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AUTHOR Folden, Pam, Ed.TITLE West Virginia KIDS COUNT Data Book: 2000 County Profiles of

Child Well-Being.INSTITUTION West Virginia Kids Count Fund, Charleston.; West Virginia

Univ., Morgantown. Survey Research Center.SPONS AGENCY Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.; West Virginia

State Dept. of Education, Charleston. Bureau of Vocational,Technical, and Adult Education.

PUB DATE 2001-00-00NOTE 193p.; For 1999 Data Book, see ED 440 744. Also sponsored by

CSX Transportation.AVAILABLE FROM West Virginia Kids Count Fund, 1031 Quarrier Street, Suite

313, Atlas Building, Charleston, WV 25301-9958 ($10). Tel:888-543-7268 (Toll Free); Tel: 304-345-2101; Fax:304-345-2102; e-mail: HN3174@handsnet.org; Web site:http://www.wvkidscountfund.org.

PUB TYPE Numerical/Quantitative Data (110) Reports Descriptive(141)

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS *Adolescents; Birth Weight; Births to Single Women; Child

Abuse; Child Health; Child Neglect; Child Welfare;*Children; *Counties; Day Care; Delinquency; Demography;Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood; Preschool Education; Safety;*Social Indicators; Statistical Surveys; Tables (Data);Trend Analysis; Violence; *Well Being; Youth Problems

IDENTIFIERS *Indicators; Project Head Start; *West Virginia

ABSTRACTThis ninth annual KIDS COUNT data book examines statewide

and county trends in the well-being of West Virginia's children. Following asummary of overall findings, including the decline since 1980 in the WestVirginia child population, the bulk of the report presents the state'sstatistical portrait, based on 12 indicators of well-being: (1) percent lowbirth weight babies; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) child death rate; (4)

percent of eligible children served by Head Start; (5) percent childrenapproved for free and reduced school meals; (6) child abuse/neglect rate; (7)

teen birth rate; (8) percent births to unmarried teens; (9) percent highschool dropouts; (10) juvenile delinquency case rate; (11) teen violent deathrate; and (12) percent births to mothers with less than a twelfth-gradeeducation. Trends for data are indicated where appropriate, based on1990-1998 data. Statewide, several indicators show improvement, particularlythe number of eligible children served by Head Start and the juveniledelinquency case rate, while rates for low-birth weight babies and childabuse/neglect have worsened. Information on definitions, methodology, andsources concludes the data book. (HTH)

Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document.

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per

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th in

Wes

t Vir

gini

a.T

he a

ctua

l num

ber

of in

fant

dea

ths

in m

any

coun

ties

isve

ry s

mal

l, an

d th

issm

all s

ampl

e di

stor

ts b

oth

rate

s an

d pe

rcen

t cha

nge.

For

exa

mpl

e,fo

ur d

eath

s in

the

curr

ent y

ear

and

one

deat

h in

the

benc

hmar

kye

ar c

ould

pro

duce

an

infa

ntde

ath

rate

in th

e cu

rren

t yea

r of

137

, a 4

42 p

erce

nt in

crea

seov

er th

e be

nchm

ark

year

. It i

s im

port

ant t

o ch

eck

the

actu

al n

umbe

rs lo

cate

d on

pag

es 8

9 an

d 90

.O

ver

the

last

eig

ht y

ears

, the

num

ber

of b

abie

s dy

ing

befo

re th

eir

firs

tbi

rthd

ay d

ecre

ased

. In

1990

, the

ave

rage

num

ber

of in

fant

dea

ths

in W

est

Vir

gini

a w

as 2

03; t

his

num

ber

drop

ped

to 1

61 in

199

8.In

term

s of

a r

ate,

Wes

tV

irgi

nia

' s 1

990

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

of

9.1

decr

ease

dto

7.7

by

1998

, a d

ecre

ase

of 1

5.6

perc

ent.

The

199

8 na

tiona

l inf

ant m

orta

lity

rate

, 7.2

, is

low

er th

an th

e19

98 W

V in

fant

mor

talit

y ra

te.

23P

age

9

Fig

ure

3

Tre

nds

In In

fant

Mor

talit

y R

ate

(per

1,0

00 li

ve b

irths

) in

Wes

t Virg

inia

1990

-199

8

9.5 9

8 5

° 9.1

9.1

9.0

8

7.5 7

".5 6

5.5 5

o. r

8.4

8.0

7 A

7°I7

.3

Yea

r 19

90 Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92 Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94 Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

96 Y

ear

1997

Yea

r 19

98

The

cou

nty

with

the

low

est i

nfan

t mor

talit

y ra

te w

as D

oddr

idge

at

2.5.

The

mos

t sig

nifi

cant

impr

ovem

ent o

ver

the

eigh

t yea

rsoc

curr

ed in

Lin

coln

Cou

nty

with

5 in

fant

dea

ths

in 1

998,

whi

ch r

epre

sent

s a

77.9

per

cent

impr

ovem

ent

from

its

1990

infa

nt m

orta

lity

rate

of

16.4

(24

infa

ntde

aths

). T

he c

ount

y w

ithth

e hi

ghes

t inf

ant m

orta

lity

rate

in 1

998

was

Poc

ahon

tas.

The

ir 1

990

rate

of

7.5

incr

ease

d to

16.

2 in

199

8, a

n in

crea

se o

f 11

6.2

perc

ent.

CH

ILD

DE

AT

H R

AT

E (

ages

1-1

4 pe

r 10

0,00

0 ch

ildre

n)T

he c

hild

dea

th r

ate

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

dea

ths,

fro

m a

ll ca

uses

,of

child

ren

betw

een

the

ages

of

one

and

14 p

er 1

00,0

00 c

hild

ren

of th

e sa

me

age.

The

chi

ld

deat

h ra

te te

lls u

s ab

out t

he r

isks

to c

hild

ren

and

how

muc

hof

thes

e ri

sks

resu

lted

in d

eath

. Ris

ks in

clud

e he

alth

pro

blem

s, e

xpos

ure

to h

azar

dous

cond

ition

s,pr

even

tabl

e in

juri

es a

nd la

ck o

f ac

cess

to h

ealth

car

e.T

he a

ctua

l num

ber

of c

hild

dea

ths

in m

any

coun

ties

is v

ery

smal

l, an

d th

is

smal

l sam

ple

dist

orts

bot

h ra

tes

and

perc

ent c

hang

e. F

orex

ampl

e, f

our

deat

hs in

a cu

rren

t yea

r an

d on

e de

ath

in a

benc

hmar

k ye

ar c

ould

pro

duce

a c

hild

dea

th r

ate

in th

e cu

rren

t yea

r of

137

, a 4

42 p

erce

nt in

crea

se o

ver

the

benc

hmar

k ye

ar. I

t is

impo

rtan

t to

chec

k th

e ac

tual

num

bers

; the

y ar

e lo

cate

d on

pag

es89

and

90.

The

chi

ld d

eath

rat

e fo

r W

est V

irgi

nia

child

ren

ages

1-1

4in

199

8 w

as 2

5.8

per

100,

000

child

ren.

The

re w

ere

409

child

dea

ths

in W

est V

irgi

nia

in 1

998.

24P

age

10W

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T

Thi

s w

as a

16.

9 pe

rcen

t im

prov

emen

t ove

r th

e 19

90 s

tate

child

dea

th

rate

of

31.1

, rep

rese

ntin

g 53

4 ch

ild d

eath

sfr

om 1

988-

1992

. The

199

8na

tiona

l chi

ld d

eath

rat

e of

24.

0 pe

r 10

0,00

0 ch

ildre

n ag

es1-

14 is

low

er th

an

the

1998

Wes

t Vir

gini

a ch

ild d

eath

rat

e of

25.

8.B

rook

e, M

onro

e, a

nd P

leas

ants

cou

ntie

s ea

ch h

ad n

ode

aths

in 1

998,

and

Bro

oke

and

Mon

roe

coun

ties

also

had

the

grea

test

impr

ovem

ents

ove

rth

e ei

ght-

year

spa

n. E

ach

of th

eir

1998

rat

es is

a 1

00 p

erce

ntim

prov

emen

t

over

the

1990

rat

e. T

he w

orst

ran

ked

coun

ty w

asC

alho

un, w

hich

had

a

child

dea

th r

ate

of 7

6.0.

Min

eral

Cou

nty'

s ch

ild d

eath

rat

esh

owed

the

leas

t

impr

ovem

ent o

ver

the

past

eig

ht y

ears

; its

199

0 ra

te o

f11

.7 in

crea

sed

261.

9

perc

ent b

y 19

98, w

ith a

chi

ld d

eath

rat

e of

42.2

.B

ecau

se m

any

of o

ur c

ount

ies

are

spar

sely

pop

ulat

ed,

the

actu

alnu

mbe

rs o

f ch

ild d

eath

s ar

e sm

all,

and

just

one

dea

th c

anin

flat

e th

e co

unty

rate

or

tren

d da

ta. D

espi

te th

e lo

w n

umbe

rof

chi

ld d

eath

s th

at o

ccur

, one

deat

h ca

n ha

ve a

big

impa

ct u

pon

a co

mm

unity

.

Fig

ure

4

40 35

TO

30

ce

25 20

Tre

nds

in C

hild

Dea

th R

ate

(age

s 1-

14 p

er 1

00,0

00 c

hild

ren)

in W

estV

irgin

ia

1990

-199

8

31.1

30.0

28.9

27 6

26.8

27.2 25

26 8

25.8

Yea

r 19

90 Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92 Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94 Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

96 Y

ear

1997

Yea

r 19

98

25T

he A

nnie

E. C

asey

Fou

ndat

ion

PER

CE

NT

OF

EL

IGIB

LE

CH

ILD

RE

N S

ER

VE

D B

Y H

EA

D S

TA

RT

(age

s 3-

4)H

ead

Star

t is

an e

norm

ousl

y su

cces

sful

ear

ly c

hild

hood

prog

ram

. Stu

dies

cont

inue

to d

emon

stra

te th

e su

cces

s of

Hea

d St

art i

n pr

oduc

ing

few

erdr

opou

ts,

few

er d

elin

quen

ts, a

nd b

ette

r jo

b si

tuat

ions

than

for

thos

e ch

ildre

nw

ho d

o no

tat

tend

Hea

d St

art.

Wes

t Vir

gini

a co

ntin

ues

to p

rovi

de H

ead

Star

tto

its

elig

ible

child

ren

at g

reat

er r

ates

than

the

natio

n.In

200

0, o

ver

half

(59

.5 p

erce

nt)

of a

ll el

igib

le W

est V

irgi

nia

3-4

year

-old

child

ren

wer

e en

rolle

d in

Hea

d St

art.

Thi

s is

a 3

8.7

perc

ent i

mpr

ovem

ent o

ver

the

1990

rat

e of

42.

9 pe

rcen

t.L

ewis

Cou

nty

mad

e th

e gr

eate

st im

prov

emen

t, in

crea

sing

its

perc

ent f

rom

20.

6in

199

0 to

57.

1 in

200

0, a

n in

crea

se o

f 17

7.4

perc

ent.

The

coun

ty w

ith th

e le

ast

amou

nt o

f im

prov

emen

t was

Ber

kele

y, w

hich

dec

reas

ed f

rom

40.

4pe

rcen

t in

1990

to 3

7.0

perc

ent i

n 20

00, a

8.5

per

cent

dec

reas

e. T

he c

ount

y se

rvin

g th

e hi

ghes

tpe

rcen

tage

of

elig

ible

3-4

yea

r-ol

d ch

ildre

n w

as H

ardy

at a

rat

e of

209

.1pe

rcen

t. In

RP

,. 5 80

.0%

75.0

%

70.0

%

65.0

%

60.0

%

55.0

%

50.0

%

45.0

%

40.0

%

35.0

%

3,0.

0%

25.0

%

20.0

%

Tre

nds

in P

erce

nt o

f Elig

ible

Chi

ldre

n S

erve

d by

Hea

d S

tart

(ag

es 3

-4)

in W

est V

irgin

ia. 1

990-

1998

_42.

9%_4

2.9%

C.

4,5%

_47.

2%

59.5

%

52.8

%

49.2

%

45.1

%

Yea

r 19

90 Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92 Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94 Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

96 Y

ear

1997

Yea

r 19

98

eigh

t cou

ntie

s, M

orga

n, H

ardy

, Bra

xton

, McD

owel

l, M

ingo

, Tyl

er, U

pshu

ran

d G

rant

,th

e pa

rtic

ipat

ion

rate

exc

eeds

100

per

cent

. Thi

soc

curs

bec

ause

cen

ters

are

allo

wed

tose

rve

som

e ch

ildre

n ab

ove

the

pove

rty

leve

l. In

add

ition

, the

re m

ay b

e un

dere

sti-

mat

es o

f th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

ldre

n in

pov

erty

. Kan

awha

Cou

nty

serv

ed th

e lo

wes

tpe

rcen

tage

of

elig

ible

3-4

yea

r ol

d ch

ildre

n at

31.

3 pe

rcen

t.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

2

PER

CE

NT

CH

ILD

RE

N A

PPR

OV

ED

FO

R F

RE

E A

ND

RE

DU

CE

D-P

RIC

ESC

HO

OL

ME

AL

S (G

rade

s K

-12)

The

Fre

e an

d R

educ

ed-P

rice

d Sc

hool

Mea

ls p

rogr

am p

rovi

des

scho

ol m

eals

to c

hild

ren

base

d on

fam

ily in

com

e. F

ree

mea

ls a

re p

rovi

ded

to c

hild

ren

who

sefa

mily

inco

me

is b

elow

130

per

cent

of

pove

rty,

and

red

uced

-pri

ced

mea

ls a

repr

ovid

ed w

hen

the

fam

ily '

s in

com

e is

bet

wee

n 13

0 an

d 18

5pe

rcen

t of

pove

rty.

In 1

999,

146

,244

sch

ool c

hild

ren

in W

est V

irgi

nia

wer

e ap

prov

ed f

or f

ree

orre

duce

d-pr

iced

sch

ool m

eals

. Thi

s re

pres

ents

52.

7 pe

rcen

t of

all s

choo

l chi

ldre

nin

kind

erga

rten

thro

ugh

12th

gra

de.

Fig

ure

6 65.0

%

60.0

%

55,0

%

50.0

%

Li.

45.0

%

tzt.

40.0

%

35.0

%

30.0

%

25.0

%

Tre

nds

in P

erce

nt C

hild

ren

App

rove

d fo

r F

ree

and

Red

uced

Sch

ool M

eals

(gra

des

K-1

2) in

Wes

t Virg

inia

, 199

0-19

98

45.8

%46

.7%

47 7

1949

.0%

49.1

%

41.0

%41

.0%

42.

Yea

r 19

90 Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92 Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94 Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

96 Y

ear

1997

Yea

r 19

98

Han

cock

Cou

nty

serv

ed th

e fe

wes

t chi

ldre

n. T

he p

erce

nt o

f H

anco

ck C

ount

y' s

scho

ol c

hild

ren

appr

oved

for

fre

e an

d re

duce

d m

eals

was

29.

