Children's health - Statistics & Facts

Under-five child mortality by world region 2021

Child mortality in the first five years of life worldwide in 2021, by region (per 1,000 live births)

Countries with highest mortality rate among children aged under five 2021

Countries with the highest mortality rate among children aged under 5 as of 2021 (per 1,000 live births)

Number of stunted, wasted, and overweight children worldwide in 2020, by region

Number of children affected by stunting, wasting, or overweight worldwide in 2020, by region

Children and type 1 diabetes worldwide - key facts 2021

Key facts on children and type 1 diabetes worldwide in 2021

Top countries by new cases rate of type 1 diabetes in children 2021

Top 10 countries based on new type 1 diabetes cases among children in 2021 (per 100,000 children)

Estimated number of TB incident cases among children by world region 2019

Estimated number of incident cases of tuberculosis among children worldwide in 2019, by region*

Number of new HIV infections among adults and children worldwide 2000-2021

Number of new HIV infections among adults and children worldwide from 2000 to 2021 (in millions)

U.S. children diagnosed with a developmental disability as of 2015-2018, by condition

Percentage of U.S. children aged 3-17 years ever diagnosed with a developmental disability as of 2015-2018, by condition

Prevalence of autism in children aged 8 years in selected U.S. states by gender 2020

Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among children aged 8 years in selected U.S. states in 2020, by gender (per 1,000 children)

Percentage of U.S. children with ADHD from 1997 to 2018

Percentage of children in the U.S. with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from 1997 to 2018

Share of U.S. children who ever had ADHD from 2016 to 2019, by gender

Percentage of children in the U.S. who ever had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from 2016 to 2019, by gender

Leading U.S. states by lifetime prevalence of asthma among children 2020

U.S. states with the highest lifetime prevalence of asthma among children as of 2020*

Share of U.S. children with food allergies in the past year as of 2018, by age

Percentage of children in the U.S. who had food allergies in the last 12 months as of 2018, by age

Share of U.S. children with skin allergies in the past year as of 2018, by age

Percentage of children in the U.S. who had skin allergies in the last 12 months as of 2018, by age

Prevalence of obesity among U.S. population aged 2–19 years from 1963 to 2018, by age

Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States aged 2–19 years from 1963 to 2018, by age*

Highest obesity rate among 10-17 year-olds in U.S. by state 2019-2020

Top 10 U.S. states by obesity rate among children aged 10-17 years in 2019-2020

Short sleep duration among U.S. children aged 6 to 12 years, 2016-2018, by ethnicity

Percentage of children aged 6 to 12 years with short sleep duration in the United States from 2016 to 2018, by ethnicity*

Share of U.S. children and adolescents with oral health problems in 2021, by state

Percentage of children and adolescents aged 1 to 17 years who had oral health problems in the U.S. in 2021, by state

U.S. neonatal and postneonatal mortality rates from 1995 to 2020

Rates of neonatal and postneonatal deaths in the U.S. from 1995 to 2020 (per 1,000 live births)

Number of U.S. neonatal and postneonatal deaths from 1995 to 2020

Number of neonatal and postneonatal deaths in the U.S. from 1995 to 2020

U.S. infant mortality rate by state 2020

Infant mortality rate in the United States as of 2020, by state (deaths per 1,000 live births)

Distribution of sudden unexpected infant deaths in the U.S. in 2020, by cause

Distribution of sudden unexpected infant deaths in the United States in 2020, by cause

Number of infant deaths in the U.S. from 2018 to 2020, by leading causes

Number of infant deaths in the U.S. from 2018 to 2020, by leading causes

Leading causes of infant death in the United States 2021

Distribution of the 10 leading causes of infant death in the United States in 2021*

Leading causes of death among children aged 1-4 years in the United States 2019

Distribution of the 10 leading causes of death among children aged 1 to 4 years in the United States in 2019

Leading causes of death among children aged 5-9 years in the United States 2019

Distribution of the 10 leading causes of death among children aged 5 to 9 years in the United States in 2019

Leading causes of death among children aged 10-14 years in the United States 2019

Distribution of the 10 leading causes of death among children and adolescents aged 10 to 14 years in the United States in 2019

Leading substances causing pediatric poisoning deaths in the U.S. 2021

Substances most frequently involved in pediatric poisoning deaths in the U.S. in 2021*

Medicaid and CHIP child enrollee numbers August 2022, by state

Number of children enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP as of August 2022, by U.S. state

Number of Medicaid/CHIP children's health care quality measures 2020

Number of Medicaid/CHIP children's health care quality measures in 2020, by U.S. state

Uninsured U.S. children percentage and rate by age 2021

Percentage and rate of children without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by age group

Uninsured U.S. children number by age 2021

Number of children without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by age (in millions)

Uninsured U.S. children number by ethnicity 2021

Number of children without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by ethnicity (in millions)

Uninsured U.S. children total number by family income 2021

Number of children without health insurance in the U.S. in 2021, by annual family income (in millions)

Projected number of children enrolled in Medicaid in the U.S. 2020-2027

Projected number of children enrolled in Medicaid in the United States from 2020 to 2027 (in millions)

People per active physician in the U.S. by specialty 2021

Number of people per active physician in the U.S. in 2021, by specialty

U.S. children and adolescents with a primary care visit by age 2017-2019

Percentage of children and adolescents in the U.S. with a primary care practitioner visit from 2017 to 2019, by age group*

Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist in the past year 1997-2019

Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year from 1997 to 2019

Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist in the past year by race 2019

Percentage of children in the United States who visited the dentist in the past year in 2019, by race/ethnicity

Places of employment for pediatricians in the U.S. 2019

Percentage of pediatricians in the U.S. who worked at select locations as of 2019

Payment methods U.S. pediatricians participated in as of 2020

Percentage of pediatricians in the U.S. who participated in various payment methods as of 2020*

Most rewarding parts of being a pediatrician in the U.S. 2020

Percentage of pediatricians in the U.S. who stated the following were the most rewarding parts of their job as of 2020

Most challenging parts of being a pediatricians in the U.S. 2020

Percentage of pediatricians in the U.S. who stated the following were the most challenging parts of their job as of 2020

Birth rate - U.S. girls aged 10-14 years 1991-2021

Birth rate for U.S. girls aged 10-14 years from 1991 to 2021 (per 1,000 girls)

MMR vaccination rate among U.S. children aged 19-35 months 1995-2017

Percentage of children aged 19-35 months who are vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) in the U.S. from 1995 to 2017

U.S. states with the lowest percent of children receiving vaccinations U.S. 2021

States with the lowest percentage of children receiving recommended immunizations in the U.S. as of 2021*

Share of U.S. children who were vaccinated against influenza in 2019, by age

Pecentage of children aged 6 months to 17 years in the United States who had an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months as of 2019, by age