The 2005 Delaware Children's Health Chartbook

NHPS Chartbook Nemours Health and Prevention Services (NHPS) released the 2005 Delaware Children’s Health Chartbook in December 2005. The first in a series of annual publications, the chartbooks are intended to broaden the state’s data collection and analytical capacity and bring new information on children’s health together in a single source.

The 2005 chartbook, which focuses on childhood overweight, represents a compilation of data collected at the state and national levels as well as data collected by Nemours through its electronic medical record (EMR) system.

Download a copy of the 12-page Executive Summary, or download a copy of the complete Delaware Children’s Health Chartbook, which has been segmented into separate PDF files* for your convenience:

Table of Contents and Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Demographic Characteristics of Delaware’s Children and Youth
Chapter 3: Health Status of Delaware’s Children and Youth
Chapter 4: Health Services Utilization
Chapter 5: Focus on Childhood Overweight, Related Health Behaviors, and Health Complications
Chapter 6: Next Steps and Future Plans
Appendix A: Technical Notes
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Data Tables