Community Assessment

Children

Percent of High School Dropouts
Child Death Rate
Teen Deaths
Teens not attending School or Working

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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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