Solid data exist on dental health, nutrition and, to a lesser extent, childhood health.
Data also were prominent in several disease categories including certain infectious diseas s, pesticide exposures, occupational dermatoses, and lead levels in children. Estimates of the size of the migrant and seasonal farmworker population vary widely. Basic health status indicators such as age- related death rates are unknown. Prevalence rates of the most common cause of death in the United States have yet to be studied. More research in needed into the health problems and health status of migrant and seasonal farmworker families.