INDICATOR PROFILE

 West Virginia

 1996 to 2001


Healthy People ...

West Virginian’s will achieve and maintain good physical and mental health

199619971998199920002001
Percentage of children born healthy
Percentage of children born with a birth weight of 5.5 lbs or more92
91.6
91.9
92
91.5
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Percentage of children born to mothers who started prenatal care in the 1st trimester

80
79.7
80.7
81.6
82.5
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Percentage of children born with a birth weight of 5.5 lbs or more AND mother started prenatal care in the 1st trimester74
73.7
74.9
73
76.9
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Percentage of children fully immunized by age two years
Percentage from the National Immunization Survey72
82
82.4
82.1
75.8
82.1
Percentage from the County Health Department Assessments

70
73
71
76
82
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Percentage of youth who use tobacco products
Percentage smoking cigarettes on 1 or more of 30 days**
41.9
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42.2
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Percentage smoking cigarettes on 20 or more of 30 days**
24.1
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24.1
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Percentage using smokeless tobacco on at least 1 of 30 days

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15.9
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15.7
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Percentage of children qualifying on the President’s Physical Fitness Test at the Health Fitness Level

**
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39
40
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Percentage of mothers who smoke during pregnancy

25.3
25
25.4
25.6
26
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Percentage of adults using tobacco products
Percentage who smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime, and now smoke everyday23.9
24.5
24.9
23.8
23.1
23.5
Percentage who smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime, and now smoke some days2.8
2.9
3.1
3.3
3
4.6
Percentage who currently use smokeless tobacco products

8.5
8.7
8.4
8.6
8.8
8.2
Percentage of adults who get regular exercise

32.4
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30
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38.1
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Percentage of adults within normal range on recommended weight for their height

44.1
42.9
42.8
38
40.3
37
Rate of heart disease mortality (per 100,000)

500.8
490.6
485.6
495.4
463.2
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Rate of cancer mortality (per 100,000)

333.7
339.1
335.6
336.7
336.1
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Ready For School ...

West Virginia's children will be ready to succeed in school

199619971998199920002001
Percentage of children developmentally prepared for kindergarten

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**
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**
**
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Percentage of children who are retained in the 1st grade

5.4
6.7
5.8
5
5.3
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Average daily attendance rate in Pre-Kindergarten / Kindergarten

92.4
92.8
93.9
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Good Skills, Good Jobs ...

West Virginians will possess marketable skills and have access to good jobs

199619971998199920002001
Per Capita Income

18527
19351
20234
20697
21738
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Employment Population Ratio

51.2
51.4
51.1
52.4
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Percentage of public school students that drop out of school per academic year

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2.8
2.9
2.8
3.4
2.9
Percentage of public school graduates taking the ACT examination per academic year

54
57
60
58
60
60
Mean composite score on the ACT examination per academic year

20
20
20.1
20.2
20.2
20.2
Percentage of high school graduates receiving warranties from the WV Department  of Education

**
55
59.1
61
63.1
65.1
Percentage increase in jobs

3
0.4
-0.5
2.5
2.1
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Good Job Index

54.4
54
54.8
57.4
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Percentage of high school graduates entering post secondary higher education
Percentage enrolling in post secondary education in West Virginia39.6
40.8
41.2
42.8
43.9
44.8
Estimated percentage enrolling in post secondary education anywhere

45.8
47.7
48.1
53.1
54.9
56.4
Unemployment Rate

7.5
6.9
6.6
6.6
5.5
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Strong Families ...

West Virginia's parents will have adequate resources to protect, nurture, educate and support their children

199619971998199920002001
Percentage of school age children (K-12) in households with an annual income exceeding 185% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL)

52.3
51
50.9
50.6
50.7
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Percentage of first births to mothers having completed high school and with father’s name listed on the birth certificate

67.81
70.2
70.64
68.44
73.92
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Percentage of children eligible for Medicaid coverage who are enrolled

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**
**
**
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Percentage of children eligible for the WV Children’s Health Insurance Program (WV CHIP) who are enrolled

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**
**
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Stable Homes ...

West Virginia's children will live in permanent, stable homes

199619971998199920002001
Percentage of children in out-of-home placement

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**
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Percentage of children available for adoption who are adopted out of foster care services

**
**
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Number of founded child abuse cases

**
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5841
7647
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Safe Communities ...

West Virginians will be safe in their homes and communities

199619971998199920002001
Domestic violence reports (per 1,000 population)

5.4
5.5
5.7
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Number of youth reported for bringing weapons to school
Number of youth reported for bringing weapons to school264
202
206
187
139
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Percentage of students who brought a weapon to school on Youth Risk Behavior (YRBSS) survey

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10.8
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9.8
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Number of people who access out-reach services for domestic violence

**
**
**
**
**
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Number of people seeking admission to domestic violence shelters

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2858
2928
2540
1582
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Number of child injury deaths (age 17 or younger)

70
69
70
67
68
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Child injury death rate (per 100,000 age 17 or younger)

16.7
16.7
17.3
16.6
16.9
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Number of adult injury deaths (age 18 or older)

630
719
744
733
771
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Adult injury death rate (per 100,000 age 18 or older)

45
51.3
52.9
52.2
54.8
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Number of violent crime reports (per 1,000)

2.1
2.2
1.9
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