Tabular version of Chart "Infant Mortality Trend: Illinois 1991 - 2005" by Rate per 1,000 Live Births
| Calender Year |
WIC & FCM |
| 1991 |
10.7 |
| 1992 |
10.1 |
| 1993 |
9.6 |
| 1994 |
9.0 |
| 1995 |
9.3 |
| 1996 |
8.4 |
| 1997 |
8.2 |
| 1998 |
8.2 |
| 1999 |
8.3 |
| 2000 |
8.3 |
| 2001 |
7.5 |
| 2002 |
7.2 |
| 2003 |
7.6 |
| 2004 |
7.3 |
| 2005 |
7.2 |
This report began with Dr. Helen Wallace's observation that the infant mortality rate is the most sensitive index of the status of economic and social development of any country. The state has made steady progress in reducing its infant mortality rate, in part, due to the improvement of birth outcomes as a result of at-risk women participating in the WIC and FCM programs. As noted earlier, and as evidenced in the next chart, the infant mortality rate is more than 60 percent lower when infants born to Medicaid-eligible women participated in WIC and FCM during pregnancy when compared to infants whose mothers did not participate in this integrated MCH program.
Participation in WIC and FCM saves lives.
Tabular version of Chart "Medicaid Client Infant Mortality Trend: Illinois 2002 - 2004" by Rate per 1,000 Live Births
| Calender Year |
Medicaid Only |
With WIC and/or FCM |
| 2002 |
17.7 |
6.3 |
| 2003 |
20.5 |
6.0 |
| 2004 |
18.9 |
6.2 |
