Study:Texas children lack insurance (higher than nat'l ave. in poverty )

[rainbow4321]

Yessiirrreee, we's down here in chimpass country, we knows how to care for our young'ns... W's culture of life and all that there stuff, that's what we done have down here.


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/072705dnmetchildren.123d7e6d.html


Texas has higher-than-average rates of children living in poverty and without health insurance, ranking near the bottom in a nationwide study of children's well-being released Wednesday.

Nearly one in four children statewide live in poverty: $16,000 a year for a family of three. One in five kids has no health coverage. And about one in five 2-year-olds is not immunized, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Book by the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation.

In addition, Texas' infant mortality rate increased 12 percent between 2000 and 2002, the latest data available. In 2002, there were 6.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Hospitals and clinics in Dallas report seeing an increased number of poor families needing services. "It's not a pretty picture, and it's getting worse," said Larry James, chief executive officer of Central Dallas Ministries, which provides medical and dental care to children.

[mcctatas]

1. They also have...

one of the highest rates of: teen pregnancy, illiteracy, and (I am not even kidding)...teens with anal warts. It's those abstinence pledges and christian family values paying off.:wtf:

[jojo54]

2. Well, we all know it's such hard work making all those promises

and then not keeping them.

Tsk, tsk, tsk.......* is just overworking himself with all those vacations. :hangover:

[ultraist]

3. 48% child poverty rates in twoTexas counties

Hidalgo County, Texas, while not different from Cameron County, Texas, had a child poverty rate: 48.6 percent