Wyoming MCH Title V National Outcome Measures (NOM) and National Performance Measures (NPM)

National Outcome Measures (NOMs) and National Performance Measure (NPMs) were chosen and developed by the Health Resources & Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau for the Title V Block Grant.

The Outcome and Performance Measures cross all population domains and reflect maternal and child health (MCH) population health status.

More about Title V can be found here.

The Dashboard Compares Wyoming trends to National trends over time when available. The most recent year where a comparison can be made is highlighted in "Compare to U.S" box.

To Use:

  1. Select to view either Outcome or Performance Measures (orange box).

  2. Select the measure you would like to examine.

  3. Some measure have multiple data sources. Data sources are defined below.

  4. Be aware of "Year Notes" which can explain oddities in the data or caution in regards to interpretation.

The data displayed below is from the Federally Available Data (FAD) document developed by HRSA for Title V. Rates displayed for Wyoming may not exactly match the same rates seen in other WY MCH Epidemiology reports. The dissimilarities are generally within rounding differences and are due to slightly different data sets at the state vs federal levels. In some cases, the state level data set is used to provide more current data. Please refer to the Data Notes tabs for both the NOMs and NPMs for more information.

DATA SOURCES:
ACS - The American Community Survey (ACS), administered by the US Census Bureau, is an ongoing survey that provides vital information on a yearly basis about the United States and its people.
BRFSS - The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System is a national system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.
HCUP-SID - The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project’s (HCUP) Sate Inpatient Databases (SID) includes inpatient discharge records from community hospitals in a State.
Hospital Compare - Hospital Compare is the official data-sets used on the Medicare.gov Hospital Compare Website provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The data allow for the comparison of the quality of care at over 4,000 Medicare-certified hospitals across the country.
NIS - The National Immunization Surveys (NIS) are a group of telephone surveys sponsored and conducted by CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD).
NSCH - The National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) provides data on multiple, intersecting aspects of children’s lives—including physical and mental health, access to quality health care, and the child’s family, neighborhood, school, and social context.
NVSS - The National Vital Statistics System is the oldest and most successful example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism by which NCHS collects and disseminates the Nation’s official vital statistics. These data are provided through contracts between NCHS and vital registration systems operated in the various jurisdictions legally responsible for the registration of vital events – births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths.
PRAMS - The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, is a surveillance project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health departments. Developed in 1987, PRAMS collects state-specific, population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences before, during, and shortly after pregnancy. PRAMS surveillance currently covers about 83% of all U.S. births.
WIC - The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk.
WY HDD - Wyoming Hospital Discharge Data.
YRBSS - The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of health-related behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death and disability among youth and adults, as well as measures the prevalence of obesity and asthma and other health-related behaviors plus sexual identity and sex of sexual contacts.