the past year
14.4
Preventive Health Carepercent of children with a preventive medical visit in the past year
84.2
Preventive Dental Carepercent of children with a preventive dental visit in the past year
81.3
Developmental Screeningpercent of children age 10 months to 5 years who received a standardized screening for developmental or behavioral problems
25.6
Mental Health Carepercent of children age 2-17 with problems requiring counseling who received mental health care
62.4
Medical Homepercent of children who received care within a medical home
59.9
SCHOOL AND ACTIVITIES
School Engagementpercent of children age 6-17 who are adequately engaged in school
80.2
Repeating a Gradepercent of children age 6-17 who have repeated at least one grade
8.3
Activities Outside of Schoolpercent of children age 6-17 who participate in activities outside of school
82.5
Screen Timepercent of children age 1-5 who watched more than one hour of TV or video during a weekday
52.4
CHILD’S FAMILY
Reading to Young Childrenpercent of children age 0-5 whose families read to them everyday
60.5
Singing and Telling Stories to Young Childrenpercent of children age 0-5 whose families sing or tell stories to them everyday
64.3
Religious Servicespercent of children who attend religious services at least weekly
42.9
Mother’s Healthof children who live with their mothers, the percentage whose mothers are in excellent or very good physical and emotional health
59.0
Father’s Healthof children who live with their fathers, the percentage whose fathers are in excellent or very good physical and emotional health
64.6
Smoking in the Householdpercent of children who live in households where someone smokes
19.1
Child Carepercent of children age 0-5 whose parents made emergency child care arrangements last month and/or a job change for child care reasons last year
29.8
CHILD AND FAMILY’S NEIGHBORHOOD
Neighborhood Amenitiespercent of children who live in neighborhoods with a park, sidewalks, a library, and a community center
50.5
Neighborhood Conditionspercent of children who live in neighborhoods with poorly kept or dilapidated housing
16.0
Supportive Neighborhoodspercent of children living in neighborhoods that are supportive
83.7
Safety of Child in Neighborhoodpercent of children living in neighborhoods that are usually or always safe
88.6
Estimates on Sample size too small Estimates based on sample sizes too small to meet standards for reliability or precision. The relative standard error is greater than or equal to 30%.
Citation format: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health website. Retrieved [mm/dd/yy] from www.nschdata.org