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Compared to Distribution

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Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

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green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

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Infants Participating in WIC

State: Missouri
Measurement Period: 2019
This indicator shows the percent of all resident infants who were certified in the WIC infant program.  

Why is this important?

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, better known as the WIC Program, serves low-income populations who are nutritionally at-risk. The program provides nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care to low-income women, infants, and children up to age five who may not otherwise have access to these services. Resarch has shown that WIC is one of the nation
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State: Missouri

46.9%
Source: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Measurement period: 2019
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: April 2021
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Compared to the prior value, Missouri (46.9%) is less and better than the previously measured value (48.8%).
Prior Value
(48.8%)
Over time, the Missouri value is decreasing, significantly.
Trend
Technical note: The percent may exceed 100 due to in-migration to that geographic area.

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Filed under: Economy / Food Insecurity, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Economy / Government Assistance, Social Determinants of Health, Infants

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