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 From 1991 to 2004, the teen birth rate dropped
27%
in Mississippi and 33% nationwide.
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

 
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Twenty-one percent of children in Mississippi
were without health insurance in 2005.
(U.S. Census Bureau)



Visualization of issues affecting Mississippi’s children can be helpful in conceptualizing approaches for problem-solving. Therefore, a goal of MS KIDS COUNT is to provide maps that may promote better understanding of statewide issues affecting the state’s children. Please check back to this section as we expand its contents periodically.

Driving to Doctors: Access to Specialists in Mississippi
http://www.healthpolicy.msstate.edu/publications/healthmaps/
drivingtodocs_spec.pdf

Driving to Doctors: Access to Generalists in Mississippi
http://www.healthpolicy.msstate.edu/publications/healthmaps/
drivingtodocs.pdf

Mississippi's Labor Force: A look at Primary Care Physicians
http://www.healthpolicy.msstate.edu/publications/healthmaps/
primcarephys.pdf

Mississippi & Louisiana Child Care Centers Per Zip Code
MSChildCareCenters.pdf

Population of Children By Wind Region (Hurricane Katrina)
ChildrenbyWindRegion.pdf

 


A Project of the Family and Children Research Unit at Mississippi State
Annie E. Casey Foundation MSU SSRC Family and Children Research Unit MSU Social Science Research Center Mississippi State University