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Table E-1 | Calling the Shots: Immunization Finance Policies and Practices | Committee on Immunization Finance Policies and Practices | Division of Health Care Services and Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Institute of Medicine

TABLE E-1
Demographic Characteristics of Case Study States

 
State Child Pop (thousands)a Birth Cohort (% National Cohort) b Region Fiscal Capacity Index (national rank)c % Children w/Medicaidd % Children Uninsurede % Non-White Births % Children <100% FPLf
Maine 297 13,669 (.35) New England 111 (19) 20 13 7 14
New Jersey 1,987 113,279 (2.9) Mid-Atlantic 186 (1) 16 14 42 14
North Carolina 1,873 107,015 (2.8) South 92 (31) 27 15 35 19
Alabama 1,071 60,914 (1.6) South 68 (40) 22 15 35 24
Michigan 2,506 133,714 (3.4) Midwest 88 (33) 25 8 30 19
Texas 5,577 333,974 (8.6) South 62 (42) 24 24 59 25
Washington 1,455 78,190 (2.0) North West 114 (17) 25 9 28 15
California 8,952 524,840 (13.5) West 73 (38) 29 18 66 35
Los Angeles 2,518g 175,000                
San Diego   45,000                
National 69,528 3,880,894     100   25 14 40 20
 

    a Population data from 1997. Cited in Kids Count Data Book. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 1999.

    b Cited in National Vital Statistics Reports, 1997. 47(18):April 29, 1999.

    c State per capita income divided by number of poor children in state, 1995 data. Toby Douglas and Kimura Flores, Urban Institute, March 1998.

    d Percentage data from 1996. Cited in Kids Count Data Book. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 1999.

    e Cited in Kids Count Data Book. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 1999.

    f FPL = federal poverty level.

    g Population data for Los Angeles County from U.S. Bureau of the Census, July 1, 1995.