The Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DRC), a project of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), under a cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), is excited to announce the release of the 2023 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) Child and Family Health Measures. These estimates are available through the interactive data query on childhealthdata.org.

Designed to be representative at both the state and national level, the 2023 NSCH has data from 55,162 children ages 0-17 years on topics such as physical, mental and emotional health, health care access and quality, community and school activities, and family health and well-being. Be sure to explore the new Whole Child Risk Index, a validated measure associated with important outcomes such as child flourishing, educational preparedness as well as emergency care utilization and forgone care.

The DRC also has additional NSCH information and resources including: codebooks, resources, fast facts, guides to topics and questions and guides to changes across survey years, links to survey instruments, and more! There are also numerous resources available at HRSA MCHB’s webpage on the NSCH, including the NSCH Data Briefs. NSCH public use data files can be found on the U.S. Census Bureau’s NSCH page.

Downloadable DRC datasets for the 2023 NSCH will be available in May. Be on the lookout for the Across-State Comparison Tables and Across-State Comparison U.S. Maps with National Performance Measures, National Outcome Measures, and Standardized Measures - coming soon in May.

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If you have any questions, please visit our “Ask Us a Question” page where you can submit your question and/or technical assistance request through our online form. Thank you!

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U59MC27866, National Maternal and Child Health Data Resource Initiative, $4.5M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position of or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.