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Percent of Children (10-17) who are Overweight or Obese. Overweight or Obese: BMI at or above the 85th percentile of the CDC growth charts for age and gender.BMI-for-age: Body Mass Index for children and teens, also called BMI-for-age, is the number calculated from a child''s weight and height. BMI ranges for children and teens take into account normal differences in body fat between boys and girls and differences in body fat at various ages. It provides a reliable indicator of body fatness...

"The fire problem varies from region to region in the United States. This often is a result of climate, poverty, education, demographics, and other causal factors. The following table shows the District of Columbia and each State’s fire death rate per capita for 2006 based on the State where the fire death occurred. The national fire death rate in 2006 was 13.2 deaths per million population. States are listed by rate from highest to lowest. The higher death rates in 2006 occurred in West...

A trauma center is a hospital that is designated by a state or local authority or is verified by the American College of Surgeons. Hospitals that are solely pediatric trauma centers are not included in this report. A trauma center is a hospital equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries. Trauma centers were established as the medical establishment realized that traumatic injuries often require complex and multi-disciplinary treatment...

This data set indicates the percentage of households who used the public library over one year. This particular measure was taken in 2002. New data should be available once the 2010 Census data is posted on American FactFinder.