New report compares states on 12 child well-being indicators

The Every Child Matters Education Fund has released a report, Geography Matters, that compares child well-being across states.  The Fund's website states that, "As the sorry numbers in this report show, a huge gap exists among states on a wide variety of child well-being indicators.  The state they live in should not adversely influence the life and death of children—but it does."

The report ranks states on 12 indicators.  According to the report, Ohio's performance varies among the indicators.  For instance, Ohio ranks as fourth best on the uninsured rate per child indicator and tenth on the births to women receiving late or no prental care.  Ohio performed worst on the child abuse fatalities (43rd), per capita child welfare expenditures (40th), and deaths of infants per 1,000 live births (36th) indicators.