Adolescents are Victims of Violent Crimes More than Adults
- In 2005, overall violent crime victimization among adolescents reached an all-time low, declining to less than half the rate of 1996.
- Adolescents ages 12 to 19 are the victims of violent crime (including simple and aggravated assault, rape and other sexual assault, and robbery) at much higher rates than are adults.
- From 1996 to 2005, the rate of violent victimization for adolescents ages 12 to 19 (which includes rape, robbery, aggravated and simple assaults, and homicide) fell by more than half.
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Date: 12/18/2005
Report Focuses the number of Children receiving Immunizations
- In 2005, 82 percent of young children were fully immunized (referred to as combined series vaccination 4:3:1:3 by health professionals), an increase of 13 percentage points since 1994.
- The proportion of non-Hispanic black children receiving the combined series plus hepatitis B and varicella (4:3:1:3:3:1) vaccinations has matched the national rate for the first time.
- The proportion of children ages 19 to 35 months receiving the combined series (4:3:1:3) vaccines increased from 69 percent to 82 percent between 1994 and 2005.
- Vaccination rates for the hepatitis B vaccine increased rapidly between 1994 and 2005, from 37 percent to 93 percent.
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Date: 12/18/2005
Research focuses on Children in Poverty
- In 2005, 17 percent of children lived in families with incomes below the poverty line - a percentage that had not changed since 2003.
- The groups most likely to be living in poor families included black and Hispanic children, children living in single-mother families, and children under age 6.
- Children under 18 are much more likely than adults to be poor.
- Being raised in poverty ($19,806 in 2005 for a family of four with two children) places children at higher risk for a wide range of problems.
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Date: 12/18/2005
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