The Health-Education Gap Crosses Generations: Births in the Children’s Corridor by Mother’s Education

In Denver's Children’s Corridor in 2009 among mothers over 20,

• 36% had not completed high school,
• 21% had completed high school only,
• and 44% had completed at least some college.

This graphic looks at birth data from 1990 to 2009 (supplied by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ) in light of the relationship between a child's health and a mother's education level.