Health Care, Family, & Community Factors Associated With Mental, Behavioral, & Developmental Disorders In Early Childhood; — United States, 2011 To –2012

In this report released March 11, 2016, researchers with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed statistics collected as part of the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health, which has parent-reported data for more than 35,000 children between the ages of 2 and 8. The analysis revealed that about 15.4% of children ages 2 to 8 in the United States have at least one diagnosed mental, behavioral or developmental disorder (MBDD). The prevalence ranges across the states from the low of 10.6% in California to the high of 21.5% in . . .