State Findings: Wyoming, 2021, 2021 Health Of Women And Children
Strengths
- Low prevalence of overweight or obesity among children
- Low percentage of children in poverty
- High percentage of fourth grade reading proficiency
Challenges
- High prevalence of tobacco use among adolescents
- High percentage of uninsured women ages 19-44
- Low HPV vaccination coverage among adolescents
Highlights
- Early childhood education enrollment decreased 29% from 48.9% to 34.5% of children ages 3-4 between 2018 and 2019
- Well-woman visit increased 18% from 54.6% to 64.7% of women ages 18-44 between 2013-2014 and 2018-2019
- Teen births decreased 36% from 30.1 to 19.4 births per 1,000 females ages 15-19 between 2014 and 2019
- Low birthweight increased 14% from 8.6% to 9.8% of live births between 2015 and 2019
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