7. T

he c

ount

y se

rvin

gth

e hi

ghes

t num

ber

of c

hild

ren

was

McD

owel

l whe

re 8

1.6

perc

ent o

f th

e sc

hool

child

ren

wer

e ap

prov

ed.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

27P

age

11

CH

ILD

AB

USE

/NE

GL

EC

T R

AT

E (

per

100,

000

child

ren)

Chi

ldre

n w

ho a

re v

ictim

s of

chi

ld a

buse

and

neg

lect

may

suf

fer

last

ing

phys

ical

and

emot

iona

l pro

blem

s.A

buse

is a

gra

ve p

robl

em a

ffec

ting

the

child

' s

self

-est

eem

and

sen

seof

trus

t in

pare

ntal

fig

ures

.In

199

8, th

ere

wer

e 18

,164

ref

erra

ls o

f ch

ild a

buse

and

neg

lect

acc

epte

dfo

rin

vest

igat

ion

by c

hild

abu

se a

utho

ritie

s. W

est V

irgi

nia

' s 1

998

child

abu

se a

nd

negl

ect r

ate

was

403

6.6

per

100,

000

child

ren.

Sin

ce 1

995,

the

stat

e ra

tein

crea

sed

by

36.7

per

cent

.T

he c

ount

y se

rvin

g th

e lo

wes

t num

ber

of n

ew r

efer

rals

of

child

abus

e an

dne

glec

t rep

orte

d w

as J

effe

rson

, with

125

3.4

case

s pe

r 10

0,00

0ch

ildre

n. T

he c

ount

yw

ith th

e hi

ghes

t num

ber

of r

efer

rals

of

child

abu

se a

nd n

egle

ctac

cept

ed f

or in

vest

i-ga

tion

was

Wyo

min

g, w

hich

had

a r

ate

of 7

430.

3 ca

ses

per

100,

000

child

ren.

Fig

ure

7

6000

5000

4000

3000

2000

1000

Tre

nds

in C

hild

Abu

se/N

egle

ct R

ate

(per

100

,000

Chi

ldre

n) in

Wes

t Virg

inia

1995

-199

8

4206

.540

36.6

3386

.3

3116

.8

Yea

r 19

90Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

96 Y

ear

1997

Yea

r 19

98

The

ref

erra

l rat

e ca

nnot

be

com

pare

d to

199

0 th

roug

h 19

94 r

ates

bec

ause

a d

iffer

ent d

ata

base

was

used

.

28P

age

12

TE

EN

BIR

TH

RA

TE

(ag

es 1

5-19

per

1,0

00 f

emal

es)

The

teen

bir

th r

ate

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

live

bir

ths

to f

emal

e te

ens

ages

15 th

roug

h

19 y

ears

old

per

1,0

00 f

emal

e te

ens

of th

e sa

me

age.

The

teen

bir

th r

ate

incl

udes

all

birt

hs to

bot

h m

arri

ed a

nd u

nmar

ried

teen

age

girl

s.T

he C

asey

Fou

ndat

ion

' s r

epor

t, W

hen

Tee

ns H

ave

Sex:

Iss

uesa

nd T

rend

s,do

cum

ents

a n

atio

nwid

e re

duct

ion

in te

en p

regn

ancy

. The

rep

ort s

ays

that

we

are

mak

ing

prog

ress

, but

stil

l too

man

y ch

ildre

n ar

e ha

ving

child

ren.

Red

ucin

g te

enbi

rths

is e

xtre

mel

y im

port

ant.

The

cos

ts a

re g

reat

to th

e te

en, t

oth

e ba

by, a

nd to

soci

ety.

Wes

t Vir

gini

a ' s

pro

gres

s in

red

ucin

g te

en b

irth

s m

eans

that

our

dec

ade-

long

wor

k is

pay

ing

off.

We

need

to c

ontin

ue o

ur in

vest

men

tin

fam

ily p

lann

ing

prog

ram

s an

d pr

ogra

ms

that

hel

p te

ens

with

com

mun

icat

ion

and

deci

sion

-mak

ing

Ftu

re 8

70 65 60 55

I5° 45 4 35 30

Tre

nds

in T

een

Birt

h R

ate

(age

s 15

-19

per

1,00

0 fe

mal

es)

in W

est V

irgin

ia19

90-1

998

57 1

TO

.0

53.7

52 9

51A

Yea

r 19

90Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

96Y

ear

1997

Yea

r 19

98

skill

s as

wel

l as

with

voc

atio

nal c

hoic

es. T

he C

asey

Foun

datio

n sa

ys th

at th

e m

ost

pow

erfu

l pre

gnan

cy p

reve

ntio

n st

rate

gy is

to m

ake

sure

all

our

teen

sha

ve o

ppor

tu-

nitie

s, s

kills

, and

the

conf

iden

ce to

mak

e de

cisi

ons

that

safe

guar

d th

eir

futu

res.

The

re w

ere

3,28

9 bi

rths

to te

ens

in W

est V

irgi

nia

in 1

998;

a r

ate

of 4

9.1

birt

hs

per

1,00

0 fe

mal

e te

ens

ages

15-

19. I

n19

90, t

here

wer

e 3,

917

babi

es b

orn

to te

en

mot

hers

equ

alin

g a

teen

bir

th r

ate

of 5

6.5.

Sin

ce 1

990,

Wes

tV

irgi

nia'

s te

en b

irth

rate

dec

reas

ed b

y 13

.1 p

erce

nt. T

he 1

998

natio

nal t

een

birt

h ra

te w

as 5

1.9.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

29T

he A

nnie

E. C

asey

Fou

ndat

ion

The

cou

nty

with

the

low

est t

een

birt

h ra

te in

199

8w

as M

onon

galia

at 1

9.0.

The

coun

ty w

ith th

e hi

ghes

t tee

n bi

rth

rate

was

Poc

ahon

tas

with

a ra

te o

f 77

.8. F

rom

199

0th

roug

h 19

98, 4

4 of

our

55

coun

ties

have

impr

oved

teen

bir

th r

ates

. The

mos

tim

prov

ed c

ount

y w

as T

ucke

r, w

hich

had

a 6

7.0

perc

ent d

ecre

ase

in it

ste

en b

irth

rat

e.In

199

0, T

ucke

r C

ount

y's

rate

was

69.

7, 1

7 te

en b

irth

s, a

nd in

199

8 it

was

23.

0, 6

teen

birt

hs. T

he c

ount

y sh

owin

g th

e la

rges

t inc

reas

e in

teen

bir

ths

betw

een

1990

and

199

8w

as P

endl

eton

, whi

ch w

ent f

rom

a r

ate

of 4

3.2

in 1

990,

10

birt

hs, t

o 63

.3 in

199

8, 1

4bi

rths

, an

incr

ease

of

46.6

per

cent

.

PER

CE

NT

BIR

TH

S T

O U

NM

AR

RIE

D T

EE

NS

(age

s 10

-19)

Thi

s in

dica

tor

mea

sure

s th

e pe

rcen

t of

all b

irth

s to

teen

sag

es 1

0 th

roug

h 19

who

are

unm

arri

ed a

t the

tim

e of

the

baby

' s

birt

h.A

ny te

en, w

heth

er m

arri

ed o

r un

mar

ried

, is

ill-e

quip

ped

to b

e a

mot

her,

and

the

risk

s ar

e gr

eat t

o he

r, h

er c

hild

, and

soc

iety

.In

199

8, 1

1.1

perc

ent o

f al

l bir

ths

in W

est V

irgi

nia

wer

e to

unm

arri

ed te

ens.

The

perc

ent o

f ba

bies

bor

n to

unm

arri

ed te

ens

grew

fro

m 9

.5 p

erce

nt, 2

,152

bir

ths

in19

90, t

o 11

.1 p

erce

nt, 2

,308

bir

ths

in 1

998.

Thi

sw

as a

15.

8 pe

rcen

t inc

reas

e ov

erth

e la

st e

ight

yea

rs.

Nat

iona

lly, t

he p

erce

nt o

f un

wed

teen

bir

ths

was

9.9

per

cent

,lo

wer

than

the

stat

e pe

rcen

t of

unw

ed te

en b

irth

s.T

wel

ve o

f ou

r co

untie

s sh

owed

a d

ecre

ase

from

199

0. T

hem

ost i

mpr

oved

coun

ty w

as H

ardy

with

an

18.7

per

cent

dec

reas

e in

bir

ths

to u

nmar

ried

teen

s. I

n19

90, H

ardy

Cou

nty

had

a ra

te o

f 8.

6 pe

rcen

t, an

d in

199

8, it

had

a ra

te o

f 7.

0

Fig

ure

9

17.0

%

14.0

%

8.0%

5.0%

Tre

nds

in P

erce

nt B

irths

to U

nmar

ried

Tee

ns (

ages

10-

19)

in W

est V

irgin

ia19

90-1

998

11.2

%11

.1%

11.1

%

10.9

%10

.4%

9.9%

0..0

9.,-

-9.

5%9.

5%9.

7%

Yea

r 19

90 Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92 Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94 Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

96 Y

ear

1997

Yea

r 19

98

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

30W

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T

perc

ent.

The

leas

t im

prov

ed c

ount

y w

as P

endl

eton

with

an

incr

ease

of

108.

5pe

rcen

t. In

199

0, P

endl

eton

Cou

nty

had

a ra

te o

f 6.

3 pe

rcen

t, re

pres

entin

g 6

birt

hs to

unm

arri

ed te

ens,

and

in 1

998,

it h

ad a

rat

e of

13.

2pe

rcen

t, 12

bir

ths

toun

wed

teen

s. T

ucke

r C

ount

y ha

d th

e lo

wes

t unm

arri

edte

en b

irth

rat

e fo

r 19

98at

5.1

per

cent

. In

1998

, McD

owel

l Cou

nty

had

the

high

est u

nmar

ried

teen

bir

thra

te a

t 17.

5 pe

rcen

t, 61

bir

ths

to u

nwed

teen

s.

PER

CE

NT

HIG

H S

CH

OO

L D

RO

POU

TS

A h

igh

scho

ol d

ropo

ut is

one

who

leav

es h

igh

scho

ol b

efor

e gr

adua

tion

with

out t

rans

ferr

ing

to a

noth

er s

choo

l. C

hild

ren

who

do

not c

ompl

ete

high

scho

ol a

re m

ore

likel

y to

hav

e he

alth

, eco

nom

ic a

nd s

ocia

l pro

blem

s.H

igh

scho

ol d

ropo

uts

are

less

like

ly th

an h

igh

scho

ol g

radu

ates

to f

ind

empl

oym

ent

and

have

less

ear

ning

pot

entia

l tha

n gr

adua

tes.

Stud

ents

who

leav

e sc

hool

say

the

reas

on is

thei

rpo

or a

cade

mic

per

for-

man

ce. H

ighe

r ra

tes

of d

ropo

uts

occu

r fo

r sc

hool

s th

at la

ck a

n "e

arly

war

ning

"m

echa

nism

.

Fig

ure

10 20.0

%

18.0

%

16 0

%

14.0

%

12 0

%

10 0

%

Tre

nds

In P

erce

nt H

igh

Sch

ool D

ropo

uts

In W

est V

irgin

ia19

90-1

998

163%

16.6

%16

.7%

16.5

%16

.7%

16.4

%c.

......

..---

-0.-

---e

.,,e-

-3

15.8

%15

.7%

Yea

r 19

90 Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92 Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94 Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

96 Y

ear

1397

Yea

r 19

98

Few

dir

ect a

ttem

pts

are

mad

e to

pre

vent

dro

pout

s be

fore

the

yout

hsar

eat

- ri

sk. L

ast d

itch

inte

rven

tion

effo

rts

are

very

inte

nsiv

e an

d co

stly

. Giv

enth

e hi

gh r

ates

of

drop

outs

and

the

grea

t los

s it

repr

esen

ts, i

t is

wor

thw

hile

to

31P

age

13

inve

st in

pre

vent

ion

prog

ram

s th

at id

entif

y ch

ildre

n at

ris

k in

earl

y ch

ildho

od a

ndpr

ovid

e hi

gh-q

ualit

y ed

ucat

iona

l pro

gram

s to

them

. (U

nive

rsity

of P

ittsb

urgh

Off

ice

of C

hild

Dev

elop

men

t, R

ober

t B. M

cCal

l).

The

num

ber

of h

igh

scho

ol d

ropo

uts

in W

est V

irgi

nia

in19

98 w

as 3

,986

,

equa

ling

a ra

te o

f 16

.7 p

erce

nt. I

n 19

90, t

here

wer

e 4,

243

drop

outs

repr

esen

ting

a

rate

of

16.7

per

cent

. Whi

le th

e nu

mbe

r of

dro

pout

sha

s de

crea

sed

sinc

e 19

90, t

he

rate

rem

ains

the

sam

e be

caus

e th

e ov

eral

l hig

hsc

hool

pop

ulat

ion

has

decl

ined

.H

ardy

Cou

nty

mad

e th

e gr

eate

st im

prov

emen

t, lo

wer

ing

its d

ropo

ut p

erce

ntfr

om 1

6.2

in 1

990

to 7

.0 in

199

8, a

dec

reas

e of

56.

5 pe

rcen

t.T

he c

ount

y w

ith th

e

leas

t am

ount

of

impr

ovem

ent w

as W

yom

ing,

whi

ch in

crea

sed

from

6.5

per

cent

in

1990

to 1

4.4

perc

ent i

n 19

98, a

n in

crea

se o

f 12

1.0

perc

ent.

The

cou

nty

with

the

low

est p

erce

nt o

f hi

gh s

choo

l dro

pout

s w

as T

ucke

r at

a r

ate

of 6

.0 p

erce

nt. T

heco

unty

with

the

high

est p

erce

nt o

f hi

gh s

choo

ldr

opou

ts w

as S

umm

ers

with

a r

ate

24.6

per

cent

.

JUV

EN

ILE

DE

LIN

QU

EN

CY

CA

SE R

AT

E (

ages

10-

21 p

er1,

000

yout

hs)

The

juve

nile

del

inqu

ency

cas

e ra

te is

the

num

ber

ofre

port

ed d

elin

quen

cy c

ases

per

1,00

0 yo

uths

age

s 10

-21.

Ade

linqu

ent c

hild

is g

ener

ally

def

ined

as

one

who

has

been

det

erm

ined

del

inqu

ent b

y a

cour

t bas

ed o

n be

havi

orth

at is

ille

gal,

such

as

stea

ling,

not

atte

ndin

g sc

hool

, or

runn

ing

away

fro

m h

ome.

Del

inqu

ency

is a

neg

a-

tive

outc

ome

for

a ch

ild ,

and

an in

crea

se in

this

indi

cato

r is

a c

ause

for

conc

ern.

