Geography Matters: Child Well-being in the States

April  2008 The Every Child Matters Education Fund reviewed child well-being disparities in the United States. The measures reviewed included infant mortality, births to teen mothers, the prevalence women giving birth with late or no prenatal care, the number of juveniles living in poverty, and the prevalence of juveniles in jail. They noted that many disparities are linked to state economics and state policies. Infant mortality ranged from a low of 4.5 deaths per 1,000 births in Montana and Vermont to the highest, 10.5 deaths in Louisiana - a 133% difference. Births to teen mothers ranged from . . .