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an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

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Compared to a Single Value

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Compared to Prior Value

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red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

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Children with Health Insurance

State: Missouri
Measurement Period: 2023
This indicator shows the percentage of children under 19 that have any type of health insurance coverage.
 
Due to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, changes were made to the definition of a "qualifying child". Under ACA, a qualifying child is under age 19 at the close of the calendar year. Therefore, age categories used to measure health insurance now define those aged 18 as children.

Why is this important?

Health insurance for children is particularly important. To stay healthy, children require regular checkups, dental and vision care, and medical attention for illness and injury. Children with health insurance are more likely to have better health throughout their childhood and adolescence. They are more likely to receive required immunizations, fall ill less frequently, obtain necessary treatment when they do get sick, and perform better at school. Having health insurance lowers barriers to accessing care, which is likely to prevent the development of more serious illnesses. This is not only of benefit to the child but also helps lower overall family health costs.
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State: Missouri

94.6%
Source: American Community Survey 1-Year
Measurement period: 2023
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: November 2024
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Compared to U.S. States, Missouri has a value of 94.6% which is in the 2nd worst quartile of states. States in the best 50% have a value higher than 95.4% while states in the worst 25% have a value lower than 93.6%.
U.S. States
Compared to the US Value (94.6%), Missouri has a value of 94.6%.
US Value
(94.6%)
Compared to the prior value, Missouri (94.6%) is not statistically different from the previously measured value (94.2%).
Prior Value
(94.2%)
Over time, the Missouri value is decreasing, not significantly.
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Technical note: The U.S. Census Bureau calculates 90% confidence intervals for American Community Survey estimates. Use caution when interpreting values with wide confidence intervals. Confidence intervals that are farther away from estimates in either direction indicate uncertainty due to small survey sample sizes. There were data collection issues in 2020 that severely affected the ACS data quality of that year. Therefore, data are not available for the 2020 period.
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Filed under: Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Health / Children's Health, Clinical Care, Infants, Children, Teens

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