How

ever

, Wes

t Vir

gini

a ' s

juve

nile

del

inqu

ency

rat

e ha

s al

way

sbe

en lo

w a

s is

the

stat

e ' s

ove

rall

crim

e ra

te. T

his

indi

cato

r re

flec

ts u

pon

how

wel

l our

cou

rts

func

tion

as w

ell a

s th

e av

aila

bilit

y of

pre

vent

ion

and/

or tr

eatm

ent r

esou

rces

in th

e ch

ild '

s

com

mun

ity.

The

num

ber

of ju

veni

le c

ases

in W

est V

irgi

nia

in 1

999

was

5,81

4, e

qual

ing

a

juve

nile

del

inqu

ency

cas

e ra

te o

f 24

.2 p

er 1

,000

you

th.

Thi

s is

a 2

5.3

perc

ent

impr

ovem

ent f

rom

the

1990

rat

e of

32.

4 pe

r 1,

000

yout

h (8

,960

case

s). T

hirt

y-fo

urof

our

55

coun

ties

had

a ju

veni

le d

elin

quen

cy c

ase

rate

low

er th

anth

e st

ate

rate

.

Mar

ion

Cou

nty

mad

e th

e gr

eate

st im

prov

emen

t, lo

wer

ing

itsju

veni

le c

ase

rate

from

10.

3 in

199

0 to

1.4

in 1

999,

a d

ecre

ase

of 8

6.4

perc

ent.

The

cou

nty

with

the

leas

t am

ount

of

impr

ovem

ent w

as M

orga

n, w

hich

incr

ease

dfr

om 1

0.5

in 1

990

to

59.7

in 1

999,

an

incr

ease

of

468.

6 pe

rcen

t. T

he c

ount

yw

ith th

e lo

wes

t rat

e of

juve

nile

cas

es w

as M

ario

n w

ith a

rat

e of

1.4

. The

cou

nty

with

the

high

est r

ate

ofju

veni

le c

ases

was

Bro

oke

with

a r

ate

of 8

3.0.

32P

age

14W

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T

Ret

ro 1

1 40.0

35.0

25.0

20.0

Tre

nds

in J

uven

ile D

elin

quen

cy C

ase

Rat

e (a

ges

15-1

9 pe

r 10

0,00

0 te

ens)

in W

est V

irgin

ia, 1

990-

1998

32.4

31.3

32.7

28.9

24.2

Yea

r 19

90 Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92 Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94 Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

98 Y

ear

1997

Yea

r 19

98

Dat

a fo

r ye

ars

1995

and

199

6 ar

e no

t eva

dabl

e

TE

EN

VIO

LE

NT

DE

AT

H R

AT

E (

ages

15-

19 p

er 1

00,0

00te

ens)

The

teen

vio

lent

dea

th r

ate

mea

sure

s th

e ra

tes

of d

eath

for

yout

hs a

ges

15-

19 f

rom

uni

nten

tiona

l inj

urie

s, h

omic

ides

or

suic

ides

.U

nint

entio

nal i

njur

ies,

such

as

auto

acc

iden

ts, a

re th

e le

adin

g ca

use

of d

eath

.T

he a

ctua

l num

ber

of te

en v

iole

nt d

eath

s in

man

yco

untie

s is

ver

y sm

all,

and

this

sm

all s

ampl

e di

stor

ts b

oth

rate

s an

d pe

rcen

t cha

nge.

For

exam

ple,

fou

rde

aths

in th

e cu

rren

t yea

r an

d on

e de

ath

in th

e be

nchm

ark

year

coul

d pr

oduc

e a

child

dea

th r

ate

in th

e cu

rren

t yea

r of

137

, a 4

42 p

erce

ntin

crea

se o

ver

the

benc

hmar

k ye

ar. I

t is

impo

rtan

t to

chec

k th

e ac

tual

num

bers

;th

ey a

re lo

cate

d

on p

ages

89

and

90.

In 1

998,

ther

e w

ere

410

deat

hs o

ver

year

s 19

94 th

roug

h19

98, a

dea

th r

ate

of 6

0.7

per

l 00,

000

teen

s ag

es 1

5-19

. Thi

s re

pres

ents

an

aver

age

of 8

2 de

aths

per

year

bet

wee

n 19

94 a

nd 1

998

and

was

a d

eath

rat

e of

60.

7 pe

r 10

0,00

0 te

ens

ages

15-

19. O

ver

the

last

eig

ht y

ears

,th

e te

en in

jury

dea

th r

ate

decr

ease

d fr

om77

.2 in

199

0 to

60.

7 in

199

8, a

dec

reas

e of

21.

4 pe

rcen

t.D

oddr

idge

, Bar

bour

and

Tuc

ker

coun

ties

had

the

low

est t

een

viol

ent d

eath

rate

and

wer

e th

e m

ost i

mpr

oved

with

a 1

00.0

per

cent

decr

ease

.In

199

8, th

ey

had

a te

en v

iole

nt d

eath

rat

e of

0.0

. Sum

mer

s C

ount

y ha

dth

e hi

ghes

t tee

nvi

olen

t dea

th r

ate

in 1

998

with

a r

ate

of 2

07.1

and

was

the

leas

t im

prov

edco

unty

. In

1990

, Sum

mer

s C

ount

y ' s

teen

vio

lent

deat

h ra

te w

as 4

2.0,

and

by

1998

it h

ad r

isen

to 2

07.1

, an

incr

ease

of

393.

0 pe

rcen

t.B

ecau

se m

any

of o

ur c

ount

ies

have

sm

all p

opul

atio

ns, t

heac

tual

num

ber

of te

en d

eath

s is

sm

all;

one

deat

h ca

n in

flat

e a

coun

ty '

s te

envi

olen

t dea

th r

ate.

33T

he A

nnie

E. C

asey

Fou

ndat

ion

Figt.12 10

0.0

95.0

90.0

85.0

80.0

75.0

70.0

65.0

60.0

55.0

50.0

Tre

nds

in T

een

Vio

lent

Dea

th R

ate

(age

s 15

-19

per

100,

000

teen

s)In

Wes

t Virg

inia

, 199

0-19

98

70.9

74.5

0.9

61

607

59.

Yea

r 19

90 Y

ear

1991

Yea

r 19

92 Y

ear

1993

Yea

r 19

94 Y

ear

1995

Yea

r 19

96 Y

ear

1997

Yea

r 19

98

PER

CE

NT

BIR

TH

S T

O M

OT

HE

RS

WIT

H L

ESS

TH

AN

A 1

2TH

GR

AD

EE

DU

CA

TIO

NT

he e

duca

tiona

l lev

el o

f pa

rent

s is

a s

tron

g pr

edic

tor

of c

hild

wel

l-be

ing,

part

icul

arly

con

cern

ing

acad

emic

ach

ieve

men

t. N

atio

nwid

e, a

bout

one

child

inev

ery

five

is b

orn

to a

mot

her

with

less

than

a h

igh

scho

ol e

duca

tion.

In 1

998,

one

-fif

th o

f al

l Wes

t Vir

gini

a bi

rths

wer

e to

mot

hers

with

less

than

ahi

gh s

choo

l edu

catio

n. I

n 19

90, 5

,709

bir

ths

wer

e to

mot

hers

with

less

than

a h

igh

scho

ol e

duca

tion,

rep

rese

ntin

g 25

.5 p

erce

nt o

f al

l bir

ths.

Bet

wee

n 19

90 a

nd19

98,

the

perc

ent o

f bi

rths

to lo

w-e

duca

ted

mot

hers

impr

oved

by

15.7

perc

ent.

The

cou

nty

with

the

low

est p

erce

nt o

f bi

rths

to m

othe

rs w

ith le

ss th

ana

12th

grad

e ed

ucat

ion

was

Tuc

ker,

with

a r

ate

of 6

.2 p

erce

nt. M

cDow

ell C

ount

yra

nks

high

est/w

orst

on

this

indi

cato

r. N

earl

y on

e ou

t of

ever

y tw

o ba

bies

, 45.

2pe

rcen

t,bo

rn in

McD

owel

l Cou

nty

was

to a

wom

an w

ith le

ss th

ana

high

sch

ool e

duca

tion.

All

but f

our

coun

ties

impr

oved

ove

r th

e ei

ght-

year

span

. The

mos

t im

prov

edco

unty

was

Tuc

ker

at 6

.2 p

erce

nt, w

hich

impr

oved

on

its b

irth

rat

e to

low

-edu

cate

dm

othe

rs b

y 69

.8 p

erce

nt o

ver

its 1

990

perc

ent o

f 20

.4. T

heco

unty

with

the

leas

tim

prov

emen

t was

Ple

asan

ts w

ith a

36.

5 pe

rcen

t inc

reas

e be

twee

n 19

90 (

15.7

perc

ent)

and

199

8 (2

1.4

perc

ent)

.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

Fig

ure

13 40.0

%

35 0

%

30 0

%

§ 25

.0%

20 0

%

15.0

%

10.0

%

Tre

nds

in P

erce

nt B

irths

to M

othe

rs w

ith L

ess

Tha

n a

12th

Gra

de E

duca

tion

in W

est V

irgin

ia, 1

990-

1998

0-O

255%

255%

2515

....,,

_24.

6%21

C' 5%

*22

.0%

21.4

%

Year 1990 Year 1991 Year 1992 Year 1993

Yea

r1994

Yea

r 19

95 Y

ear

1996

Yea

r 19

97 Y

ear

1998

3 5

WV

KM

CO

UN

TP

age

15

Low

bir

th-w

eigh

t bab

ies

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

Chi

ld d

eath

Sta

te P

erce

nt =

81%

11.5

% 9

.6%

9.5%

8.1

%

At o

r be

low

8.0

%

Perc

ent L

ow B

irth

-wei

ght B

abie

s

Bab

ies

of lo

w b

irth

wei

ght a

re th

ose

who

wei

ghun

der

5.5

poun

ds a

t bir

th. T

he r

isk

of d

ying

dur

ing

the

firs

t yea

r of

life

is m

ore

than

20

times

hig

her

for

low

birt

h-w

eigh

t bab

ies

than

for

bab

ies

of n

orm

al b

irth

wei

ght.

Bet

wee

n 19

90 a

nd 1

998,

the

perc

enta

ge o

f lo

wbi

rth-

wei

ght b

irth

s in

crea

sed

in e

very

sta

te b

ut o

ne. I

nW

est V

irgi

nia,

hea

lth e

xper

ts b

elie

ve th

e in

crea

se o

f lo

wbi

rth-

wei

ght b

abie

s is

due

to th

e hi

gh p

ropo

rtio

n of

birt

hs to

teen

s an

d to

mot

hers

who

sm

oke.

Bot

h of

thes

e gr

oups

are

mor

e lik

ely

to d

eliv

er a

low

bir

th-

wei

ght b

aby.

In

addi

tion,

ther

e ar

e en

orm

ous

raci

aldi

ffer

ence

s in

low

bir

th w

eigh

t. In

199

8, 7

.9 p

erce

nt o

fbi

rths

to w

hite

s w

ere

low

bir

th w

eigh

t com

pare

d to

13.

1pe

rcen

t of

birt

hs to

Afr

ican

-Am

eric

ans.

Pag

e 16

Sta

te R

ate

= 7

.7

16.2

10.5

10.4

- 7

.7

At o

r be

low

7.6

Infa

nt M

orta

lity

Rat

e (p

er 1

,000

live

bir

ths)

Infa

nt m

orta

lity

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

dea

ths

of in

fant

sun

der

one

year

of

age

per

1,00

0 liv

e bi

rths

. Inf

ant

mor

talit

y is

reg

arde

d as

a b

asic

qua

lity

of li

fe in

dica

tor

for

a co

mm

unity

. It r

efle

cts

the

heal

th o

f bo

th th

epr

egna

nt w

oman

and

the

infa

nt a

nd th

e co

nditi

ons

in

whi

ch a

chi

ld li

ves

duri

ng h

is/h

er f

irst

yea

r of

life

.A

bout

hal

f of

Wes

t Vir

gini

a's

coun

ties

have

an

infa

ntm

orta

lity

rate

at o

r be

low

the

stat

e av

erag

e, a

nd h

alf

have

rat

es a

bove

the

stat

e av

erag

e. T

here

app

ears

to b

ea

sim

ilari

ty b

etw

een

the

infa

nt m

orta

lity

and

child

dea

thm

aps.

Cou

ntie

s th

at h

ave

mor

e in

fant

dea

ths

(age

s 0-

1)

have

mor

e ch

ild d

eath

s (a

ges

1-14

).

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Sta

te R

ate

= 2

5.8

76.0

43.1

43.0

- 25

.8

At o

r be

low

25.

7

Chi

ld D

eath

Rat

e (a

ges

1-14

per

100

,000

chi

ldre

n)

The

chi

ld d

eath

rat

e is

the

num

ber

of d

eath

s, d

ue to

all c

ause

s, o

f ch

ildre

n be

twee

n th

e ag

es o

f 1-

14 y

ears

per

100,

000

child

ren.

Som

e of

the

risk

s as

soci

ated

with

child

dea

th in

clud

e he

alth

pro

blem

s, e

xpos

ure

toha

zard

ous

cond

ition

s, a

ccid

ents

, pre

vent

able

inju

ries

and

child

abu

se. T

he c

hild

dea

th r

ate

in W

est V

irgi

nia

has

rem

aine

d fa

irly

con

stan

t sin

ce 1

991,

thou

gh o

new

ould

exp

ect m

ore

impr

ovem

ent g

iven

adv

ance

s in

med

ical

car

e. T

he c

hild

dea

th r

ate

in 1

998

rang

ed f

rom

a lo

w o

f 0.

0 in

Bro

oke,

Mon

roe,

and

Plea

sant

s to

a h

igh

of 7

6 in

Cal

houn

.

37T

he A

nnie

E. C

asey

Fou

ndat

ion

Hea

d St

art

Free

and

red

uced

-pri

ced

scho

olm

eals

Chi

ld a

buse

and

neg

lect

Sta

te P

erce

nt .

69.5

%S

tate

Per

cent

= 5

2.7%

Sta

te R

ate

= 4

036.

6A

t or

belo

w 5

9.4%

81.6

% 6

3.8%

f---

174

30.3

545

2.5

EJ

94.9

% 5

9.5%

63.7

% 5

2.7%

5452

.440

36,5

EJ

209.

1% 9

5.0%

At o

r be

low

52.

6%A

t or

belo

w 4

036.

4

Perc

ent o

f E

ligib

le C

hild

ren

Serv

ed b

y H

ead

Star

t (ag

es 3

-4)

The

Hea

d St

art p

rogr

am is

bas

ed o

n th

e pr

emis

e th

atea

rly

child

dev

elop

men

t pro

gram

s ca

n m

ake

a la

stin

gdi

ffer

ence

in th

e liv

es o

f ch

ildre

n, in

clud

ing

scho

olre

adin

ess.

We

now

hav

e ha

rd, q

uant

ifia

ble

evid

ence

that

earl

y ex

peri

ence

s sh

ape

hum

an p

oten

tial.

