1. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Gene Shackman gxs03@health.state.ny.us Daniel Kellis djk09@health.state.ny.us Growth or Decline Trends in New York State WIC participation and eligible populations

2. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Topics New York State WIC caseload trends Demographic trends and projections of women, births, infants, children Poverty trends and indicators

3. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 1 Women, Infants and Children Participation on NYS WIC, October 1987 to May 1999 : from NUTWIC Monthly Data

4. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 2 Monthly NYS WIC Certifications of Pregnant, Breastfeeding and PostPartum Women : January 1989 to February 1999

5. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 3. Number of NYS Women by Category Certifying or Subsequently certifying into the WIC Program in NYC Metropolitan Area from January 1998 to May 2000

6. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 4. Number of Infants and Children Certifying or Subsequently Certifying into WIC Program in NYC Metropolitan Area from January 1998 to May 2000

7. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 5 Population of women in NYS of childbearing age (age 15-44). Estimates from 1980 to 1999, and projections from 1995 to 2005

8. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU 297,468 258,207 Figure 6 Live Birth Numbers in New York State 1980 - 1998

9. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 7 Population of children age 4 and under in New York State. Estimates from 1980 to 1999, and projections from 1995 to 2005

10. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 8 Primary source of payment for births. New York State, 1989-1996

11. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 9 Total number of people living in poverty in NY State, 1980 to 1999

12. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 10 Related Children, Age 5 and Under, Living in Poverty in the United States, 1969 to 1999

13. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Figure 11 Unemployment in New York State January 1980 - April 2000

14. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Summary WIC caseload trends for infants, children and pregnant women have been fairly constant since 1994. Trends for infants and children in New York City area show slight declines since 1998. Total populations of women of child bearing age, children, and number of births in New York State has been declining in last several years, and expected to decline for next several years. Total number of people in New York State in poverty has been constant for past several years. Number of children in NY in poverty probably has been fairly constant.

15. October 16, 2000NYS DOH Nutrition, EAU Data sources for slides Women, Infant and Children NUTWIC monthly participation: Division of Nutrition Program Data, from Agency Monthly Participant Counts Women, Infants and Children Certification data: Division of Nutrition Program Data, from WIC Participant Certification Files Population estimates and projections for women and children: http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/state/s5yr8090.txt, http://www.census.gov/population/estimates/state/st-99-08.txt, http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/st_yr95to00.html, New York; and http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/st_yr01to05.html, New York Live Birth datas: Vital Statistics of New York State, 1996. Live Births and Live Birth Rates, New York State, 1950-1996. Table 5: Live Birth Summary Information by Mother's Age New York State 1996, http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vs96/table5.htm Table 4: Live Birth Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York State 1997, http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vs97/tab04.htm Vital Statistics of New York State, 1997, table of live births, NYS Birth Certificate Records, Births: Final data for 1998. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvs48_3.pdf Each year, information for about 3% of births is not available. Primary Sources of Payment for Births Table 5: Live Birth Summary Information by Mother's Age New York State 1996, http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vs96/table5.htm Table 4: Live Birth Summary Information by Race/Ethnicity New York State 1997, http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/vs97/tab04.htm Total number of people in poverty in New York State, http://www.census.gov/income/histpov/hstpov21.txt. Accessed Sept 1, 2000. CPS data is most reliable at national level. To improve reliability at state level, we used a three year moving average. Total number of children in the US in poverty: http://www.census.gov/income/histpov/hstpov20.txt New York Unemployment data: New York State Department of Labor data page: http://www.labor.state.ny.us/html/laus/search.htm