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America's Children and the Environment (ACE)

ACE3 Draft Indicators: Introduction to Health Topics

This document includes an introduction describing the importance of the topic to children’s environmental health. The document also includes a section describing how the indicators were calculated. Data for each indicator are presented in a graph. All topics include an indicator that presents time series data. For some topics, an additional indicator presents comparisons across demographic groups using the most current data available. Beneath each figure are explanatory bullet points highlighting key findings. Following the indicator figures and bullet points, each document provides data tables, references, metadata, and details of how the indicators were calculated.

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