Chi

ldre

nw

hoat

tend

hig

h qu

ality

, ear

ly c

hild

hood

prog

ram

s ar

e m

ore

succ

essf

ul th

an th

eir

peer

s on

vir

tual

lyev

ery

mea

sure

.O

nly

59.5

per

cent

of

all e

ligib

le W

est V

irgi

nia

thre

eto

four

yea

r ol

ds, o

r 6,

819

child

ren,

wer

e en

rolle

d in

Hea

dSt

art i

n 20

00. H

owev

er, a

lrri

ost h

alf

ofou

r co

untie

sha

ve le

ss th

an 5

9.5

perc

ent o

f ch

ildre

n en

rolle

d.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n33

Perc

ent C

hild

ren

App

rove

d fo

r Fr

ee a

ndR

educ

ed-P

rice

d Sc

hool

Mea

ls (

grad

es K

- 12

)

Chi

ldre

n ar

e el

igib

le to

rec

eive

fre

e sc

hool

mea

ls if

the

fam

ily in

com

e is

bel

ow 1

30 p

erce

nt o

f pov

erty

.R

educ

ed-p

rice

mea

ls a

re p

rovi

ded

to c

hild

ren

with

fam

ily in

com

e be

low

185

per

cent

of

pove

rty.

The

200

0po

vert

y gu

idel

ine

for

a fa

mily

of

four

at 1

30 p

erce

nt o

fpo

vert

y is

$22

,165

; 185

per

cent

of

pove

rty

is $

31,5

43.

The

sch

ool m

eal r

ate

cont

inue

s to

clim

b. I

n 19

99, 5

2.7

perc

ent o

f ou

r sc

hool

chi

ldre

n K

-12

rece

ived

fre

eor

redu

ced-

pric

e sc

hool

mea

ls. T

his

indi

cato

r te

llsus

that

half

of

all o

ur c

hild

ren

are

eith

er in

extr

eme

pove

rty,

poor

or

near

-poo

r.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Chi

ld A

buse

/Neg

lect

Rat

e (p

er 1

00,0

00 c

hild

ren)

The

chi

ld a

buse

/neg

lect

rat

e is

the

num

ber

ofre

ferr

als

of m

altr

eatm

ent a

nd r

isk

of m

altr

eatm

ent

acce

pted

for

inve

stig

atio

n by

gov

ernm

ent o

ffic

ials

per

100,

000

child

ren.

Bet

wee

n 19

95 a

nd 1

998,

the

repo

rts

of a

buse

acc

epte

d fo

r in

vest

igat

ion

has

incr

ease

dby

29.5

per

cent

. Chi

ld w

elfa

re o

ffic

ials

agre

e th

at th

etr

aditi

onal

app

roac

h to

chi

ld p

rote

ctio

n is

not

wor

king

.A

few

sta

tes

have

laun

ched

ref

orm

initi

ativ

es. U

nder

ly-

ing

the

prob

lem

s of

the

trad

ition

al c

hild

pro

tect

ion

syst

em is

the

seve

re la

ck o

f re

sour

ces

to s

erve

the

grow

ing

popu

latio

n. R

efor

ms

assu

me

an in

crea

se in

inve

stm

ent b

y bo

th s

tate

sys

tem

s an

d co

mm

unity

-bas

edor

gani

zatio

ns.

39P

age

17

Tee

n bi

rths

Unm

arri

ed te

en p

regn

ancy

Hig

h sc

hool

dro

pout

s

Sta

te R

ate

= 4

9.1

Sta

teP

erce

nt =

11.

1%S

tate

Per

cent

= 1

6.7%

77.8

- 61

.617

.5%

13.5

%I

I24

.6%

21,0

%

61.5

- 49

.211

.2%

20.9

%16

.8%

13.4

%

At o

r be

low

49.

1

Tee

n B

irth

Rat

e (a

ges

15-1

9 pe

r 1,

000

fem

ales

)

The

teen

bir

th r

ate

incl

udes

all

birt

hs to

mar

ried

and

unm

arri

ed te

enag

e gi

rls.

Whe

n te

ens

have

bab

ies,

the

teen

mot

her,

the

baby

, and

soc

iety

all

suff

er.

Tee

ns w

hoha

ve b

abie

s ar

e m

ore

likel

y to

com

e fr

om p

oor

fam

ilies

,ha

ve lo

w a

spir

atio

ns; a

nd b

e a

poor

aca

dem

ic a

chie

ver.

Bab

ies

born

to te

ens

are

likel

y to

be

born

at l

ow b

irth

wei

ght a

nd a

re m

ore

likel

y to

die

in th

e fi

rst y

ear

of li

fe.

Am

ong

mar

ried

men

, tee

n fa

ther

s ha

d th

e le

ast s

choo

l-in

g an

d ea

rned

an

aver

age

of $

3,40

0 le

ss a

yea

r th

anfa

ther

s of

chi

ldre

n bo

rn to

mot

hers

who

wer

e 20

or

21.

The

re w

ere

3,28

9 bi

rths

to te

ens

in W

est V

irgi

nia

in19

98.

4 0

Pag

e 18

At o

r be

low

11.

1%

Perc

ent B

irth

s to

Unm

arri

ed T

eens

(ag

es 1

0-19

)

The

per

cent

of

birt

hs to

unm

arri

ed te

ens

is th

epe

rcen

tage

of

live

birt

hs to

unm

arri

ed te

ens

ages

10

thro

ugh

19 w

ho a

re u

nmar

ried

at t

he ti

me

of th

e ba

by's

birt

h. T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

all

teen

bir

ths

to u

nmar

ried

teen

s co

ntin

ues

to in

crea

se. T

he p

erce

nt o

f te

enbi

rths

to u

nmar

ried

teen

s in

199

0 w

as 5

4; it

is n

ow70

perc

ent.

A te

en b

irth

is a

ris

k w

heth

er th

e te

enis

mar

ried

or

unm

arri

ed. P

rem

atur

e pa

rent

ing

will

fore

shor

ten

scho

olin

g, in

crea

se th

e lik

elih

ood

the

teen

will

be

poor

and

dep

ende

nt, a

nd in

crea

se th

elik

elih

ood

that

the

teen

's c

hild

will

dro

p ou

t of

scho

ol, g

et in

totr

oubl

e, a

nd e

nd u

p as

a te

en p

aren

t him

self

.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

At o

r be

low

16.

7%

Perc

ent H

igh

Scho

ol D

ropo

uts

Wes

t Vir

gini

a K

IDS

CO

UN

T d

efin

es a

hig

h sc

hool

drop

out a

s on

e w

ho le

aves

hig

h sc

hool

bef

ore

grad

ua-

tion

with

out t

rans

ferr

ing

to a

noth

er s

choo

l. W

hile

natio

nal K

IDS

CO

UN

T a

nd W

est V

irgi

nia'

sD

epar

tmen

tof

Edu

catio

n ea

ch u

se d

iffe

rent

met

hods

of

calc

ulat

ion,

Wes

t Vir

gini

a K

IDS

CO

UN

T c

ontin

ues

its o

rigi

nal

met

hod

in o

rder

to p

rovi

de tr

end

data

ove

r tim

e. T

hedr

opou

t rat

e in

Wes

t Vir

gini

a is

16.

7 pe

rcen

t, a

perc

ent-

age

that

has

rem

aine

d un

chan

ged

sinc

e 19

90. H

owev

er,

this

rat

e is

an

enor

mou

s im

prov

emen

t ove

r th

e 19

80pe

rcen

tage

of

25.6

. By

the

time

peop

lere

ach

prim

ew

orki

ng a

ge (

25-5

4), t

he m

edia

n pe

rson

al in

com

eof

thos

e w

ith ju

st a

hig

h sc

hool

dip

lom

a is

alm

ost t

wic

eth

at o

f th

ose

who

dro

pped

out

of

high

sch

ool.

4 1,

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

Juve

nile

del

inqu

ency

Tee

n vi

olen

t dea

ths

Bir

ths

to m

othe

rs w

ith le

ss th

ana

12th

gra

de e

duca

tion

CII

83.0

41.5

Sta

te R

ate

= 2

4.2

41.6

24.2

207.

1

103.

4Sta

te R

ate

= 6

0.7

103.

5

60.7

r--1

r--1

Sta

te R

ate

= 2

1.5

45.2

28.8

28.7

- 2

1.5

EJ

At o

r be

low

24.

1

Juve

nile

Del

inqu

ency

Cas

e R

ate

(age

s 10

-21

per

1,00

0 yo

uths

)

The

Juv

enile

Del

inqu

ency

Cas

e R

ate

is th

e nu

mbe

rof

del

inqu

ency

cas

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and

the

rate

of

such

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dec

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prop

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teen

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edu

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str

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con

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one

child

in f

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n 19

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cent

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less

than

a 12

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s pe

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all

fam

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rel

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child

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who

rec

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cas

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sist

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early

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2,81

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mpl

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n un

der

age

18 (

2000

dat

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num

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of c

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num

ber

of c

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how

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cen

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chi

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nt o

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n in

the

U.S

.

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he m

inor

ity c

hild

pop

ulat

ion

in W

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nia

in20

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as28

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or

7.0

perc

ent o

f th

e to

tal c

hild

pop

ulat

ion,

whi

le in

1990

, the

min

ority

pop

ulat

ion

was

21,

872

or 4

.9 p

erce

nt o

fth

e ch

ild p

opul

atio

n.

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vera

ll, th

e w

hite

chi

ld p

opul

atio

n ha

s de

clin

edsi

nce

1990

by

60,7

36, a

nd th

e m

inor

ity p

opul

atio

n ha

s in

crea

sed

by 6

,424

.

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n C

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s 20

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ndiv

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or th

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wer

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mor

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a, 1

5,78

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divi

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entif

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them

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age

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chi

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pov

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18,7

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age

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age

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redu

ced

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ol m

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ades

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se/n

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ct r

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100

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te

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s 15

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1,00

0 fe

mal

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nt b

irths

to u

nmar

ried

teen

s

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s 10

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nt h

igh

scho

ol d

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11Ju

veni

le d

elin

quen

cy c

ase

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s 10

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0 yo

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ent d

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100,

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h gr

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atio

n

Pag

e 76

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-40

-30

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10+

20+

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40+

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k m

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n m

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pend

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all

fam

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rel

ated

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child

ren

who

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cas

h as

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ith

early

pre

nata

l car

e74

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al jo

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hig

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429

6-3

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al jo

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low

-pay

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indu

strie

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550

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mpl

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Tot

al p

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n un

der

age

18 (

2000

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399

1,49

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cent

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r ag

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grad

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Juve

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33.4

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s 15

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100,

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mot

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less

than

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all

fam

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86,9

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child

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h as

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al jo

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al p

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der

age

18 (

2000

)21

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28-5

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cent

pop

ulat

ion

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18

(200

0)24

.7%

23.0

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.9%

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2.7%

58.8

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nt m

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ity p

opul

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n (2

000)

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cent

min

ority

pop

ulat

ion

unde

rage

182.

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f.gp

(Maw

Per

cent

chi

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n in

pov

erty

18.7

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7.7%

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ian

farn

ily in

com

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nt d

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vaila

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t fam

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rent

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nty

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nt m

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1-14

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100

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chi

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n)28

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ages

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56.2

269

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unm

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s 10

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cent

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mot

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with

less

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grad

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e 78

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8 do

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cent

all

fam

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rel

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who

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cas

h as

sist

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24.5

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cent

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ith

early

pre

nata

l car

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74.7

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al jo

bs in

hig

h-pa

ying

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strie

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931

2,86

0-2

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al jo

bs in

low

-pay

ing

indu

strie

s2,

481

3,05

122

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mpl

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ent r

ate

12.0

%9.

2%-2

3.3%

Tot

al p

opul

atio

n un

der

age

18 (

2000

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315

5,75

8-3

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cent

pop

ulat

ion

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r ag

e 18

(20

00)

28.7

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cent

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pop

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0)1.

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cent

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pop

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r ag

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136.

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und

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ts19

9061

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nt c

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ren

in p

over

ty36

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30.3

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7.5%

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ian

fam

ily in

com

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urre

nt d

ata

not a

vaila

ble

by c

ount

y

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cent

chi

ldre

n in

sing

le-p

aren

t fam

ilies

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rent

dat

a no

t ava

ilabl

e by

cou

nty

Cm

nplig

nent

s of

&T

1°)

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Ann

ie E

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n

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0

0

0 C:17 (3

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Not

ed b

elow

is h

ow a

n in

dica

tor

or b

ackg

roun

dfa

ct is

con

stru

cted

whe

n th

e W

est V

irgi

nia

Uni

vers

itySu

rvey

Res

earc

h C

ente

r pe

rfor

ms

calc

ulat

ions

tode

term

ine

rate

s or

per

cent

ages

.In

dica

tor

or b

ackg

roun

d fa

ct c

lari

fica

tion

is p

ro-

vide

d fo

r th

ose

vari

able

s ne

edin

g so

me

expl

anat

ion

abou

t the

dat

a; th

is d

oes

not a

pply

to e

very

var

iabl

e.D

ata

sour

ces

are

the

sam

e fo

r bo

th s

tate

and

cou

nty

unle

ss o

ther

wis

e sp

ecif

ied.

Hea

ding

s sp

ecif

y di

ffer

ent

stat

e an

d na

tiona

l sou

rces

whe

n th

e na

tiona

l dat

a so

urce

is d

iffe

rent

fro

m th

e st

ate

or c

ount

y so

urce

.

CH

ILD

AB

USE

/NE

GL

EC

T R

AT

E(p

er 1

00,0

00 c

hild

ren)

Indi

cato

r:T

he n

umbe

r of

ref

erra

ls o

f m

altr

eatm

ent a

nd r

isk

ofm

altr

eatm

ent a

ccep

ted

for

inve

stig

atio

n by

Chi

ldPr

otec

tive

Serv

ices

per

100

,000

chi

ldre

n.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t the

sta

te a

nd c

ount

y le

vel,

this

indi

cato

r is

a r

ate

per

100,

000

child

ren

base

d on

a th

ree-

fisc

al-y

ear

aver

age

(199

0-19

91, 1

991-

1992

, and

199

2-19

93 f

or 1

993

and

1996

-199

7, 1

997-

1998

, 199

8-19

99 f

or 1

998)

. The

rat

eis

cal

cula

ted

as 1

00,0

00 ti

mes

the

num

ber

of r

efer

rals

of

child

ren

unde

r 18

ref

erre

d fo

r in

vest

igat

ion

of a

buse

and

negl

ect d

ivid

ed b

y th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

nun

der

18.

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

The

num

ber

of r

efer

rals

doe

s no

t cor

rela

te w

ith th

enu

mbe

r of

chi

ld a

buse

/neg

lect

cas

es. B

ecau

se m

ore

than

one

ref

erra

l can

be

repo

rted

for

a s

ingl

e ca

seev

entu

ally

ope

ned,

not

all

refe

rral

s re

port

ed r

esul

t in

asu

bsta

ntia

ted

abus

e an

d ne

glec

t cas

e. T

he n

umbe

r of

child

ren

unde

r 18

is b

ased

on

1990

(fo

r 19

93)

and

1998

(for

200

0) d

ata

from

the

U.S

. Cen

sus

Bur

eau.

