Daviess County improved in five of the indicators of child well-being in the 2008 Kids Count in Missouri statistics but declined in the other five.
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From 2007 to 2008, Daviess County stayed the same at 82 for a county rank. The county rank is based on a composite of eight out of 10 total indicators of child well-being. All 114 Missouri counties and the city of St. Louis are compared.
Kids Count is a compilation of statistics of child well-being published annually by Citizens for Missouri’s Children. The organization relies on data from more than 80 federal, state and local sources to produce Kids Count.
Daviess County improved in five areas: infant mortality; child deaths, ages 1-14; violent deaths of teenagers, ages 15-19; out-of-home placement; and child abuse and neglect.
The county declined in five other areas: students enrolled in free or reduced lunches; births to mothers without high school diplomas; low birth-weight infants; high school dropouts; and births to teens, ages 15 to 19.