Indicator Gauge Icon Legend
Legend Colors
Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.
Compared to Distribution
the value is in the best half of communities.
the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.
the value is in the worst quarter of communities.
Compared to Target
meets target; 
does not meet target.
Compared to a Single Value
lower than the comparison value;
higher than the comparison value;
not statistically different from comparison value.
Trend
non-significant change over time; 
significant change over time; 
no change over time.
Compared to Prior Value
higher than the previous measurement period;
lower than the previous measurement period;
no statistically different change from previous measurement period.
Significantly different than the overall value
No significant difference with the overall value
No data on significance available
Average Monthly WIC Participation per 1,000 population
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This indicator shows the average monthly number of women and children participating in WIC per 1,000 population.
Why is this important?
WIC is a nutrition program that provides nutrition and health education, healthy food and other services to Kansas families who qualify. WIC stands for Women, Infants and Children. WIC’s goal is to help keep pregnant and breast feeding women, new moms and kids under age five, healthy. National studies have documented WIC benefits including reducing fetal deaths, infant mortality and low birth weight rates, as well as improving the growth of nutritionally at-risk infants and children, and the dietary intake of pregnant and postpartum women, which improves weight gain in pregnant women. Pregnant women participating in WIC receive prenatal care earlier. Children enrolled in WIC are more likely to have a regular source of medical care and have more up-to-date immunizations. WIC helps get children ready to start school by improving their intellectual development. WIC significantly improves children’s diets and decreases the incidence of iron deficiency anemia in children.
average cases per 1,000 population
| County | Source | Measurement Period | Average cases per 1,000 population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
There are 105 County values. The lowest value is 4.7, and the highest value is 52.1.
Half of the values are between 12.3 and 21.3.
The middle (median) value is 16.8.
Data Source
- Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Maintained By: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Filed under: Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Health / Physical Activity, Economy / Government Assistance, Social Determinants of Health, Infants, Children