Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 with special health care needs (CSHCN) whose conditions consistently, moderately, or never affected their daily activities in the previous 12 months, among those with reported health conditions (e.g., in 2024, 40.7% of California CSHCN with reported health conditions had conditions that moderately affected their daily activities in the previous year).
Data Source: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Survey of Children's Health (Nov. 2025).
Footnote: Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. For more information, see https://www.childhealthdata.org/learn-about-the-nsch/NSCH. Estimates published on childhealthdata.org may differ from data presented here due to differences in the treatment of unknown or missing responses.
