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 Lead Poisoning The percentage of children with elevated blood lead levels has decreased dramatically in the past three decades, from 88.2 percent in 1976-1980 to 1.6 percent in 1999-2002...> View Indicator Overweight Children and Youth More than one in six adolescents ages 12 to 19 were overweight in the United States in 2003-2004, more than triple the rate in 1976-1980. In 2003-2004, over a quarter of non-Hispanic black females ages 6 to 19 were overweight...> View Indicator ADHD In 2004, around one out of every 10 males ages three to 17 were reported to have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder by a doctor or other health professional... > View Indicator Disordered Eating: Symptoms of Bulimia In 2005, Hispanic and white non-Hispanic female students engaged in disordered eating at a higher rate than non-Hispanic black female students (7 percent for both Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, versus 4 percent for non-Hispanic blacks)... > View Indicator Children with Special Health Care Needs Boys are a third more likely than girls to have special health care needs. In 2005, 16 percent of males under the age of 18 had special health care needs, compared with 12 percent of females... > View Indicator Children with Limitations Between 2003 and 2004, the percentage of children ages 5 to 17 with one or more limitation increased from 17 percent to 20 percent, the highest percentage reported since 1998, when data were first collected. These may include limitations in normal physical activities due to health conditions and impairments, difficulty seeing, difficulty hearing, diagnosed learning disabilities, and limitations requiring help with bathing or showering... > View Indicator Learning Disabilities Children covered by public health insurance are almost twice as likely as uninsured children and children with private insurance to be identified as having a learning disability (12 percent of children covered by public health insurance versus 6 percent of uninsured children and 7 percent of children with private insurance in 2004)... > View Indicator Asthma Asthma is more common among boys than it is among girls. In 2004, 7 percent of males under age 18 were reported to have asthma, compared with 4 percent of females... > View Indicator Children Newly Diagnosed With AIDS The number of newly diagnosed cases of AIDs among teens in the United States has risen to 458 in 2003, the highest number ever recorded.. > View Indicator Low and Very Low Birthweight Infants In 2004, 8.1 percent of all newborns were low birthweight (less than 5.5 pounds), the highest percentage since the early 1970s (preliminary estimate)... > View Indicator Unmet Dental Needs In 2004, more than 50 percent of children without health insurance had not seen a dentist in the past year, and more than one in five needed dental care but did not receive it for financial reasons. In contrast to children with insurance, 21 percent of uninsured children had unmet dental needs, compared with 4 percent of children covered by private insurance and 8 percent of those covered by public insurance (mostly Medicaid)... > View Indicator Male Infant Circumcision Between 2001 and 2003, the percentage of male infants who were circumcised in the hospital decreased from 63 percent to 56 percent, the lowest percentage recorded since 1979...> View Indicator
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