Data & Statistics
Data and statistical reports available on the health, as well other demographical characteristics, of children and adolescents in Virginia are available through organizations and websites listed below by subject area.
Multiple Indicator Data Sets:
Survey Data:
- National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (2005-06, 2001-Virginia data available)
Topic Areas for State Data:
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Multiple Indicator Data Sets:
National, State and/or Local Level Multiple Indicator Data.
Data sets available for monitoring the safety net at the state and county level including inpatient and ambulatory care indicators.
Indicator sets for health, demographic, income, and other data related to well-being by state with rankings, trends, and raw data available (interactive site). State and local census data also available through website.
One stop website for indicators of health, social and emotional development, income, education, demographics, and family status at the federal, state, and local levels (where available).
Data from various federal agencies on population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Publishes annual report on America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being.
Multiple agency data at the local level on civic participation, crime and community violence, demography, economy, education, families and children, gangs, health, housing, juvenile delinquency, and substance abuse.
State indicator sets for Health Status, Health Coverage and the Uninsured, Medicaid, and other health related sets.
Data available on performance measures related to maternal and child health by state and national regions.
Multiple data reports and surveillance data available related to births, deaths, and data from surveys such as Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and the National Immunization Survey. Data available at the federal and state level.
Interactive table and mapping tool with multiple indicators available at the local and zip code levels.
Data available on pregnancies, births, induced terminations, fetal deaths, and deaths at the state and local levels.
Trend data on multiple community indictors including indicators of Morbidity, Mortality, Family Management Problems, Crime, Substance Use, and Extreme Economic and Social Deprivation—based on "Communities That Care" model.
Annual KIDS COUNT data provides interactive site by locality to create profiles, maps, and graphs of multiple indicators. Annual KIDS COUNT Data Book on-line available.
Links to various data sources on crime, economic, housing, population, poverty, transportation, and other data.
Survey Data:
National Survey of Children’s Health (2003):
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Telephone survey sponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics regarding parental report of children’s health status. Data available at state level on variety of topics including health status, asthma, injury, nutrition, physical activity, parental concerns, breastfeeding, health insurance, health care utilization, dental care, after school activities, child care, neighborhood safety, and household practices.
Information including survey, methodology, and raw data available at:
National Center for Health Statistics: National Survey of Children’s Health
Interactive website available at:
Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
Report: The Health and Well-Being of Children: A Portrait of the States and Nation, 2005
National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (2005-06, 2001):
- Telephone survey sponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics regarding parental report of children with special health care need’s health status. Data available at the state level regarding children with special health care need status, use of services, impact on family, experience with care, and unmet needs. Data also available for health insurance status of all children.
Information including survey, methodology, and raw data available at:
National Center for Health Statistics: National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs
2005-06
2001
Interactive website available at:
Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
Report: The National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs Chartbook 2001
Virginia Community Youth Survey (2005, 2003)
Virginia Youth Tobacco Survey (2005)
- Written survey sponsored biennially since 2001 by the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation among 6th-12th graders in public middle and high schools across Virginia. Survey data provide information about tobacco use, availability of tobacco products, environmental tobacco smoke, tobacco prevention education, tobacco advertisements and depictions of tobacco use in the media.
2005 Report and Data tables:
Topic Areas for State Data:
Adolescent Health:
- Bright Futures Virginia: Healthy Young People 2001
Report on variety of adolescent health indicators for U.S. and Virginia.
Asthma:
- Virginia Department of Health Division of Chronic Diseases Prevention and Control: Data and Statistics
Data on asthma hospitalizations and comprehensive asthma report.
Births:
Birth Defects:
- Virginia Congenital Anomalies Reporting and Education System: Birth Defect Surveillance Data 1989-1998.
(Report)
(Interactive website)
Report and data collected through mandatory reporting system of birth defects of hospitalized children in Virginia birth through age 2.
- March of Dimes: Peristats
Interactive database on multiple maternal and child health indicators including birth defects (national and state).
Cancer:
Child Abuse:
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Deaths:
Early Childhood:
Foster Care:
Health Care Manpower and Underserved Areas:
Health Insurance and Children's Health Insurance Programs in Virginia:
- Sign Up Now:
Historical data on local enrollment and estimated children eligible for FAMIS programs. (Local data no longer available)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Indicators:
- Virginia Health Information: VHI HMO Reports
Data available on HMO performance (HEDIS measures), size, and geographical areas served.
Hospitalizations:
- Virginia Health Information
Data and/or available on Hospitals, Physicians, Long Term Care facilities, and Health Maintenance Organizations in Virginia. Inpatient hospital discharge data available for purchase.
- Virginia Department of Health Division for Injury and Violence Prevention: Injury Hospitalization Rates
Interactive website for injury related hospitalizations.
Immunization:
- Virginia Department of Health Division of Immunization: Data Management Statistics
Data from the Virginia Immunization Survey and National Immunization Survey.
Infectious/Reportable Diseases:
- Virginia Department of Health Office of Epidemiology: Virginia Reportable Disease Surveillance Data
Virginia Morbidity Surveillance Reports (monthly and annual) with state and health district data on the 75+ reportable diseases in the state.
Injury:
- Virginia Department of Health Division for Injury and Violence Prevention: Injury and Violence Prevention Research and Data
Injury and violence reports as well as access to Virginia Online Injury Reporting System (injury death and hospitalization data).
Lead Poisoning Screening:
- Virginia Department of Health Lead Safe Virginia: Data and Statistics
Data on lead screening testing and prevalence rates by locality and high-risk zip codes.
Nutrition:
- Virginia Department of Health Division of WIC and Community Nutrition Services: Data and Statistics
WIC caseload and overweight data by health district.
- Virginia Department of Education: Statistics
Data on participation in free and reduced school lunch program by school.
Obesity:
Physical Activity:
Population:
- Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service: Population Estimates
Population estimates from Weldon Cooper Center, U.S. Census Bureau, and Virginia Employment Commission for years in between decennial census.
Poverty:
- Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service: Poverty
Multiple links to poverty estimates produced by U.S. Census Bureau.
- Virginia Department of Education: Statistics
Data on participation in free and reduced school lunch program by school.
- Voices for Virginia's Children: KIDS COUNT Data
Annual KIDS COUNT data provides interactive site by locality to create profiles, maps, and graphs of multiple indicators including poverty data.
- Virginia Center for Healthy Communities: Virginia Atlas of Community Health
Interactive table and mapping tool with multiple indicators available at the local and zip code levels.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases/Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS):
Teenage Pregnancy:
Tobacco Usage:
Contact: Susan Tlusty
James Madison Building
109 Governor St., 8th floor, Richmond, VA 23219
Phone (804) 864-7685
Fax (804) 864-7722