Dif

fer-

ence

s in

the

repo

rtin

g pr

oced

ures

of

indi

vidu

alco

untie

sw

ill a

ffec

t the

indi

vidu

al c

ount

y ra

tes

and,

ther

efor

e,lim

its th

e co

mpa

riso

n of

rat

es a

cros

s co

untie

s.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

93, 1

998)

Chi

ld P

rote

ctiv

eSe

rvic

es R

efer

rals

Acc

epte

d fo

r In

vest

igat

ion.

Wes

tV

irgi

nia

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

/B

urea

u fo

r C

hild

ren

and

Fam

ilies

/Off

ice

of S

ocia

lSe

rvic

es.

CH

ILD

DE

AT

H R

AT

E(a

ges

1-14

per

100

,000

chi

ldre

n)In

dica

tor:

The

num

ber

of d

eath

s du

e to

all

caus

es o

f ch

ildre

nbe

twee

n th

e ag

es o

f 1-

14 y

ears

, per

100

,000

chi

ldre

n.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is v

aria

ble

is a

rat

e pe

r10

0,00

0 ch

ildre

n ba

sed

on a

fiv

e-ye

ar a

vera

ge (

1988

,19

89, 1

990,

199

1, a

nd 1

992

for

1990

and

199

4, 1

995,

1996

, 199

7, a

nd 1

998

for

1998

). T

he r

ate

is c

alcu

late

das

100

,000

tim

es th

e nu

mbe

r of

chi

ldde

aths

due

to a

llca

uses

div

ided

by

the

tota

l num

ber

of c

hild

ren

ages

1-

14. T

he n

atio

nal r

ate

is c

alcu

late

d in

the

sam

e m

anne

rbu

t is

base

d on

ly o

n 19

98 d

ata

and

not o

n a

five

-yea

rav

erag

e.

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

Due

to th

e sm

all n

umbe

r of

chi

ld d

eath

s on

the

coun

tyle

vel,

a sm

all c

hang

e in

the

actu

al n

umbe

r fr

om th

epe

riod

199

0 to

199

8 m

ay r

esul

t in

a la

rge

perc

enta

gech

ange

for

tren

d da

ta. T

he n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n 1-

14ye

ars

old

is b

ased

on

1990

(fo

r 19

90)

and

1996

(fo

r

1998

) ce

nsus

dat

a.

Pag

e 80

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

164

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90, 1

998)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth,

Off

ice

of E

pide

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Stat

istic

s C

ente

r, C

harl

esto

n, W

V. N

atio

nal (

1998

)D

eath

s: F

inal

Dat

a fo

r 19

98. N

atio

nal V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort;

Vol

48

No

11,

Hya

ttsvi

lle, M

aryl

and:

Nat

iona

lC

ente

r fo

r H

ealth

Sta

tistic

s. J

uly

24, 2

000.

ED

UC

AT

ION

AL

EX

PEN

DIT

UR

ES

PER

PU

PIL

(199

8 D

olla

rs)

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

:C

urre

nt p

er p

upil

expe

nditu

res

base

d on

ave

rage

dai

lyat

tend

ance

for

pub

lic s

choo

l pro

gram

s pr

e-ki

nder

gart

enth

roug

h 12

th g

rade

exp

ress

ed in

199

8 co

nsta

nt d

olla

rs.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?Fo

r co

mpa

riso

n pu

rpos

es, e

duca

tiona

l exp

endi

ture

dat

afo

r 19

90-1

991

wer

e co

nver

ted

into

199

8 do

llars

; ade

flat

or w

as c

alcu

late

d us

ing

the

Con

sum

er P

rice

Inde

x-U

rban

Pop

ulat

ion

from

the

Bur

eau

of L

abor

Stat

istic

s.

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n:Pe

r Pu

pil E

xpen

ditu

re f

or I

nstr

uctio

nal P

erso

nnel

, 199

0-19

91. (

1998

) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n: G

ener

alC

urre

nt E

xpen

se F

und.

Exp

endi

ture

s on

a P

er P

upil

Bas

is f

or th

e 19

98-9

9 Y

ear.

U.S

. Dep

artm

ent o

f L

abor

:B

urea

u of

Lab

or S

tatis

tics.

INFA

NT

MO

RT

AL

ITY

RA

TE

(per

1,0

00 li

ve b

irth

s)In

dica

tor:

The

num

ber

of d

eath

s of

infa

nts

unde

r on

e ye

ar o

f ag

epe

r 1,

000

live

birt

hs.

165

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is v

aria

ble

is a

rat

e pe

r1,

000

live

birt

hs b

ased

on

a fi

ve-y

ear

aver

age

(198

8,19

89, 1

990,

199

1, a

nd 1

992

for

1990

and

199

4, 1

995,

1996

, 199

7, a

nd 1

998

for

1998

). T

he r

ate

is c

alcu

late

das

1,0

00 ti

mes

the

num

ber

of in

fant

dea

ths

due

to a

llca

uses

div

ided

by

the

num

ber

of to

tal b

irth

s. A

t the

natio

nal l

evel

, the

rat

e is

cal

cula

ted

as 1

,000

tim

es th

enu

mbe

r of

infa

nt d

eath

s in

199

8 di

vide

d by

the

num

ber

of li

ve b

irth

s in

199

8.

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

Due

to th

e sm

all n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

to in

fant

s un

der

one

year

of

age

on th

e co

unty

leve

l, a

smal

l cha

nge

in th

eac

tual

num

ber

from

the

peri

od 1

990

to 1

998

may

res

ult

in a

larg

e pe

rcen

tage

cha

nge

for

tren

d da

ta.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90, 1

998)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth,

Off

ice

of E

pide

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Stat

istic

s C

ente

r, C

harl

esto

n, W

V. N

atio

nal (

1998

)D

eath

s: F

inal

Dat

a fo

r 19

98. N

atio

nal V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort;

Vol

48

No

11,

Hya

ttsvi

lle, M

aryl

and:

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics.

Jul

y 24

, 200

0.

JUV

EN

ILE

DE

LIN

OU

EN

CY

CA

SE R

AT

E(a

ges

10-2

1 pe

r 1,

000

yout

hs)

Indi

cato

r:T

he n

umbe

r of

del

inqu

ency

cas

es r

epor

ted

per

1,00

0yo

uths

age

s 10

-21.

A c

ase

is d

efin

ed f

or th

e JJ

DB

as

aw

ritte

n an

d si

gned

pet

ition

or

com

plai

nt c

harg

ing

the

juve

nile

with

one

or

mor

e cr

imes

or

stat

us o

ffen

ses

com

mitt

ed w

ithin

a 2

4-ho

ur p

erio

d in

one

cou

nty.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t the

sta

te a

nd c

ount

y le

vel,

this

var

iabl

e is

a r

ate

per

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n16

6

1,00

0 yo

uths

bas

ed o

n yo

uths

age

s 10

-19

in 1

991-

1992

for

1990

and

you

ths

ages

10-

21 f

or 1

999.

The

rat

e is

calc

ulat

ed a

s 1,

000

times

the

num

ber

of ju

veni

le c

ases

divi

ded

by th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

you

ths

ages

10-

19 f

or19

90 a

nd 1

0-21

for

199

9.

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

The

199

0 tr

end

data

is b

ased

on

the

1990

10-

19-y

ear-

old

popu

latio

n. T

he 1

999

data

is b

ased

on

the

10-2

1ye

ar-o

ld p

opul

atio

n.

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) W

V S

upre

me

Cou

rt o

f A

ppea

ls,

Juve

nile

Jus

tice

Com

mitt

ee. J

uven

ile D

elin

quen

cy in

Wes

t Vir

gini

a, A

nnua

l Rep

ort,

July

1, 1

991

to J

une

30,

1992

. Juv

enile

Jus

tice

Dat

a B

ase,

Tab

le I

V, P

age

14.

(199

9) D

ivis

ion

of C

rim

inal

Jus

tice

Serv

ices

. 199

9Ju

veni

le D

elin

quen

cy C

ases

by

Hom

e C

ount

y.

ME

DIA

N F

AM

ILY

IN

CO

ME

(199

0 D

olla

rs)

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

:T

he m

edia

n in

com

e is

the

dolla

r am

ount

that

div

ides

the

inco

me

dist

ribu

tion

into

two

equa

l gro

ups-

-hal

f w

ithin

com

e ab

ove

the

med

ian,

hal

f w

ith in

com

e be

low

it.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

he m

edia

n fa

mily

inco

me

is b

ased

on

an a

naly

sis

ofU

.S. C

ensu

s da

ta b

y th

e Po

pula

tion

Ref

eren

ce B

urea

u.

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

The

mos

t cur

rent

cou

nty-

leve

l dat

a av

aila

ble

is f

rom

the

1990

Dec

enni

al C

ensu

s, s

o w

e ha

ve d

ecid

ed to

pro

vide

only

the

stat

e-le

vel d

ata.

The

199

8 m

edia

n fa

mily

inco

me

repr

esen

ts th

ree-

year

ave

rage

s of

dat

a fr

om19

97-1

999

and

is e

xpre

ssed

in 1

998

dolla

rs.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

ofPo

pula

tion

and

Hou

sing

, 199

0: S

umm

ary

Tap

e Fi

le 3

C,

(Tab

le 1

07A

): P

repa

red

by th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus,

Was

hing

ton:

The

Bur

eau

(WV

Uni

vers

ity O

ffic

e of

Hea

lth S

ervi

ces

Res

earc

h), 1

992.

(19

98)

Popu

latio

nR

efer

ence

Bur

eau,

ana

lysi

s of

dat

a fr

om U

.S. C

ensu

sB

urea

u, C

urre

nt P

opul

atio

n Su

rvey

(M

arch

sup

ple-

men

t), 1

998

thro

ugh

2000

.

PER

CE

NT

AL

L F

AM

ILIE

S W

ITH

RE

LA

TE

DC

HIL

DR

EN

WH

O R

EC

EIV

E C

ASH

ASS

IST

AN

CE

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

chi

ldre

n w

hore

ceiv

e pu

blic

ass

ista

nce

unde

r th

e T

empo

rary

Aid

toN

eedy

Fam

ilies

(T

AN

F) p

rogr

am. E

ligib

ility

for

this

prog

ram

is in

com

e ba

sed.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at t

he p

erce

ntag

e, th

e av

erag

e an

nual

TA

NF

case

s ar

e di

vide

d by

the

num

ber

of f

amili

es w

ith r

elat

edch

ildre

n. F

amili

es w

ith r

elat

ed c

hild

ren

are

com

pris

edof

mar

ried

cou

ples

with

rel

ated

chi

ldre

n, f

emal

e he

ads

with

rel

ated

chi

ldre

n, a

nd m

ale

head

s w

ith r

elat

edch

ildre

n. A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is b

ackg

roun

dfa

ct is

a p

erce

ntag

e ba

sed

on a

thre

e-fi

scal

-yea

r av

erag

e(1

988-

1989

, 198

9-19

90, a

nd 1

990-

1991

) fo

r 19

90 a

ndon

e fi

scal

yea

r (1

999-

2000

) fo

r 20

00.

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

Cla

rifi

catio

n:T

he 1

990

data

is c

alcu

late

d us

ing

the

perc

enta

ge o

ffa

mili

es w

ith r

elat

ed c

hild

ren

who

rec

eive

d pu

blic

assi

stan

ce u

nder

the

Aid

to F

amili

es w

ith D

epen

dent

Chi

ldre

n (A

FDC

) pr

ogra

m. E

ligib

ility

req

uire

men

ts f

orA

FDC

and

TA

NF

are

diff

eren

t. T

he n

umbe

r of

fam

ilies

with

rel

ated

chi

ldre

n fo

r bo

th 1

990

and

2000

com

es f

rom

the

1990

Dec

enni

al C

ensu

s.

167

Pag

e 81

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) W

V D

epar

tmen

t of

Hea

lth a

ndH

uman

Res

ourc

es. F

isca

l Yea

r 19

88-1

989,

198

9-19

90,

and

1990

-199

1 fo

r 19

90; u

npub

lishe

d an

nual

bul

letin

from

Off

ice

of A

udits

, Res

earc

h an

d A

naly

sis.

(20

00)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

.W

elfa

re R

efor

m R

epor

t to

Leg

isla

tive

Ove

rsig

htC

omm

issi

on o

n H

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

Acc

ount

-ab

ility

. Feb

ruar

y 1,

200

1. T

he s

ourc

e fo

r fa

mili

es w

ithre

late

d ch

ildre

n fo

r 19

90 is

fro

m th

e U

.S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus,

199

0 C

ensu

s of

Pop

ulat

ion

and

Hou

sing

, Dat

aSe

t: 19

90 S

umm

ary

tape

File

1 (

STF

1)10

0 pe

rcen

tda

ta.

PER

CE

NT

BIR

TH

S T

O M

OT

HE

RS

WIT

H L

ESS

TH

AN

A 1

2TH

GR

AD

E E

DU

CA

TIO

NIn

dica

tor:

The

per

cent

age

of a

ll bi

rths

to m

othe

rs w

ith le

ss th

an a

12th

gra

de e

duca

tion.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is b

ased

on

ath

ree-

year

ave

rage

(19

89, 1

990,

and

199

1 fo

r 19

90 a

nd19

96, 1

997,

and

199

8 fo

r 19

98).

The

num

erat

or is

the

num

ber

of b

irth

s to

mot

hers

with

less

than

a 1

2th

grad

eed

ucat

ion

divi

ded

by th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

bir

ths.

The

nat

iona

l fig

ure

is c

alcu

late

d in

the

sam

e w

ay a

sst

ate

and

coun

ty f

igur

es b

ut is

bas

ed o

n da

ta f

rom

one

year

, 199

8.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90, 1

998)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth,

Off

ice

of E

pide

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Stat

istic

s C

ente

r, C

harl

esto

n, W

V. N

atio

nal (

1998

)B

irth

s: F

inal

Dat

a fo

r 19

98. N

atio

nal V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort,

Vol

48

No

6, H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d: N

atio

nal

Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics.

Apr

il 24

, 200

0.

PER

CE

NT

BIR

TH

S T

O U

NM

AR

RIE

D T

EE

NS

(age

s 10

-19)

Indi

cato

r:A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is th

e pe

rcen

t-ag

e of

live

bir

ths

whi

ch a

re to

unm

arri

ed w

omen

age

s10

-19.

At a

nat

iona

l lev

el, t

he p

erce

ntag

e re

pres

ents

live

birt

hs th

at a

re to

unm

arri

ed w

omen

und

er 2

0 ye

ars

of a

ge.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is b

ased

on

ath

ree-

year

ave

rage

(19

89, 1

990,

and

199

1 fo

r 19

90 a

nd19

96, 1

997,

and

199

8 fo

r 19

98).

