New: Data on Kids Available Statewide

Nov. 19, 2009

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Starting today, data on the health and well being of children across California are more accessible than ever before.

Kidsdata.org, a free public service from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, just expanded statewide, offering data for all counties, cities and school districts in California – nearly 1,600 regions.

With data available for dozens of topics measuring the health and well being of children, kidsdata.org can help you tell a comprehensive story about how kids are faring in the communities you cover. Much more data will be phased in over the coming months.

Facts About Kidsdata.org:

• Kidsdata.org offers more than 300 continuously updated measures of child well being. Data from more than 35 reliable public sources, such as the U.S. Census, the California Department of Education and the California Department of Public Health, are available at your fingertips.
• User-friendly, customizable displays on kidsdata.org – maps, and tables, and bar, pie and trend graphs – make it easy to document how kids are faring in news and feature stories.
• New features on kidsdata.org allow you to share data by creating PDFs, downloading data into Excel, and adding charts and graphs to Word documents or PowerPoint slides.

Additional Resources

Sign up for kidsdata.org's e-newsletter to get regular news on how kids in California are faring and to hear about new data and features added to kidsdata.org. You also can become a fan of kidsdata.org on Facebook, or follow kidsdata.org on Twitter for daily facts about the health and well being of California's children.

Contact: Andy Krackov, senior director of public information, at (650) 736-0677 or andy.krackov@lpfch.org, if you have any questions.