The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health has broken the 2007 NSCH Child Health and System Performance Profile into what it calls “state snapshots.” These snapshots make it particularly easy to compare all 50 states (and D.C.) across 21 categories, including dental health, access to care, insurance and several chronic conditions. Below, I’ve mapped an indicator of child access to preventative care, one which would appear to correlate strongly with population density.
The Data Resource Center is a project of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), housed at the Oregon Health & Science University.
Update
In the comments, AHCJ board member Felice Freyer noted that it “Would be interesting to compare these numbers with info on percentage of children who have coverage in each state.” So, that’s just what I did. I put together another map, again using 2007 NSCH data and attached it below.
