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Children ages 9 months to 35 months who received a developmental screening in United States

Children ages 9 months to 35 months who received a developmental screening

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Definition and Source

PROVIDER

Definition

Children ages 9 to 35 months whose parent completed a standardized developmental tool.

Data Source

Child Trends analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH).

The state-level data used here come from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). The NSCH includes information on approximately 50,000 children under age 18, with representative samples for each state. For more information on the NSCH, see 
http://childhealthdata.org/learn/NSCH

Notes

S - Estimates suppressed when the 95% confidence interval is greater than 20 percentage points or 1.2 times the estimate.
N.A. – Data not available.
Percentages exclude missing data. Weighted percentages were applied to the estimates of those missing to derive overall estimates for the number of children.

Last Updated

May 2023