Facing Child Poverty in Rural America
At the end of the 1990s, one of the most prosperous decades in our country�s history, one of every five rural children was living in a family with income below the official poverty line. In raw numbers, that amounts to more than 2.6 million rural children; millions more live just above the poverty line.
The Poor-Rich Health Divide
Sweeping changes in public health have transformed life over the past century. Even so, this past century�s revolution in human health and well-being is incomplete. For the more than 1 billion people living on less than US$1 per day, health services and modern medicines are still out of reach, and many initiatives to improve the health of people in extreme poverty have been unsuccessful.
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| QuickFacts |
What is the population of American-Indian children? The 2000 Census shows that there are around 840,000 American Indian or Alaska Native children in the United States � 1.1 percent of the child population. Read more.
What is the population of Asian-American children? The 2000 Census shows that there were around 2.5 million Asian-American children � 3.4 percent of all children. Read more.
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