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  • Seventy-eight percent of homeless children have suffered from depression, behavior problems, or severe academic delay.

    Zima BT, Wells KB, Freeman HE. Emotional and behavioral problems and severe academic delays among sheltered homeless children in Los Angeles County. Am J Public Health. 1994;84:260-264.

  • Age-adjusted death rates were four times higher in the homeless than the general U.S. population in a study done in New York City.

    Barrow SM, Herman DB, Cordova P, Stuening EL. Mortality among homeless shelter residents in New York City. Am J Public Health. 1989;4:529-534.