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File name	Description

(Fig01.png)	Figure 1 - USDA expenditures for food and nutrition assistance program, FY 2008
(Fig02.png)	Figure 2 - Monthly WIC food package costs, by participant category, FY 2005
(Fig03.png)	Figure 3 - Federal expenditures for WIC, FY 1974-2008
(Fig04.png)	Figure 4 - Average number of WIC participants per month, FY 1974-2008
(Fig05.png)	Figure 5 - Average WIC food costs per person, FY 1974-2008
(Fig06.png)	Figure 6 - Infant formula rebates, FY 1988-2007
(Fig07.png)	Figure 7 - Average real rebate per infant, FY 1988-2007
(Fig08.png)	Figure 8 - Distribution of WIC participants, by participation category, 2006
(Fig09.png)	Figure 9 - WIC participants, by race/ethnicity, 1992-2006
(Fig10.png)	Figure 10- Share of WIC participants participating in other public assistance programs, 1992-2006
(Fig11.png)	Figure 11- People in poverty, 2006
(Fig12.png)	Figure 12- WIC recipients as a share of U.S. population subgroups, 2006
(Fig13.png)	Figure 13- WIC program coverage rates, by participant category, 2003
(Fig14.png)	Figure 14- National total of WIC-only vendors, FY 1999-2004
(Fig15.png)	Figure 15- Percent of WIC expenditures for NSA, including and excluding infant formula rebates, FY 1974-2007 
(Fig16.png)	Figure 16- Change in prices for food at home, 1988-2008
(Fig17.png)	Figure 17- WIC food costs, by food item, FY 2005
(Fig18.png)	Figure 18- Average number of WIC participants, FY 1974-2007
(Fig19.png)	Figure 19- Cost components for can of infant formula
(Fig20.png)	Figure 20- Average real net wholesale prices of newly awarded infant formula rebate contracts, 1998-2006
(Fig21.png)	Figure 21- Breastfeeding rates, by WIC status, 1978-2003
(Fig22.png)	Figure 22- Estimated annual market value (pre-rebate) of current and IOM-proposed WIC food packages for infant/mother pairs, 2002
(Fig23.png)	Figure 23- Estimated annual cost to WIC (post-rebate) of the current and IOM-proposed WIC food packages for infant/mother pairs, FY 2002

(BoxFig.png)	Box Figure - Live births in the United States, 1974-2007