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Child Death Rate
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Percent of High School Dropouts
Recently the percentage of teens who are high school dropouts
has declined, both at the state (7%) and national levels (9%).
Percent of Teens Who Are High School Dropouts (ages 16–19)
is the percentage of teenagers between ages 16 and 19 who are not
enrolled in school and are not high school graduates. Those who
have a GED or equivalent are included as high school graduates in
this measure. The measure used here is defined as a “status
dropout” rate by the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) as shown in their publication Dropout Rates in the United
States: 2000 (p. 2).
Source:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, special tabulations
of Current Population Survey microdata from 1995 through 2002.
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Child Death Rates
Child death rates have dropped sharply since the early 1990’s,
both at the state and national levels).
 Child
Death Rate (deaths per 100,000 children ages 1–14) is the
number of deaths to children between ages 1 and 14, from all causes,
per 100,000 children in this age range. The data are reported by
place of residence, not place of death.
Sources:
Death Statistics: Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
2001 data: Special tabulations provided
by CDC, NCHS, Division of Vital Statistics, “Deaths by 10-Year
Age Groups: United States and Each State, 2001.”
2000 data: CDC, NCHS, Division of Vital
Statistics, “Deaths by 10-Year Age Groups: United States and
Each State, 2000,” accessed online at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/VS00100.TABLE23B_2000.pdf
(July 17, 2004).
1999 data: CDC, NCHS, Division of Vital
Statistics, “Deaths From 358 Selected Causes, by 5-Year Age
Groups, Race and Sex: U.S. and Each State, 1999,” accessed
online at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/VS00199.TABLEIII.PT1.pdf (July 17,
2004).
1998 data: CDC, NCHS, Division of Vital
Statistics, “Deaths From 282 Selected Causes, by 5-Year Age
Groups, Race and Sex: U.S. and Each State, 1998,” accessed
online at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/98gm3_01.pdf (July 17, 2004).
1997 data: CDC, NCHS, Division of Vital
Statistics, “Deaths From 282 Selected Causes, by 5-Year Age
Groups, Race and Sex: U.S. and Each State, 1997,” accessed
online at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/97gm3_01.pdf (July 17, 2004).
1996 data: Special tabulations accessed
online through CDC WONDER at wonder.cdc.gov (July 17, 2004).
Population Statistics: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Teen Deaths
The number of teen deaths by accident, homicide and suicide has
also dropped sharply since the mid-1990’s at both the state
and national levels.
Rate of Teen Deaths by Accident, Homicide, and Suicide (deaths per
100,000 teens ages 15–19) is the number of deaths from accidents,
homicides, and suicides to teens between ages 15 and 19, per 100,000
teens in this age group. The data are reported by place of residence,
not the place where the death occurred.
Sources:
Death Statistics: 2001 data: Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control (NCIPC), special tabulations accessed online through
NCIPC at http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html (July
20, 2004).
2000 data: NCIPC special tabulations accessed
online through NCIPC at http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html
(July 20, 2004).
1999 data: CDC, National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS), Division of Vital Statistics, “Deaths From
358 Selected Causes, by 5-Year Age Groups, Race and Sex: U.S. and
Each State, 1999,” accessed online at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/VS00199.TABLEIII.PT4.pdf
(July 20, 2004).
1996 through 1998 data: CDC, NCIPC, special
tabulations accessed online through NCIPC at http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate.html
(July 20, 2004).
Population Statistics: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Teens not Attending School or Working
The percent of Utah teens not attending school or working has stayed
level since 1995 at 7%, just below the national average of 8%.
 Percent
of Teens Not Attending School and Not Working (ages 16–19)
is the percentage of teenagers between ages 16 and 19 who are not
enrolled in school (full- or part-time) and not employed (full-
or part-time). This measure is sometimes referred to as “Idle
Teens” or “Disconnected Youth.”
Source:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, special tabulations
of Current Population Survey microdata from 1995 through 2002.
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