2011 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2011
by County of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
County of Residence1
MINNESOTA
AITKIN
ANOKA
BECKER
BELTRAMI
BENTON
BIG STONE
BLUE EARTH
BROWN
CARLTON
CARVER
CASS
CHIPPEWA
CHISAGO
CLAY
CLEARWATER
COOK
COTTONWOOD
CROW WING
DAKOTA
DODGE
DOUGLAS
FARIBAULT
FILLMORE
FREEBORN
GOODHUE
GRANT
HENNEPIN
HOUSTON
HUBBARD
ISANTI
ITASCA
JACKSON
KANABEC
KANDIYOHI
KITTSON
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
10,944 (10.7%)
14 (4.4%)
383 (8.1%)
54 (5.4%)
344 (17.0%)
45 (6.1%)
3 (2.2%)
120 (11.4%)
33 (7.0%)
28 (3.4%)
51 (7.4%)
51 (5.3%)
29 (9.5%)
65 (8.8%)
57 (4.9%)
13 (5.8%)
11 (10.1%)
38 (12.1%)
57 (3.8%)
458 (8.3%)
46 (11.1%)
40 (5.6%)
24 (6.9%)
37 (9.9%)
47 (5.6%)
51 (7.1%)
13 (8.8%)
3,353 (15.6%)
18 (7.2%)
21 (4.0%)
33 (4.2%)
68 (7.5%)
19 (10.9%)
36 (10.1%)
114 (9.4%)
6 (5.9%)
Total 2
102,753
321
4,719
999
2,027
739
136
1,053
474
816
687
956
306
742
1,163
225
109
315
1,508
5,514
413
720
347
372
833
721
147
21,471
250
520
781
901
175
355
1,207
102
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
1
Normal Hemoglobin 4
91,809 (89.3%)
307 (95.6%)
4,336 (91.9%)
945 (94.6%)
1,683 (83.0%)
694 (93.9%)
133 (97.8%)
933 (88.6%)
441 (93.0%)
788 (96.6%)
636 (92.6%)
905 (94.7%)
277 (90.5%)
677 (91.2%)
1,106 (95.1%)
212 (94.2%)
98 (89.9%)
277 (87.9%)
1,451 (96.2%)
5,056 (91.7%)
367 (88.9%)
680 (94.4%)
323 (93.1%)
335 (90.1%)
786 (94.4%)
670 (92.9%)
134 (91.2%)
18,118 (84.4%)
232 (92.8%)
499 (96.0%)
748 (95.8%)
833 (92.5%)
156 (89.1%)
319 (89.9%)
1,093 (90.6%)
96 (94.1%)
February 2015
2011 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2011
by County of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
County of Residence1
MINNESOTA
KOOCHICHING
LAC QUI PARLE
LAKE
LAKE OF THE WOODS
LE SUEUR
LINCOLN
LYON
MAHNOMEN
MARSHALL
MARTIN
MCLEOD
MEEKER
MILLE LACS CO
MORRISON
MOWER
MURRAY
NICOLLET
NOBLES
NORMAN
OLMSTED
OTTER TAIL
PENNINGTON
PINE
PIPESTONE
POLK
POPE
RAMSEY
RED LAKE
REDWOOD
RENVILLE
RICE
ROCK
ROSEAU
ST. LOUIS
SCOTT
SHERBURNE
SIBLEY
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
10,944 (10.7%)
23 (8.8%)
13 (9.6%)
14 (7.3%)
11 (15.1%)
46 (10.8%)
7 (6.3%)
30 (4.1%)
28 (8.3%)
7 (3.3%)
41 (9.0%)
54 (7.3%)
32 (6.0%)
66 (8.6%)
56 (7.1%)
110 (9.7%)
7 (4.8%)
24 (4.9%)
36 (4.4%)
8 (5.1%)
370 (12.3%)
61 (5.5%)
22 (5.8%)
71 (11.0%)
7 (2.5%)
70 (8.6%)
17 (6.9%)
2,307 (15.9%)
4 (3.9%)
32 (7.6%)
31 (7.5%)
161 (11.9%)
8 (5.4%)
25 (6.0%)
222 (6.8%)
167 (10.1%)
67 (5.0%)
37 (9.8%)
Total 2
102,753
260
136
191
73
427
111
736
339
211
456
735
530
766
794
1,138
145
487
822
157
3,015
1,102
380
648
283
817
248
14,525
103
420
414
1,356
148
416
3,254
1,659
1,348
378
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
2
Normal Hemoglobin 4
91,809 (89.3%)
237 (91.2%)
123 (90.4%)
177 (92.7%)
62 (84.9%)
381 (89.2%)
104 (93.7%)
706 (95.9%)
311 (91.7%)
204 (96.7%)
415 (91.0%)
681 (92.7%)
498 (94.0%)
700 (91.4%)
738 (92.9%)
1,028 (90.3%)
138 (95.2%)
463 (95.1%)
786 (95.6%)
149 (94.9%)
2,645 (87.7%)
1,041 (94.5%)
358 (94.2%)
577 (89.0%)
276 (97.5%)
747 (91.4%)
231 (93.1%)
12,218 (84.1%)
99 (96.1%)
388 (92.4%)
383 (92.5%)
1,195 (88.1%)
140 (94.6%)
391 (94.0%)
3,032 (93.2%)
1,492 (89.9%)
1,281 (95.0%)
341 (90.2%)
February 2015
2011 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2011
by County of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
County of Residence1
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
10,944 (10.7%)
176 (6.9%)
42 (4.5%)
9 (4.2%)
19 (7.0%)
35 (5.7%)
4 (6.0%)
24 (7.2%)
14 (4.7%)
35 (8.7%)
205 (8.0%)
18 (4.9%)
25 (14.5%)
93 (13.2%)
145 (7.8%)
28 (10.8%)
Total 2
MINNESOTA
STEARNS
STEELE
STEVENS
SWIFT
TODD
TRAVERSE
WABASHA
WADENA
WASECA
WASHINGTON
WATONWAN
WILKIN
WINONA
WRIGHT
YELLOW MEDICINE
102,753
2,555
927
212
271
617
67
333
296
401
2,560
364
172
706
1,860
260
Normal Hemoglobin 4
91,809 (89.3%)
2,379 (93.1%)
885 (95.5%)
203 (95.8%)
252 (93.0%)
582 (94.3%)
63 (94.0%)
309 (92.8%)
282 (95.3%)
366 (91.3%)
2,355 (92.0%)
346 (95.1%)
147 (85.5%)
613 (86.8%)
1,715 (92.2%)
232 (89.2%)
Number of infants and children (percentage per 100 of all infants and children with hemoglobin measurements
during the calendar year)
**** percentages suppressed if denominator <30
Suggested Citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota
WIC During CY 2011 by County of Residence. Minnesota WIC Program: 2015.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
1
County where infant or child last lived as of June 2014. .
Total number of infants and children with valid hemoglobin measurements during the calendar year.
3
Number of low hemoglobin measurements (percentage of total number infants and children with hemoglobin
measurements during the calendar year. Low hemoglobin is <11.0 for infants/children <2 years of age and <11.1
for children > 2 years. Low hemoglobin is characteristic of anemia.
4
Number of normal hemoglobin measurements (percentage of total number infants and children with hemoglobin
measurements during the calendar year. Normal hemoglobin is >11.0 for infants/children <2 years of age and
>11.0 for children > 2 years.
2
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
3
February 2015