Adverse Childhood Experiences
Health Disparities
Research shows that children in low-income households or those belonging to racial and ethnic minority groups have disproportionally greater exposure to ACEs compared to white children, and that they experience significant disparities in both early brain development and healthcare access as a result of increased exposure.
Why Is This Important?
Many children in Arkansas suffer an intended or unintended adverse experience which may cause physical, emotional, or psychological harm that cause delays in the development of their social, emotional, or mental abilities. The effect of these experiences can have lifelong health consequences.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Rates in Arkansas, 2018
Data Source: Child Trends, Research Brief, Updated February 20, 2018
In Arkansas, almost 6 in 10 (56%) children have experienced at least one ACE and over 29% have experienced two or more. Both rates are higher than in the United States as a whole, where less than 5 out of 10 children have experienced at least one ACE and 21% have experienced two or more.
Percentage of Children (Birth – 17) and Number of ACEs, AR and U.S.
|
|
0 ACEs |
1 ACE |
2 ACEs |
3 to 8 ACEs |
|
United States |
55 |
24 |
11 |
10 |
|
Arkansas |
44 |
27 |
13 |
16 |
Data Source: Child Trends, Research Brief, Updated February 20, 2018
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