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

Estimated Number of Children: 203,057
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
86.1
Oral Health Statuspercent of children with excellent or very good oral health
79.1
Injurypercent of children age 0-5 with injuries requiring medical attention in the past year
6.4
Breastfeedingpercent of children age 0-5 who were ever breastfed
73.3
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
26.5
Positive Social Skillspercent of children age 6-17 who exhibit two or more positive social skills
94.7
Missed School Dayspercent of children age 6-17 who missed 11 or more days of school in the past year
5.4
HEALTH CARE
Current Health Insurancepercent of children currently insured
94.4
Insurance Coverage Consistencypercent of children lacking consistent insurance coverage in the past year
10.6
Preventive Health Carepercent of children with a preventive medical visit in the past year
97.7
Preventive Dental Carepercent of children with a preventive dental visit in the past year
86.5
Developmental Screeningpercent of children age 10 months to 5 years who received a standardized screening for developmental or behavioral problems
14.5
Mental Health Carepercent of children age 2-17 with problems requiring counseling who received mental health care
76.0
Medical Homepercent of children who received care within a medical home
63.6
SCHOOL AND ACTIVITIES
School Engagementpercent of children age 6-17 who are adequately engaged in school
82.0
Repeating a Gradepercent of children age 6-17 who have repeated at least one grade
10.3
Activities Outside of Schoolpercent of children age 6-17 who participate in activities outside of school
86.0
Screen Timepercent of children age 1-5 who watched more than one hour of TV or video during a weekday
48.3
CHILD’S FAMILY
Reading to Young Childrenpercent of children age 0-5 whose families read to them everyday
58.2
Singing and Telling Stories to Young Childrenpercent of children age 0-5 whose families sing or tell stories to them everyday
65.7
Religious Servicespercent of children who attend religious services at least weekly
46.1
Mother’s Healthof children who live with their mothers, the percentage whose mothers are in excellent or very good physical and emotional health
60.3
Father’s Healthof children who live with their fathers, the percentage whose fathers are in excellent or very good physical and emotional health
67.4
Smoking in the Householdpercent of children who live in households where someone smokes
25.5
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
33.1
CHILD AND FAMILY’S NEIGHBORHOOD
Neighborhood Amenitiespercent of children who live in neighborhoods with a park, sidewalks, a library, and a community center
58.3
Neighborhood Conditionspercent of children who live in neighborhoods with poorly kept or dilapidated housing
11.7
Supportive Neighborhoodspercent of children living in neighborhoods that are supportive
81.3
Safety of Child in Neighborhoodpercent of children living in neighborhoods that are usually or always safe
85.9
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