The Reduction of Infant Mortality in Illinois
The Family Case Management Program and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
Infant Mortality Trend: Illinois 1991 - 2005
Source: Vital Records - Illinois Department of Public Health
Description of Chart 11: Infant Mortality Trend: Illinois 1991 - 2005
Infant Mortality Trend: Illinois 1991 - 2005
Source: Vital Records - Illinois Department of Public Health
| Year |
IM Rate |
| 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 |
Illinois 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.
Medicaid Client Infant Mortality Trend: Illinois 2002 - 2005
Source: Vital Records - Illinois Department of Public Health and Department of Human Services
Description of Chart 12: Medicaid Client Infant Mortality Trend: Illinois 2002 - 2005
Medicaid Client Infant Mortality Trend: Illinois 2002 - 2005
Source: Vital Records - Illinois Department of Public Health and Department of Human Services
| Year |
Medicaid Only |
with WIC and/or FCM |
| 2002 |
17.70 |
6.30 |
| 2003 |
20.50 |
6.00 |
| 2004 |
18.90 |
6.20 |
| 2005 |
17.12 |
5.01 |
