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1 What’s the smartest investment Georgia can make?

2 Georgia has much going for it… Solid Industrial Base Fortune 500 Companies Culture/Recreation Government/Academic Institutions …so why aren’t our kids faring as well?

3 GA Child Health Outcomes HEALTH INDICATORGEORGIAU.S. GA: Better or Worse? KIDSCOUNT RANKING Number of Children < 18 years2,268,47772,894,4833% of nat’l pop. % Low Birth Weight Babies8.87.741 Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) 8.66.843 Child Death Rate (deaths per 100,000 children ages 1-14) 272239 Teen ViolentDeath Rate (deaths per 100,000 ages 15-19) 625036 Teen Pregnancy (# births/1000 teen girls ages 15-19) 332545 *Data from Kidscount 2004 Data Book

4 How would we know if our children’s health is improving?

5 Indicators of child health Respect developmental stages Reflect all Georgia children Race and ethnicity Physical and mental ability All income levels Describe the child, not the system

6 GA Children’s Health Insurance Status *Data from U.S. Census Bureau and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and SCHIP

7 Focusing on Indicators Healthcare Georgia Foundation grant efforts:  Contract review  Georgia Healthy Families monitoring  Quality Measures review  Advisory committee  Survey  Child Health Indicator development and reporting

8 Be a powerful voice for Georgia’s children! Visit us at: www.georgiavoices.org Lauren Waits, Policy Director Voices for Georgia’s Children 404.521.0311 lwaits@georgiavoices.org www.georgiavoices.org

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