The

num

erat

or is

the

num

ber

of b

irth

s to

unm

arri

ed te

ens

ages

10-

19; t

hede

nom

inat

or is

the

tota

l num

ber

of b

irth

s. N

atio

nal d

ata

is c

alcu

late

d by

div

idin

g th

e nu

mbe

r of

bir

ths

toun

mar

ried

teen

s un

der

age

20 b

y th

e to

tal n

umbe

r of

birt

hs. N

atio

nal d

ata

is b

ased

onl

y on

199

8 da

ta.

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

Due

to th

e sm

all n

umbe

r of

bir

ths

to u

nmar

ried

teen

s in

som

e co

untie

s, a

sm

all c

hang

e in

the

actu

al n

umbe

rfr

om th

e pe

riod

199

0 to

199

8 m

ay r

esul

t in

a la

rge

perc

enta

ge c

hang

e fo

r tr

end

data

. The

bas

e po

pula

tion

for

this

indi

cato

r is

the

birt

hs to

all

mot

hers

, reg

ardl

ess

of a

ge.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90, 1

998)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth,

Off

ice

of E

pide

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Stat

istic

s C

ente

r, C

harl

esto

n, W

V. N

atio

nal (

1998

)B

irth

s: F

inal

Dat

a fo

r 19

98. N

atio

nal V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort,

Vol

48

No

6, H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d: N

atio

nal

Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics.

Apr

il 24

, 200

0.

Pag

e 82

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

168

PER

CE

NT

BIR

TH

S W

ITH

EA

RL

Y P

RE

NA

TA

LC

AR

EB

ackg

roun

d Fa

ct:

The

per

cent

age

of li

ve b

irth

s th

at a

re to

wom

en w

hobe

gan

pren

atal

car

e in

the

firs

t thr

ee m

onth

s of

thei

rpr

egna

ncy.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is a

per

cent

-ag

e, b

ased

on

a th

ree-

year

ave

rage

(19

89, 1

990,

and

1991

for

199

0 an

d 19

96, 1

997,

and

199

8 fo

r 19

98).

The

num

erat

or f

or th

e va

riab

le is

the

num

ber

of m

othe

rsw

ith f

irst

trim

este

r ca

re; t

he d

enom

inat

or is

all

birt

hsw

ith k

now

n pr

enat

al c

are.

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

Cla

rifi

catio

n:L

ive

birt

hs to

wom

en w

ho d

id n

ot r

epor

t the

mon

th in

whi

ch p

rena

tal c

are

was

sta

rted

wer

e ex

clud

ed f

rom

the

com

puta

tion.

Thi

s ba

ckgr

ound

fac

t doe

s no

t tel

l us

anyt

hing

abo

ut th

e qu

ality

, fre

quen

cy, o

r co

nsis

tenc

y of

care

that

the

mot

her

rece

ived

dur

ing

this

time.

Lac

k of

earl

y pr

enat

al c

are

does

not

in a

nd o

f its

elf

caus

e po

orbi

rth

outc

omes

.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90, 1

998)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth,

Off

ice

of E

pide

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Stat

istic

s C

ente

r, C

harl

esto

n, W

V.

PER

CE

NT

CH

ILD

RE

N A

PPR

OV

ED

FO

R F

RE

EO

R R

ED

UC

ED

-PR

ICE

SC

HO

OL

ME

AL

S(g

rade

s K

-12)

Indi

cato

r:T

he p

erce

nt o

f al

l enr

olle

d ch

ildre

n in

gra

des

K-1

2 w

hoap

plie

d an

d w

ere

appr

oved

for

fre

e or

red

uced

-pri

ced

scho

ol m

eals

.

169

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a c

ount

y an

d st

ate

leve

l, th

is v

aria

ble

is a

per

cent

age

base

d on

199

1-19

92 f

isca

l yea

r fo

r 19

91 a

nd 1

999-

2000

fisc

al y

ear

data

for

199

9. T

he n

umer

ator

is th

e nu

mbe

rof

sub

mitt

ed a

nd a

ppro

ved

appl

icat

ions

for

fre

e or

redu

ced-

pric

e sc

hool

mea

ls in

gra

des

K-1

2; th

ede

nom

inat

or is

the

tota

l stu

dent

enr

ollm

ent i

n gr

ades

K-

12. D

ata

for

this

var

iabl

e is

not

upd

atab

le f

or 1

999

atth

e na

tiona

l lev

el a

nd is

, the

refo

re, p

rese

nted

as

1997

data

at t

his

leve

l. T

he n

umbe

r of

chi

ldre

n w

ho a

reel

igib

le f

or f

ree

and

redu

ced-

pric

ed s

choo

l mea

ls is

thou

ght t

o be

und

erco

unte

d si

nce

not a

ll el

igib

lepe

rson

s re

turn

the

appl

icat

ion

form

. Whi

le th

is in

dica

-to

r is

bei

ng u

sed

in li

eu o

f th

e "P

erce

nt C

hild

ren

inPo

vert

y", t

he a

ctua

l per

cent

age

rece

ivin

g fr

ee o

rre

duce

d-pr

iced

sch

ool m

eals

will

be

high

er s

ince

elig

ibili

ty f

or f

ree

scho

ol m

eals

is a

t 130

% o

f po

vert

yan

d re

duce

d-pr

ice

is a

t 185

% o

f po

vert

y.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fE

duca

tion,

Off

ice

of C

hild

Nut

ritio

n, C

harl

esto

n, W

V.

Wes

t Vir

gini

a C

hild

Nut

ritio

n Pr

ogra

ms,

Per

cent

age

ofN

eedy

Stu

dent

s, O

ctob

er F

isca

l Yea

r 19

91-1

992.

(199

9) W

est V

irgi

nia

Dep

artm

ent o

f E

duca

tion,

Off

ice

of C

hild

Nut

ritio

n, C

harl

esto

n, W

V. W

est V

irgi

nia

Chi

ld N

utri

tion

Prog

ram

s, P

erce

ntag

e of

Nee

dy S

tu-

dent

s, O

ctob

er F

isca

l Yea

r 19

99-2

000.

Nat

iona

l(1

998)

Uni

ted

Stat

es D

epar

tmen

t of

Agr

icul

ture

: Chi

ldN

utri

tion,

Sch

ool M

eal P

rogr

am.

PER

CE

NT

CH

ILD

RE

N I

N P

OV

ER

TY

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

:T

he p

erce

nt o

f ch

ildre

n in

pov

erty

is th

e sh

are

ofch

ildre

n un

der

age

18 w

ho li

ve in

fam

ilies

with

inco

mes

belo

w th

e U

.S. p

over

ty th

resh

old,

as

defi

ned

by th

e U

.S.

Off

ice

of M

anag

emen

t and

Bud

get.

In 1

997,

the

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

170

child

ren

was

$16

,276

.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at t

he p

erce

nt c

hild

ren

in p

over

ty, t

he to

tal

num

ber

of c

hild

ren

belo

w th

e po

vert

y le

vel i

s di

vide

dby

the

tota

l num

ber

of c

hild

ren

unde

r ag

e 18

.

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

Cla

rifi

catio

n:Si

nce

the

1999

Dat

a B

ook,

we

have

use

d in

form

atio

nfr

om th

e Sm

all A

rea

Inco

me

and

Pove

rty

Est

imat

es(S

AIP

E)

seri

es o

f th

e U

.S. C

ensu

s B

urea

u, w

hich

prov

ides

sta

te-l

evel

est

imat

es o

f in

com

e an

d po

vert

y.SA

IPE

pro

vide

s in

com

e an

d po

vert

y es

timat

es f

orco

untie

s an

d sc

hool

dis

tric

ts in

odd

-num

bere

d ye

ars.

Dat

a So

urce

s: F

or b

oth

stat

e an

d co

unty

pov

erty

estim

ates

: U.S

. Cen

sus

Bur

eau,

Sm

all A

rea

Inco

me

and

Pove

rty

Est

imat

es p

rogr

am, d

ata

acce

ssed

onl

ine

atw

ww

.cen

sus.

gov/

hhes

/ww

w/s

aipe

.htm

l (Se

ptem

ber

2000

).

PER

CE

NT

CH

ILD

RE

N I

N S

ING

LE

-PA

RE

NT

FAM

ILIE

SB

ackg

roun

d Fa

ct:

The

per

cent

age

of c

hild

ren

unde

r ag

e 18

who

live

infa

mili

es h

eade

d by

a p

erso

n w

ithou

t a s

pous

e pr

esen

t in

the

hom

e. C

hild

ren

are

defi

ned

as n

ever

-mar

ried

child

ren

unde

r ag

e 18

who

are

rel

ated

to th

e ho

use-

hold

er b

y bi

rth,

mar

riag

e, o

r ad

optio

n.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at t

he p

erce

nt c

hild

ren

in s

ingl

e-pa

rent

fam

ilies

, the

tota

l num

ber

of c

hild

ren

in s

ingl

e-pa

rent

fam

ilies

was

div

ided

by

the

tota

l num

ber

of c

hild

ren

unde

r ag

e 18

. Sin

gle

pare

nts

are

com

pris

ed o

f fe

mal

e-

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

eade

d fa

mili

es a

nd m

ale-

head

ed f

amili

es w

ith n

osp

ouse

pre

sent

. Num

bers

for

this

for

mul

a w

ere

base

d on

U.S

. Cen

sus

Bur

eau

data

.

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

Cla

rifi

catio

n:T

he m

ost c

urre

nt c

ount

y-le

vel d

ata

avai

labl

e is

fro

m th

e19

90 D

ecen

ial C

ensu

s, s

o w

e ha

ve d

ecid

ed to

pro

vide

only

sta

te-l

evel

dat

a. T

his

mea

sure

is b

ased

on

anal

ysis

of th

e 12

-mon

th C

urre

nt P

opul

atio

n Su

rvey

(C

PS)

file

mai

ntai

ned

by th

e U

.S. B

urea

u of

Lab

or S

tatis

tics.

Aye

arly

ave

rage

was

cal

cula

ted

base

d on

res

pons

es f

orth

e 12

mon

ths

in th

e ca

lend

ar y

ear.

The

fig

ures

sho

wn

here

rep

rese

nt th

ree-

year

ave

rage

s.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

98)

The

199

8 da

ta r

epre

sent

san

ave

rage

of

data

fro

m 1

997

thro

ugh

1999

. Spe

cial

tabu

latio

ns o

f 19

89-1

999

Cur

rent

Pop

ulat

ion

Surv

eym

icro

data

are

pre

pare

d by

the

U.S

. Bur

eau

of L

abor

Stat

istic

s.

PER

CE

NT

LO

W B

IRT

H-W

EIG

HT

BA

BIE

SIn

dica

tor:

The

per

cent

age

of li

ve b

irth

s re

cord

ed a

s lo

w b

irth

wei

ght.

Bab

ies

of lo

w b

irth

wei

ght a

re th

ose

who

wei

gh u

nder

2,5

00 g

ram

s (5

.5 p

ound

s) a

t bir

th.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is a

per

cent

age

base

d on

a th

ree-

year

ave

rage

(19

89, 1

990,

and

199

1 fo

r19

90 a

nd 1

996,

199

7, a

nd 1

998

for

1998

). T

he n

umer

a-to

r fo

r th

is v

aria

ble

is n

umbe

r of

low

bir

th-w

eigh

tba

bies

; the

den

omin

ator

is to

tal b

irth

s fo

r al

l age

s.N

atio

nal d

ata

is th

e nu

mbe

r of

low

bir

th-w

eigh

t bab

ies

in 1

998

divi

ded

by th

e to

tal b

irth

s fo

r al

l age

s in

199

8.

171

Pag

e 83

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

Whi

le th

e lo

w b

irth

-wei

ght i

ndic

ator

enc

ompa

sses

two

leve

ls o

f bi

rth

wei

ght,

thos

e of

mod

erat

ely

low

wei

ght

and

very

low

wei

ght,

it is

thos

e su

rviv

ing

infa

nts

ofve

ry lo

w b

irth

wei

ght w

ho, r

esea

rch

show

s, h

ave

nota

bly

high

er o

dds

of im

pair

ed d

evel

opm

ent;

this

fac

tca

n be

mas

ked

whe

n lo

okin

g at

the

two

leve

lsof

low

birt

h w

eigh

t in

com

bina

tion.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90, 1

998)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth,

Off

ice

of E

pide

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Stat

istic

s C

ente

r, C

harl

esto

n, W

V. N

atio

nal (

1998

)B

irth

s: F

inal

Dat

a fo

r 19

98. N

atio

nal V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort;

Vol

48

No

6, H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d: N

atio

nal

Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics.

Apr

il 24

, 200

0.

PER

CE

NT

MIN

OR

ITY

PO

PUL

AT

ION

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

the

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

that

is id

entif

ied

as m

inor

ity.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at p

erce

nt m

inor

ity p

opul

atio

n, th

e m

inor

itypo

pula

tion

has

been

div

ided

by

the

tota

l pop

ulat

ion.

Num

bers

for

this

for

mul

a w

ere

base

d on

199

0 ce

nsus

and

1998

est

imat

ed c

ensu

s da

ta.

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) U

.S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

199

0-19

99 A

nnua

l Tim

e Se

ries

of

Cou

nty

Popu

latio

n E

sti-

mat

es b

y A

ge, S

ex, a

nd R

ace/

His

pani

c O

rigi

n, 1

990:

Prep

ared

by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s, W

ashi

ngto

n.(2

000)

U.S

. Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s, C

ensu

s 20

00 f

or th

eSt

ate

of W

est V

irgi

nia,

Tab

les

DP-

1, P

rofi

le o

f G

ener

alD

emog

raph

ic C

hara

cter

istic

s fo

r W

est V

irgi

nia:

200

0.

;.1

Dat

a ac

cess

ed o

nlin

e at

ww

w.c

ensu

s.go

v/Pr

ess/

Rel

ease

/w

ww

/200

1/ta

bles

/red

ist_

wv.

htm

l#de

mop

rofi

le.

PER

CE

NT

MIN

OR

ITY

PO

PUL

AT

ION

UN

DE

R A

GE

18

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

the

popu

latio

n un

der

age

18 id

enti-

fied

as

min

ority

.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at t

he p

erce

nt m

inor

ity p

opul

atio

n un

der

age

18, t

he to

tal m

inor

ity p

opul

atio

n un

der

18 w

as d

ivid

edby

the

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

unde

r 18

. Num

bers

for

this

form

ula

wer

e ba

sed

on 1

990

cens

us d

ata

and

1998

estim

ated

cen

sus

data

.

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) U

.S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cen

sus

of P

opul

atio

n an

d H

ousi

ng, 1

990:

Sum

mar

yT

ape

File

IC

(T

able

P12

)/Pr

epar

ed b

y th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus,

Was

hing

ton:

The

Bur

eau

(WV

Uni

vers

ityO

ffic

e of

Hea

lth S

ervi

ces

Res

earc

h), 1

992.

