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Download full textTexas Univ., Austin. School of Social Work. – 1995
This Kids Count report presents a brief demographic analysis of preventable child deaths in Texas. The analysis integrates quantitative and qualitative information on accidents, homicides, and suicides, with data on deaths from disease and other causes to compare different age groupings, ethnic groups, and time periods. Texas Department of Health…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Neglect
Texas Kids Count Project, Austin. – 1994
As part of a nationwide effort to highlight the well-being of children in every state, Texas Kids Count is building a comprehensive database of indicators of child well-being to be used to produce annual data books and other analyses on the status of children in Texas. This report presents, county by county, data on several child well-being…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Whalen, Laura G.; Grunbaum, Jo Anne; Kinchen, Steve; McManus, Tim; Shanklin, Shari L.; Kann, Laura – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005
In the United States, nearly two-thirds of all deaths among young people 10-14 years of age result from only five causes: motor-vehicle crashes (22.1%), other unintentional injuries (16.7%), cancer (12.9%), suicide (6.8%), and homicide (4.7%). Leading causes of illness and death in all age groups in the United States are related to the following:…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Injuries, At Risk Students, Surveys
