Children with Special Health Care Needs

Data About Children
with Special Health Care Needs

The links below provide wide-ranging data, available largely at the state level, about children with special health care needs (CSHCN). While definitions vary, children with special health care needs are defined for many of the indicators listed below as those who have a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also experience consequences due to their condition, such as above-routine use of health and related services or limitations in activities compared to other children.