(20

00)

KID

S C

OU

NT

Cen

sus

Dat

a O

nlin

e, A

nnie

E. C

asey

Foun

datio

n. D

ata

for

stat

e an

d co

untie

s ac

cess

ed o

nlin

eat

ww

w.a

ecf.

org/

cgi-

bin/

aecc

ensu

s.cg

i?ac

tion=

prof

i1e&

stat

efip

s=54

&tr

eesh

owou

ntie

s.

PER

CE

NT

OF

EL

IGIB

LE

CH

ILD

RE

N S

ER

VE

DB

Y H

EA

D S

TA

RT

(ag

es 3

-4)

Indi

cato

r:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

all

elig

ible

3-4

yea

r ol

ds w

ho a

repa

rtic

ipat

ing

(in

fund

ed p

ositi

ons

only

) in

Hea

d St

art.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t the

sta

te a

nd c

ount

y, th

is v

aria

ble

is a

per

cent

age

base

d on

200

0 da

ta. T

he n

umer

ator

for

this

indi

cato

r is

the

num

ber

of f

unde

d po

sitio

ns f

or c

hild

ren

ages

3-5

;

the

deno

min

ator

is th

e es

timat

ed n

umbe

r of

3-4

yea

rol

ds in

pov

erty

in 1

993

(for

199

3) a

nd 2

000

(for

200

0).

At t

he n

atio

nal l

evel

, the

den

omin

ator

is th

e es

timat

ednu

mbe

r of

chi

ldre

n ag

es 3

-4 in

pov

erty

for

199

8.

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

Thi

s in

dica

tor

is b

ased

on

data

fro

m 2

000.

The

rea

der

will

not

ice

that

in s

ome

coun

ties,

the

perc

enta

ge o

f 3-

4ye

ar o

lds

fund

ed b

y H

ead

Star

t exc

eeds

the

perc

enta

geof

chi

ldre

n in

pov

erty

; thi

s is

bec

ause

gui

delin

es f

or th

epr

ogra

m a

llow

up

to 1

0% o

f th

ose

child

ren

enro

lled

inH

ead

Star

t to

exce

ed th

e in

com

e le

vel.

Whi

le th

is d

ata

is p

rese

nted

as

the

perc

enta

ge o

f 3-

4 ye

ar o

lds

inpo

vert

y se

rved

by

Hea

d St

art,

this

is n

ot m

eant

toim

ply

that

3-4

yea

r ol

ds a

re th

e on

ly g

roup

ser

ved

by H

ead

Star

t.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

93)

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

and

Hum

an S

ervi

ces,

Reg

ion

III.

Adm

inis

trat

ion

for

Chi

ldre

n an

d Fa

mili

es, O

ffic

e fo

r C

omm

unity

Pro

-gr

ams,

Phi

lade

lphi

a, P

enns

ylva

nia.

(20

00)

Gov

erno

r ' s

Cab

inet

on

Chi

ldre

n an

d Fa

mili

es, (

304)

558

-060

0,C

apito

l Com

plex

, Cha

rles

ton,

Wes

t Vir

gini

a. N

atio

nal

The

per

cent

of

elig

ible

chi

ldre

n se

rved

for

the

U.S

. is

base

d on

thre

e ye

ar-o

lds

only

. Hea

d St

art B

urea

u,A

dmin

istr

atio

n fo

r C

hild

ren,

You

th, a

nd F

amili

es, U

.S.

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

ealth

and

Hum

an S

ervi

ces.

PER

CE

NT

OF

HIG

H S

CH

OO

L D

RO

POU

TS

Indi

cato

r:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

stu

dent

s in

gra

des

7-12

who

leav

e a

publ

ic s

choo

l bef

ore

grad

uatio

n w

ithou

t tra

nsfe

rrin

g to

anot

her

scho

ol.

173

Pag

e 84

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

172

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is b

ased

on

ath

ree-

year

ave

rage

of

scho

ol y

ears

198

9-19

90, 1

990-

1991

, and

199

1-19

92 f

or 1

990

and

1996

-199

7, 1

997-

1998

, and

199

8-19

99 f

or 1

998.

Thi

s pe

rcen

t is

base

d on

the

num

ber

of 7

th th

roug

h 12

th-g

rade

dro

pout

s di

vide

dby

the

num

ber

of 7

th th

roug

h 12

th-g

rade

dro

pout

s pl

usth

e nu

mbe

r of

12t

h-gr

ade

grad

uate

s.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90, 1

998)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fE

duca

tion.

Unp

ublis

hed

spec

ial t

abul

atio

ns b

y th

e W

VD

epar

tmen

t of

Edu

catio

n. C

harl

esto

n, W

est V

irgi

nia.

PER

CE

NT

PO

PUL

AT

ION

UN

DE

R A

GE

18

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

:T

he p

erce

ntag

e of

the

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?T

o ar

rive

at t

he p

erce

nt p

opul

atio

n un

der

18, t

hepo

pula

tion

unde

r 18

has

bee

n di

vide

d by

the

tota

lpo

pula

tion.

Num

bers

for

this

for

mul

a w

ere

base

d on

1990

cen

sus

data

for

199

0 an

d 19

98 e

stim

ated

cen

sus

data

for

199

8.

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) U

.S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

1990

-99

Ann

ual T

ime

Seri

es o

f C

ount

y Po

pula

tion

Est

imat

es b

y A

ge, S

ex, a

nd R

ace/

His

pani

c O

rigi

n,19

90: P

repa

red

by th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus,

Was

hing

-to

n. (

2000

) U

.S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

199

0-99

Ann

ual T

ime

Seri

es o

f C

ount

y Po

pula

tion

Est

imat

es b

yA

ge, S

ex, a

nd R

ace/

His

pani

c O

rigi

n, 1

998:

Pre

pare

d by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s, W

ashi

ngto

n.

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n17

4

TE

EN

BIR

TH

RA

TE

(age

s 15

-19

per

1,00

0 fe

mal

es)

Indi

cato

r:T

he n

umbe

r of

live

bir

ths

to te

ens

ages

15-

19 p

er 1

,000

fem

ales

age

s 15

-19

year

s.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is a

rat

e pe

r1,

000

fem

ales

age

s 15

-19

base

d on

an

aver

age

of 1

989,

1990

, and

199

1 da

ta f

or 1

990

and

1996

, 199

7, a

nd 1

998

for

1998

. The

rat

e is

cal

cula

ted

as 1

,000

tim

es th

enu

mbe

r of

teen

bir

ths

to f

emal

es a

ges

15-1

9 di

vide

d by

the

tota

l num

ber

of f

emal

es a

ges

15-1

9. N

atio

nal d

ata

is c

alcu

late

d in

the

sam

e m

anne

r ex

cept

that

it is

bas

edon

199

8 da

ta a

nd n

ot o

n a

thre

e-ye

ar a

vera

ge.

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

The

bas

e po

pula

tion

for

this

indi

cato

r is

the

tota

lnu

mbe

r of

fem

ales

, age

s 15

-19,

in 1

990

for

1990

dat

aan

d 19

97 f

or 1

998

data

.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90, 1

998)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth,

Off

ice

of E

pide

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Stat

istic

s C

ente

r, C

harl

esto

n, W

V. N

atio

nal (

1998

)B

irth

s: F

inal

Dat

a fo

r 19

98. N

atio

nal V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort,

Vol

48

No

6, H

yatts

ville

, Mar

ylan

d: N

atio

nal

Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics.

Apr

il 24

, 200

0.

TE

EN

VIO

LE

NT

DE

AT

H R

AT

E(a

ges

15-1

9 pe

r 10

0,00

0 te

ens)

Indi

cato

r:T

he n

umbe

r of

dea

ths

from

hom

icid

es, s

uici

des

and

unin

tent

iona

l inj

urie

s to

teen

s ag

es 1

5-19

yea

rs p

er10

0,00

0 te

ens.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

?A

t a s

tate

and

cou

nty

leve

l, th

is in

dica

tor

is a

fiv

e-ye

arav

erag

e (1

988,

198

9, 1

990,

199

1, a

nd 1

992

for

1990

and

1994

, 199

5, 1

996,

199

7, a

nd 1

998

for

1998

). T

hete

en in

jury

dea

th r

ate

is a

com

posi

te o

f th

e nu

mbe

r of

deat

hs f

or in

jury

mor

talit

y fr

om h

omic

ide,

sui

cide

, and

unin

tent

iona

l inj

urie

s. T

he r

ate

is c

alcu

late

d as

100

,000

times

the

num

ber

of te

en in

jury

dea

ths

divi

ded

by th

eto

tal n

umbe

r of

you

ths

ages

15-

19. T

he n

atio

nal r

ate

isca

lcul

ated

in th

e sa

me

man

ner,

but

it is

bas

ed o

nly

on19

98 d

ata

and

not o

n a

thre

e-ye

ar a

vera

ge.

Indi

cato

r C

lari

fica

tion:

Lik

e th

e in

fant

mor

talit

y an

d ch

ild d

eath

rat

es, t

his

rate

does

not

tell

us a

nyth

ing

abou

t the

qua

lity

of li

fe f

orth

ose

teen

s su

rviv

ing

life-

thre

aten

ing

inju

ries

. Due

toth

e sm

all n

umbe

r of

teen

dea

ths

on th

e co

unty

leve

l, a

smal

l cha

nge

in th

e ac

tual

num

ber

from

the

peri

od 1

990

to 1

998

may

res

ult i

n a

larg

e pe

rcen

tage

cha

nge

for

tren

d da

ta. T

he n

umbe

r of

you

ths

betw

een

15-1

9 ye

ars

old

is b

ased

on

1990

for

199

0 an

d 19

96 f

or 1

998

cens

usda

ta.

Dat

a So

urce

s: S

tate

(19

90, 1

998)

WV

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

and

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, Bur

eau

of P

ublic

Hea

lth,

Off

ice

of E

pide

mio

logy

and

Hea

lth P

rom

otio

n, H

ealth

Stat

istic

s C

ente

r, C

harl

esto

n, W

V. N

atio

nal (

1998

)D

eath

s: F

inal

Dat

a fo

r 19

98. N

atio

nal V

ital S

tatis

tics

Rep

ort,

Vol

48

No

11, S

uppl

. Hya

ttsvi

lle, M

aryl

and:

Nat

iona

l Cen

ter

for

Hea

lth S

tatis

tics.

200

0.

TO

TA

L P

OPU

LA

TIO

NB

ackg

roun

d Fa

ct:

The

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

as r

epor

ted

by th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

17,5

Pag

e 85

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) U

.S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

Cou

nty

Popu

latio

n E

stim

ates

and

Dem

ogra

phic

Com

po-

nent

s of

Cha

nge:

199

0-19

99, W

ashi

ngto

n. (

2000

)U

.S.

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s, C

ensu

s 20

00 f

or th

e St

ate

ofW

est V

irgi

nia,

Tab

les

DP-

1, P

rofi

le o

f G

ener

al D

emo-

grap

hic

Cha

ract

eris

tics

for

Wes

t Vir

gini

a: 2

000.

Dat

aac

cess

ed o

nlin

e at

ww

w.c

ensu

s.go

v/Pr

ess/

Rel

ease

/w

ww

/200

1/ta

b1es

kedi

st_w

v.ht

ml#

dem

opro

fi1e

.

TO

TA

L P

OPU

LA

TIO

N U

ND

ER

AG

E 1

8B

ackg

roun

d Fa

ct:

The

tota

l pop

ulat

ion

unde

r ag

e 18

as

repo

rted

by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s.

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

Cla

rifi

catio

n:D

ata

for

this

var

iabl

e fo

r 19

98 is

bas

ed u

pon

popu

latio

nes

timat

es c

alcu

late

d by

the

Bur

eau

of th

e C

ensu

s.

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) U

.S. B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus.

1990

-199

9 C

ount

y E

stim

ates

by

Age

, Sex

, and

Rac

e/H

ispa

nic

Ori

gin,

199

0: P

repa

red

by th

e B

urea

u of

the

Cen

sus,

Was

hing

ton.

(20

00)

U.S

. Bur

eau

of th

eC

ensu

s, C

ensu

s 20

00 f

or th

e St

ate

of W

est V

irgi

nia,

Tab

les

DP-

1, P

rofi

le o

f G

ener

al D

emog

raph

ic C

hara

c-te

rist

ics

for

Wes

t Vir

gini

a: 2

000.

Dat

a ac

cess

ed o

nlin

eat

ww

w.c

ensu

s.go

v/Pr

ess/

Rel

ease

/ww

w/2

001/

tabl

es/

redi

st_w

v.ht

ml#

dem

opro

file

.

TO

TA

L J

OB

S IN

HIG

H-P

AY

ING

IN

DU

STR

IES

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

:T

he p

erce

ntag

e ch

ange

in th

e nu

mbe

r of

jobs

in h

igh-

payi

ng in

dust

ries

whi

ch a

cou

nty

has

gain

ed o

r lo

stfr

om 1

990

to 1

998.

Job

s in

the

min

ing,

man

ufac

turi

ng,

cons

truc

tion,

tran

spor

tatio

n an

d fi

nanc

ial s

ecto

rs a

recl

assi

fied

as

"hig

h"-p

ayin

g pr

ofes

sion

s.

Pag

e 86

176

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of

Com

mer

ce,

Bur

eau

of E

cono

mic

Ana

lysi

s, T

able

CA

25, M

ay, 1

992.

(199

8) U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of

Com

mer

ce, B

urea

u of

Eco

nom

ic A

naly

sis,

Tab

le C

A25

, May

, 200

0.

TO

TA

L J

OB

S IN

LO

W-P

AY

ING

IN

DU

STR

IES

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

:T

he p

erce

ntag

e ch

ange

in th

e nu

mbe

r of

jobs

in lo

w-

payi

ng in

dust

ries

whi

ch a

cou

nty

has

gain

ed o

r lo

stfr

om 1

990

to 1

998.

Job

s in

agr

icul

tura

l ser

vice

s,w

hole

sale

and

ret

ail t

rade

and

ser

vice

s se

ctor

s ar

eco

nsid

ered

as

"low

"-pa

ying

pro

fess

ions

.

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of

Com

mer

ce,

Bur

eau

of E

cono

mic

Ana

lysi

s, T

able

CA

25, M

ay, 1

992.

(199

8) U

.S. D

epar

tmen

t of

Com

mer

ce, B

urea

u of

Eco

nom

ic A

naly

sis,

Tab

le C

A25

, May

, 200

0.

UN

EM

PLO

YM

EN

T R

AT

EB

ackg

roun

d Fa

ct:

The

num

ber

of p

eopl

e w

ho a

re a

ctiv

ely

look

ing

for

wor

k bu

t are

une

mpl

oyed

as

a pe

rcen

tage

of

the

civi

lian

labo

r fo

rce.

