| Title V - MCH National Performance Measures |
State 2007 Results |
State 2012 Goal |
| The percent of screen positive newborns who received timely follow up to definitive diagnosis and clinical management for condition(s) mandated by their State-sponsored newborn screening programs. |
100.0% |
100% |
| The percent of children with special health care needs age 0 to 18 years whose families partner in decision making at all levels and are satisfied with the services they receive. (CSHCN survey) |
61.1% |
65% |
| The percent of children with special health care needs age 0 to 18 who receive coordinated, ongoing, comprehensive care within a medical home. (CSHCN Survey) |
48.1% |
50% |
| The percent of children with special health care needs age 0 to 18 whose families have adequate private and/or public insurance to pay for the services they need. (CSHCN Survey) |
63.2% |
65% |
| Percent of children with special health care needs age 0 to 18 whose families report the community-based service systems are organized so they can use them easily. (CSHCN Survey) |
88.1% |
90% |
| The percentage of youth with special health care needs who received the services necessary to make transitions to all aspects of adult life, including adult health care, work, and independence. |
42.4% |
50% |
| Percent of 19 to 35 month olds who have received full schedule of age appropriate immunizations against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Haemophilus Influenza, and Hepatitis B. |
76% |
80% |
| The rate of birth (per 1,000) for teenagers aged 15 through 17 years. |
22.0 |
20 |
| Percent of third grade children who have received protective sealants on at least one permanent molar tooth. |
34% |
40% |
| The rate of deaths to children aged 14 years and younger caused by motor vehicle crashes per 100,000 children. |
1.8 |
1.7 |
| The percent of mothers who breastfeed their infants at 6 months of age. |
35.7% |
36% |
| Percentage of newborns who have been screened for hearing before hospital discharge. |
93.7% |
100% |
| Percent of children without health insurance. |
12.3% |
10% |
| Percentage of children, ages 2 to 5 years, receiving WIC services with a Body Mass Index (BMI) at or above the 85th percentile. |
20.2% |
17% |
| Percentage of women who smoke in the last three months of pregnancy. |
6.8% |
5.5% |
| The rate (per 100,000) of suicide deaths among youths aged 15 through 19. |
5.8 |
5.4 |
| Percent of very low birth weight infants delivered at facilities for high-risk deliveries and neonates. |
79.3% |
82% |
| Percent of infants born to pregnant women receiving prenatal care beginning in the first trimester. |
73.9% |
80% |
| Title V - MCH National Outcome Measures |
State 2007 Results |
State 2012 Goal |
| The infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births. |
8.3 |
6.9 |
| The ratio of the black infant mortality rate to the white infant mortality rate. |
2.5 |
2.1 |
| The neonatal mortality rate per 1,000 live births. |
6.1 |
5 |
| The postneonatal mortality rate per 1,000 live births. |
2.3 |
2.2 |
| The perinatal mortality rate per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths. |
8.0 |
7.8 |
| The child death rate per 100,000 children aged 1 through 14. |
12.8 |
12 |
| Title V - MCH State Performance Measures |
State 2007 Results |
State 2012 Goal |
| Percent of women delivering live-born infants reporting any cigarette smoking during pregnancy |
6.8 |
10 |
| Percent of live births to women who have another birth in less than 18 months |
11.0 |
9 |
| The percent of extremely low birth weight black infants among all live births to black women |
3.1 |
1.4 |
| The rate of children under age 1 who die as a result of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
72.0 |
65 |
| The percent of youth reporting any use of alcohol in the last 30 days. |
45.6 |
43 |
| Percent of youth during the last 12 months who feel so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing usual activities |
26.6 |
23 |
| The percent of Medicaid children, including children with special health care needs, under age 21 who receive coordinated, ongoing, comprehensive care within a medical home. |
94.2 |
95 |
| Hospital discharge rate for children from five through 17 years with asthma |
18.5 |
17 |
| The percent of young adults with special health care needs cared for in Delaware who transition appropriately to adult health and social services when they reach their 18th bi |
42 |
0 |
| Decrease the rate of deaths from 33 to 30 to children ages 14 years through age 21 caused by motor vehicle crashes. |
* |
0 |