Right Start in MI 2007

Contents

Press Release

Right Start 2007

Online Data "CLIKS"

(National) Right Start for America's Newborns 2007

Detroit Kids Data

All children deserve a healthy start no matter where they live in the state, but babies born in Michigan’s poorest communities are significantly less likely to have that experience. Infants born to women in these communities had a 36 percent higher risk of being born weighing less than five and one-half pounds, according to the Right Start in Michigan 2007 Click for press release.

This annual review of maternal and infant well-being in Michigan’s counties and communities reflects the status and trends for eight measures recorded at birth.

Michigan Profile -- Michigan made substantial improvements on most Right Start measures between 1995 and 2005.

Detroit Profile -- Detroit made substantial improvements on three Right Start measures between 1995 and 2005.

Michigan's 70 Largest Communities:

MAP

Michigan Report -- The Right Start in Michigan’s Largest Communities: The Status of Maternal and Infant Well-Being (1995-2005)

Description of the Right Start Indicators: Provides a summary of the indicators and their impact on maternal and infant well-being. Click here for overview

Tables:

Cities/Townships Grouped by County
Table 1 -- Population, Births, Medicaid and Minority 2003-05
Table 4 -- Indicator Rates 2003-05
Table 5 -- Percentage Change 1993-95 vs. 2003-05

Cities/Townships Grouped by Medicaid
Table 2 -- Indicator Rates 2003-05
Table 3 -- Percentage Change 1993-95 vs. 2003-05

County Information

County Profiles --

Branch - Charlevoix - Dickinson (REVISED) - Emmet - Genesee - Ingham (REVISED) - Iron - Jackson - Kalamazoo - Kent - Muskegon - Oakland - Saginaw - St. Clair - St. Joseph - Wayne

County Tables --

Table 6 -- Total Births, Minority and Medicaid Births

Table 7A -- Teen Births

Table 7B -- Unmarried Mothers and Mothers With Less Than 12 Years Education

Table 7C -- Prenatal Care and Smoking During Pregnancy

Table 7D -- Low-Birthweight Babies and Preterm

This data base which includes Right Start indicators for Michigan, its counties and largest communities allows users to create a variety of reports. Click Here.

Michigan mirrored national or multi-state averages on most measures of maternal and infant well-being while Detroit had some of the worst rates among the 50 largest cities in the nation, according to The Right Start for America’s Newborns: City and State Trends. This on-line report is a joint effort by the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT project and Child Trends, a research organization in Washington D.C. To access the report click here.

-- Summary of

the Rates and Ranks for Michigan and Detroit

-- Media Advisory for national Kids Count project

For Right Start data at the zip code level in the Detroit metro county area, click here.

CLIKS: Community Information on Kids in Detroit, click here.