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Where have our shoes been lately…?

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Florida ranks 49th in number of uninsured

children…

About 19 percent, or 763,000 of our children, do not have health insurance,

versus a national average of 11 percent.

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47th

Florida ranks 47th in access to prenatal care …

More than 71,000 women in Florida do not get prenatal care in the first trimester.

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32nd

Florida ranks 32nd in infant mortality…

With a rate of 7.2 infant deaths per 1,000 births…

More than 1600 infant deaths annually.

32nd

42nd

Florida ranks 42nd in percentage of state

spending on education…

As a state,

Florida spends only 3.1% of its resources on education

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50th

Florida ranks 50th in per capita spending on

education, but 16th in spending on corrections…

43rd

Florida ranks 43rd in high school graduation

rates…

Florida graduates only 60.8 % of high school students

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48th

Florida ranks 48th in average composite scores

on the A.C.T.

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Florida ranks 43rd in children in single-parent

families…

36 % of children in Florida live in single-parent families

43rd

41st

Florida ranks 41st

in child abuse deaths…

Florida has 2.9 child abuse fatalities per 100,000

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Florida ranks 48th in juvenile incarceration

rates…

Florida has a custody rate of 451.8 per 100,000 children ages 10 and up

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