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“America’s Children 2025” is NOW AVAILABLE!
Explore #FedStats across 30 key measures of children’s well-being, including family & social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment, behavior, education, & health: childstats.gov/americaschild…

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The birth rate among female adolescents ages 15–17 declined from 9 per 1,000 in 2016 to 5 per 1,000 in 2023, a record low for the United States.
Read more with an updated indicator from the National Center for Health Statistics: childstats.gov/americaschild… @CDCgov
Earlier this year, we released “America’s Children 2025,” a new report featuring updated data across 30 key measures of children’s well-being.
Start exploring the data here: childstats.gov/americaschild…
After a long-term downward trend since 1995, the infant mortality rate was stable from 2020 to 2021 (5 deaths per 1,000 live births) and then increased in 2022 to 6 per 1,000.
Learn more w/ data from the National Center for Health Statistics: childstats.gov/americaschild… @CDCgov
In 2024, illicit drug use in the past 30 days was reported by 5% of 8th-graders, 10% of 10th-graders, and 17% of 12th-graders.
Learn more with #FedStats from the National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded Monitoring the Future survey:
childstats.gov/americaschild… @NIH
In 2023, 1.5% of all children ages 0–17 served by community water systems were served by systems that had violations of the disinfection byproducts standard.
Exposure to disinfection byproducts may lead to cancer or developmental effects.
Read more: childstats.gov/americaschild… @EPA
In 2022, 7% of children ages 4–17 were reported by parents to have serious emotional or behavioral difficulties. This % was higher for male children (8%) than for female children (6%).
Read more from the National Center for Health Statistics:
childstats.gov/americaschild… @CDCgov
DYK? “America’s Children 2025” is our latest report, and it features updated data across 30 key measures of children’s well-being.
Find it here: childstats.gov/americaschild…

ALT Circular picture of children in a classroom. To the left of the image is the text “America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2025. A new report from the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. Now available!” At the bottom of the image is the URL childstats.gov.
In 2023, the percentage of children ages 0–17 without health insurance at the time of interview was 4%.
Explore updated data from the National Center for Health Statistics to learn how this % varied by race/ethnicity: childstats.gov/americaschild… @CDCgov
In 2023, the birth rate among unmarried women ages 15–44 was 36 births for every 1,000 women, down from 37 births for every 1,000 women in 2022.
Explore how birth rates varied by age from 2022 to 2023 w/ #FedStats from Forum Member NCHS: childstats.gov/americaschild… @CDCgov
In 2023, the serious violent crime victimization rate for youth ages 12–17 was 5 crimes per 1,000.
Learn more with updated data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics: childstats.gov/americaschild… @OJPgov
The percentage of high school students who reported ever having had sexual intercourse decreased from 38% in 2019 to 32% in 2023.
Read more with updated data from Forum member @ACFHHS: childstats.gov/americaschild…
Read “America’s Children 2025,” our new report featuring updated data across 30 key measures of children’s well-being, including family & social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment, behavior, education, & health: childstats.gov/americaschild…
After a long-term downward trend since 1995, the infant mortality rate was stable from 2020 to 2021 (5 deaths per 1,000 live births) and then increased in 2022 to 6 per 1,000.
Learn more w/ data from the National Center for Health Statistics: childstats.gov/americaschild… @CDCgov
In 2023, 8.6% of infants were born with low birthweight.
Find updated #FedStats from the National Center for Health Statistics on how this % varied by race/ethnicity: childstats.gov/americaschild… @CDCgov
ICYMI: This summer, we released “America’s Children 2025,” a new report featuring updated data across 30 key measures of children’s well-being.
Find the report here: childstats.gov/americaschild…
Among children born in 2020, 68% had received the combined 7-vaccine series by age 24 months.
Read more: childstats.gov/americaschild… @CDCgov
Explore updated #FedStats from the National Center for Health Statistics on the leading causes of injury-related emergency department visits for children ages 1–4 and 5–14: childstats.gov/americaschild… @CDCgov
In 2024, 5% of 8th-graders, 10% of 10th-graders, & 15% of 12th-graders vaped nicotine.
Read more about students’ nicotine use with updated #FedStats from the NIDA-funded Monitoring the Future survey: childstats.gov/americaschild… @NIH
In 2023, the serious violent crime offending rate for juveniles ages 12–17 was 6 crimes per 1,000; there were 162,100 serious violent crimes involving juvenile offenders.
Find more information from the Bureau of Justice Statistics: childstats.gov/americaschild… @OJPgov
Read an updated indicator from Forum member @EPA to learn how the prevalence of current asthma in 2024 among children ages 0–17 varied by race/ethnicity: childstats.gov/americaschild…



















