Missouri Resident Infant Health Profile

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Data Category	Data Years	Count	Rate	Graphics Link
Morbidity
Preterm Births (less than 37 Weeks Gestation)	2019 - 2023	38,418	11.09	Graphics
Early Preterm Births (less than 34 Weeks Gestation)	2019 - 2023	9,899	2.86	Graphics
Low Birth Weight	2019 - 2023	30,862	8.91	Graphics
Low Birth Weight and Term	2019 - 2023	9,518	2.75	Graphics
Very Low Birth Weight	2019 - 2023	4,891	1.41	Graphics
Small for Gestational Age	2019 - 2023	28,966	8.67	Graphics
NICU Admission	2023	7,041	10.50	Graphics
Birth Defects per 10,000	2018 - 2022	37,785	1,070.75	Graphics
Neural Tube Defects(NTD) per 10,000	2018 - 2022	203	5.75	Graphics
Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) per 10,000	2018 - 2022	598	16.95	Graphics
Oral Clefts per 10,000	2018 - 2022	703	19.92	Graphics
Limb Defects per 10,000	2018 - 2022	1,259	35.68	Graphics
Chromosomal Defects per 10,000	2018 - 2022	1,274	36.10	Graphics
Utilization
Very Low Birth Weight Delivered in Level III Centers	2019 - 2023	3,962	87.69	Graphics
Infants Participating in WIC	2023	29,100	43.39	Graphics
Breastfeeding Initiation in Hospital	2023	54,083	81.26	Graphics
WIC Infants - Ever Breastfed	2023	21,662	75.98	Graphics
Mortality
Neonatal Deaths per 1,000	2013 - 2023	3,044	3.84	Graphics
Perinatal Deaths per 1,000	2013 - 2023	7,619	9.61	Graphics
Postneonatal Deaths per 1,000	2013 - 2023	1,854	2.34	Graphics
Infant Deaths per 1,000	2013 - 2023	4,898	6.18	Graphics
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) per 1,000	2013 - 2023	167	0.21	Graphics

Indicator constants and denominators for this Profile can be found here

Trends are available only if each 3-year period of the moving average has an average of 20 or more events.

* Fewer than 20 events in numerator; rate is unreliable.