Bac

kgro

und

Fact

Cla

rifi

catio

n:D

ata,

beg

inni

ng in

199

4, a

re n

ot d

irec

tly c

ompa

rabl

ew

ith d

ata

for

1993

and

ear

lier

year

s be

caus

e of

the

intr

oduc

tion

of a

maj

or r

edes

ign

of th

e C

urre

nt P

opul

a-tio

n Su

rvey

(ho

useh

old

surv

ey)

ques

tionn

aire

.

How

is it

Con

stru

cted

? T

his

vari

able

is a

per

cent

age

base

d on

the

Wes

t Vir

gini

a L

abor

For

ce S

tatis

tics

annu

al a

vera

ge, 1

998.

To

calc

ulat

e th

e un

empl

oym

ent

rate

, the

tota

l num

ber

of u

nem

ploy

ed p

erso

ns is

divi

ded

by th

e nu

mbe

r of

per

sons

in th

e ci

vilia

n la

bor

forc

e.

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Dat

a So

urce

s: (

1990

) W

est V

irgi

nia

Bur

eau

of E

mpl

oy-

men

t Pro

gram

s (w

ww

.sta

te.w

v.us

/bep

/). (

1998

)W

est

Vir

gini

a B

urea

u of

Em

ploy

men

t Pro

gram

s(w

ww

.sta

te.w

v.us

/bep

/).

177

The

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

Ma'

1w

w0w

rafi

scou

nfun

e©

11zE

The

200

0 W

V K

IDSCOUNT

Dat

a B

ook

is n

ow a

vaila

ble

onlin

eat

ww

w.w

vkid

scou

nund

.org

. Thi

s w

ebsi

te p

rovi

des

the

best

ava

il-ab

le d

ata

and

anal

ysis

on

issu

es a

ffec

ting

fam

ilies

and

vul

nera

ble

child

ren

in W

est V

irgi

nia.

The

KID

SCOUNT

web

site

is a

com

preh

ensi

ve a

nd a

utho

rita

tive

sour

ce o

f in

form

atio

n on

Wes

t Vir

gini

a ch

ildre

n an

d fa

mili

es. W

ithth

e su

ppor

t of

the

Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n, K

IDSCOUNT will

expa

nd th

e w

ebsi

te to

incl

ude

coun

ty-b

y-co

unty

dat

a in

the

corn

ing

wee

ks.

The

Wes

t Vir

gini

a K

IDS

CO

UN

T w

ebsi

te c

onta

ins

the

follo

win

gda

ta a

nd in

form

atio

n:

WV

KID

SCOUNT

Dat

a B

ook;

stat

e ch

ild w

ell-

bein

g in

dica

tors

gra

phed

ove

r tim

e;

0st

ate

map

s of

chi

ld w

ell-

bein

g by

indi

cato

r;

spec

ial r

epor

ts a

nd is

sue

brie

fs;

KID

SCOUNT

Con

nect

ion

new

slet

ter;

fact

oid

post

card

s co

ntai

ning

info

rmat

ion

abou

t chi

ldre

n an

d fa

mili

es;

pres

s re

leas

es; a

nd

glin

ks to

oth

er w

ebsi

tes

of in

tere

stto

our

con

stitu

ents

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Ann

ie E

. Cas

ey F

ound

atio

n

173

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

We

enco

urag

e go

vern

men

t off

icia

ls, t

he b

usin

ess

and

reli-

giou

s co

mm

unity

, the

med

ia, a

nd a

dvoc

acy

grou

ps to

use

KID

SCOUNT

data

. We

also

enc

oura

ge c

omm

ents

or

sugg

estio

ns f

orad

ditio

ns o

r im

prov

emen

ts to

the

web

site

.T

he W

est V

irgi

nia

KID

SCOUNT

Fund

is g

rate

ful t

o th

eA

nnie

E. C

asey

Fou

ndat

ion

for

its s

uppo

rt o

f th

is p

roje

ct.

179

Pag

e 87

The

200

0 W

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T D

ata

Boo

k co

nsis

ts o

f a

stat

e pr

ofile

, a m

inor

ity p

rofi

le, a

n ed

ucat

ion

prof

ile,a

nd55

cou

nty

prof

iles,

all

of w

hich

doc

umen

t the

sta

tus

ofch

ildre

n in

Wes

t Vir

gini

a. M

ost o

f th

e in

dica

tors

and

back

grou

nd f

acts

are

exp

ress

ed a

s pe

rcen

tage

s or

rat

es.

Indi

cato

rs a

nd B

ackg

roun

d Fa

cts

pres

ente

d as

act

ual

num

bers

incl

ude:

Tot

al P

opul

atio

n, T

otal

Pop

ulat

ion

Und

erA

ge 1

8, E

duca

tion

Exp

endi

ture

s pe

r Pu

pil (

1998

dol

lars

),T

otal

Job

s in

Hig

h-Pa

ying

Ind

ustr

ies,

Tot

al J

obs

in L

ow-

Payi

ng I

ndus

trie

s, a

nd M

edia

n Fa

mily

Inc

ome

(199

7do

llars

). A

ctua

l num

bers

beh

ind

the

perc

enta

ges

and

rate

sap

pear

in th

e A

ppen

dix.

Tre

nd d

ata

is b

ased

on

the

chan

ge b

etw

een

1990

and

1998

. In

som

e ca

ses

incl

udin

g Pe

rcen

t Low

Bir

th-W

eigh

tB

abie

s, T

een

Bir

th R

ate,

Per

cent

Bir

ths

to U

nmar

ried

Tee

ns, a

nd P

erce

nt B

irth

s to

Mot

hers

with

Les

s th

an a

12t

hG

rade

Edu

catio

n, th

e 19

90 v

alue

is th

e av

erag

e of

198

9,19

90, a

nd 1

991,

and

the

1998

val

ue is

the

aver

age

of 1

997,

1998

, and

199

9. F

or in

dica

tors

suc

h as

Chi

ld D

eath

Rat

e,In

fant

Mor

talit

y R

ate,

and

Tee

n In

jury

Dea

th R

ate,

the

1990

val

ue is

the

aver

age

of 1

988,

198

9, 1

990,

199

1, a

nd19

92, a

nd th

e 19

98 v

alue

is th

e av

erag

e of

199

5, 1

996,

1997

, 199

8 an

d 19

99. T

he 1

990

Perc

ent H

igh

Scho

olD

ropo

uts

is th

e av

erag

e of

thre

e ye

ars:

198

8-19

89, 1

989-

1990

, and

199

0-19

91; t

he 1

998

Perc

ent H

igh

Scho

olD

ropo

ut is

the

aver

age

of th

e 19

96-1

997,

199

7-19

98, a

nd19

98-1

999

scho

ol y

ears

. Tre

nd d

ata

is n

ot a

vaila

ble

onfo

ur o

f th

e in

dica

tors

. In

this

yea

r's K

IDS

CO

UN

T D

ata

Boo

k, th

e Pe

rcen

t All

Fam

ilies

with

Rel

ated

Chi

ldre

n W

hoR

ecei

ve C

ash

Ass

ista

nce

and

the

Perc

ent C

hild

ren

inSi

ngle

-Par

ent F

amili

es a

re n

ot u

pdat

eabl

e. C

hild

Abu

se/

Neg

lect

Rat

e da

ta a

re b

ased

on

the

aver

age

of 1

996,

199

7an

d 19

98; H

ead

Star

t dat

a ar

e fr

om 2

000;

TA

NF

data

are

from

199

8; a

nd F

ree

and

Red

uced

-Pri

ce S

choo

l Mea

ls d

ata

are

from

199

9-20

00 s

choo

l yea

r.A

com

posi

te c

ount

y ra

nk a

ppea

rs in

the

uppe

r, r

ight

-ha

nd c

orne

r of

eac

h co

unty

pro

file

. It w

as d

eriv

ed b

yco

nver

ting

the

coun

ty r

ates

and

per

cent

ages

(on

eac

hin

dica

tor)

into

a z

sco

re. T

his

was

don

e in

ord

er to

giv

e

each

indi

cato

r eq

ual w

eigh

t. T

hen

each

cou

nty'

s z

scor

esw

ere

adde

d to

geth

er to

for

m a

cou

nty

com

posi

te z

sco

re.

Fina

lly, t

he c

ompo

site

z s

core

s w

ere

rank

ed 1

(be

st)

thro

ugh

55 (

wor

st).

The

indi

cato

rs' z

sco

res

sum

med

to a

chie

ve th

eco

mpo

site

ran

k in

clud

e Pe

rcen

t Low

Bir

th-W

eigh

t Bab

ies,

Infa

nt M

orta

lity

Rat

e, C

hild

Dea

th R

ate,

Per

cent

Chi

ldre

nA

ppro

ved

for

Free

and

Red

uced

-Pri

ce M

eals

, Tee

n B

irth

Rat

e, P

erce

nt B

irth

s to

Unm

arri

ed T

eens

, Per

cent

Hig

hSc

hool

Dro

pout

s, T

een

Inju

ry D

eath

Rat

e, a

nd B

irth

s to

Mot

hers

with

Les

s th

an a

12t

h G

rade

Edu

catio

n. T

his

year

's W

V K

IDS

CO

UN

T D

ata

Boo

k om

its b

oth

Perc

ent o

fE

ligib

le C

hild

ren

Serv

ed b

y H

ead

Star

t and

Chi

ld A

buse

/N

egle

ct R

ate

in th

e co

mpo

site

sco

re. T

here

fore

, com

pari

ngth

e co

unty

com

posi

te r

anks

fro

m th

e 19

93, 1

994,

199

5,19

96, 1

997,

199

8 or

199

9 bo

oks

with

thos

e fr

om th

e 19

91an

d 19

92 b

ooks

can

not b

e do

ne.

Eac

h of

the

12 in

dica

tors

is a

lso

rank

ed in

seq

uent

ial

orde

r fr

om 1

(be

st)

to 5

5 (w

orst

). T

he r

anki

ng is

obt

aine

dby

sim

ply

rank

ing

the

rate

or

perc

enta

ge f

rom

bes

t to

wor

st. T

hese

indi

vidu

al in

dica

tor

rank

ings

app

ear

onea

chof

the

coun

ty p

ages

und

er th

e co

unty

ran

k co

lum

n. E

ach

indi

vidu

al in

dica

tor

rank

ing,

exc

ept f

or P

erce

nt o

f E

ligib

leC

hild

ren

Serv

ed b

y H

ead

Star

t (20

00 d

ata)

and

Per

cent

Chi

ldre

n A

ppro

ved

for

Free

and

Red

uced

-Pri

ce S

choo

lM

eals

(20

00 d

ata)

, is

base

d on

199

8 da

ta. O

n al

l of

the

indi

cato

rs, e

xcep

t for

Hea

d St

art,

the

low

est r

ate

or p

erce

ntis

giv

en th

e m

ost p

ositi

ve r

anki

ng (

rank

= 1

). W

hene

ver

two

or m

ore

coun

ties

are

tied

for

the

indi

vidu

alin

dica

tor

rank

, th

ey a

re a

ll as

sign

ed th

e sa

me

rank

, e.g

. if

four

coun

ties

tie a

t ran

king

pos

ition

1, a

ll fo

ur a

re a

ssig

ned

ara

nk o

f 1,

then

the

next

cou

nty

is r

anke

d 5.

Cau

tion

shou

ld b

e us

ed in

inte

rpre

ting

the

resu

lts o

fth

e ra

nkin

g. S

ome

indi

cato

rsch

ild d

eath

rat

e, f

or

exam

ple

docu

men

t rel

ativ

ely

rare

eve

nts.

For

exa

mpl

e,th

e co

unty

that

is r

anke

d th

ird

for

a pa

rtic

ular

indi

cato

rm

ay h

ave

a va

lue

of tw

o pe

rcen

t, w

hile

the

coun

tyth

at is

rank

ed 2

5th

may

hav

e a

valu

e of

fou

r pe

rcen

t.

Pag

e 88

WV

KID

S C

OU

NT

Cau

tion

shou

ld a

lso

be u

sed

whe

n re

adin

g th

e ac

tual

num

bers

. Sin

ce s

ome

of th

e in

dica

tors

' act

ual n

umbe

rs a

reav

erag

es f

or a

thre

e-ye

ar s

pan,

a z

ero

repo

rted

may

incl

ude

one

case

with

in th

e th

ree-

year

spa

n. I

f a

coun

tyha

s a

repo

rted

rat

e hi

gher

than

0 f

or a

n av

erag

ed in

dica

tor

and

the

repo

rted

act

ual n

umbe

r fo

r th

at in

dica

tor

is 0

, the

n on

eca

se h

ad o

ccur

red

with

in th

e th

ree-

year

spa

n.T

his

occu

rsdu

e to

rou

ndin

g of

the

actu

al n

umbe

rs to

who

le n

umbe

rs.

The

per

cent

ages

in th

is b

ook

are

roun

ded

to th

ene

ares

t ten

th o

f a

perc

ent.

Perc

ent c

hang

es f

or th

ein

dica

-to

rs a

re b

ased

on

unro

unde

d fi

gure

s. T

he p

erce

ntch

ange

give

n in

this

boo

k m

ay n

ot e

qual

the

perc

enta

ge c

hang

efr

om th

e ac

tual

num

bers

giv

en in

this

boo

k."N

C"

indi

cate

s th

ere

was

no

chan

ge b

etw

een

the

1990

and

1998

rat

e or

per

cent

. "N

A"

indi

cate

s th

at d

ata

was

not

avai

labl

e. "

NM

" is

use

d w

hen

the

1990

dat

a is

zer

o an

d19

98 d

ata

is a

ny v

alue

abo

ve z

ero

beca

use

a pe

rcen

tch

ange

fro

m z

ero

cann

ot b

e ca

lcul

ated

. Whe

n th

e 19

90da

ta is

any

val

ue a

bove

zer

o an

d th

e 19

98 d

ata

is z

ero,

the

perc

ent c

hang

e sh

own

is a

lway

s 10

0 pe

rcen

t.

App

endi

x N

otes

:H

ow a

n in

dica

tor

or b

ackg

roun

d fa

ctor

is c

onst

ruct

edis

onl

y pr

esen

ted

whe

n st

aff

at th

e Su

rvey

Res

earc

h C

ente

rpe

rfor

m c

alcu

latio

ns to

det

erm

ine

rate

s or

per

cent

ages

.D

ata

sour

ces

are

the

sam

e fo

r bo

th s

tate

and

cou

nty

unle

ss o

ther

wis

e sp

ecif

ied.

Whe

n th

e na

tiona

l dat

a so

urce

is d

iffe

rent

fro

m th

e st

ate

or c

ount

y so

urce

, the

re a

rehe

adin

gs s

peci

fyin

g di

ffer

ent s

tate

and

nat

iona

l sou

rces

.A

gain

, cou

nty

sour

ces

are

the

sam

e as

sta

te s

ourc

es, u

nles

sot

herw

ise

spec

ifie

d.

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