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)	2020 - 2024	37,997	11.11	Graphics
Early Preterm Births (less than 34 Weeks Gestation)	2020 - 2024	9,683	2.83	Graphics
Low Birth Weight	2020 - 2024	30,456	8.90	Graphics
Low Birth Weight and Term	2020 - 2024	9,499	2.78	Graphics
Very Low Birth Weight	2020 - 2024	4,753	1.39	Graphics
Small for Gestational Age	2020 - 2024	28,551	8.64	Graphics
NICU Admission	2024	7,023	10.35	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	2020 - 2024	3,832	87.51	Graphics
Infants Participating in WIC	2024	29,344	43.24	Graphics
Breastfeeding Initiation in Hospital	2024	55,545	82.61	Graphics
WIC Infants - Ever Breastfed	2025	21,081	77.64	Graphics
Mortality
Neonatal Deaths per 1,000	2014 - 2024	2,979	3.79	Graphics
Perinatal Deaths per 1,000	2014 - 2024	7,480	9.52	Graphics
Postneonatal Deaths per 1,000	2014 - 2024	1,861	2.37	Graphics
Infant Deaths per 1,000	2014 - 2024	4,840	6.16	Graphics
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) per 1,000	2014 - 2024	164	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.