2012 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2012
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
Total 2
97,573
285
4,465
969
1,839
676
128
985
445
769
642
847
287
699
1,133
210
113
318
1,332
5,306
387
671
317
331
806
682
136
20,022
215
499
779
850
160
313
1,179
99
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
1
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
10,663 (10.9%)
11 (3.9%)
376 (8.4%)
79 (8.2%)
358 (19.5%)
54 (8.0%)
4 (3.1%)
98 (9.9%)
34 (7.6%)
32 (4.2%)
42 (6.5%)
93 (11.0%)
30 (10.5%)
42 (6.0%)
80 (7.1%)
30 (14.3%)
3 (2.7%)
65 (20.4%)
58 (4.4%)
461 (8.7%)
59 (15.2%)
67 (10.0%)
19 (6.0%)
62 (18.7%)
24 (3.0%)
42 (6.2%)
9 (6.6%)
3,177 (15.9%)
18 (8.4%)
25 (5.0%)
36 (4.6%)
60 (7.1%)
33 (20.6%)
42 (13.4%)
132 (11.2%)
3 (3.0%)
Normal Hemoglobin 4
86,910 (89.1%)
274 (96.1%)
4,089 (91.6%)
890 (91.8%)
1,481 (80.5%)
622 (92.0%)
124 (96.9%)
887 (90.1%)
411 (92.4%)
737 (95.8%)
600 (93.5%)
754 (89.0%)
257 (89.5%)
657 (94.0%)
1,053 (92.9%)
180 (85.7%)
110 (97.3%)
253 (79.6%)
1,274 (95.6%)
4,845 (91.3%)
328 (84.8%)
604 (90.0%)
298 (94.0%)
269 (81.3%)
782 (97.0%)
640 (93.8%)
127 (93.4%)
16,845 (84.1%)
197 (91.6%)
474 (95.0%)
743 (95.4%)
790 (92.9%)
127 (79.4%)
271 (86.6%)
1,047 (88.8%)
96 (97.0%)
February 2015
2012 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2012
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
Total 2
97,573
240
128
172
60
413
92
705
335
186
430
630
482
649
740
1,141
155
488
809
139
2,862
1,023
379
565
281
775
249
14,586
105
370
407
1,345
164
388
2,936
1,551
1,267
334
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
2
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
10,663 (10.9%)
29 (12.1%)
6 (4.7%)
12 (7.0%)
6 (10.0%)
40 (9.7%)
9 (9.8%)
32 (4.5%)
45 (13.4%)
12 (6.5%)
40 (9.3%)
42 (6.7%)
13 (2.7%)
52 (8.0%)
58 (7.8%)
102 (8.9%)
5 (3.2%)
24 (4.9%)
46 (5.7%)
7 (5.0%)
384 (13.4%)
63 (6.2%)
20 (5.3%)
50 (8.8%)
8 (2.8%)
77 (9.9%)
18 (7.2%)
2,203 (15.1%)
4 (3.8%)
29 (7.8%)
27 (6.6%)
141 (10.5%)
11 (6.7%)
18 (4.6%)
161 (5.5%)
164 (10.6%)
82 (6.5%)
21 (6.3%)
Normal Hemoglobin 4
86,910 (89.1%)
211 (87.9%)
122 (95.3%)
160 (93.0%)
54 (90.0%)
373 (90.3%)
83 (90.2%)
673 (95.5%)
290 (86.6%)
174 (93.5%)
390 (90.7%)
588 (93.3%)
469 (97.3%)
597 (92.0%)
682 (92.2%)
1,039 (91.1%)
150 (96.8%)
464 (95.1%)
763 (94.3%)
132 (95.0%)
2,478 (86.6%)
960 (93.8%)
359 (94.7%)
515 (91.2%)
273 (97.2%)
698 (90.1%)
231 (92.8%)
12,383 (84.9%)
101 (96.2%)
341 (92.2%)
380 (93.4%)
1,204 (89.5%)
153 (93.3%)
370 (95.4%)
2,775 (94.5%)
1,387 (89.4%)
1,185 (93.5%)
313 (93.7%)
February 2015
2012 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2012
by County of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
County of Residence1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
STEARNS
STEELE
STEVENS
SWIFT
TODD
TRAVERSE
WABASHA
WADENA
WASECA
WASHINGTON
WATONWAN
WILKIN
WINONA
WRIGHT
YELLOW MEDICINE
97,573
2,494
839
184
264
588
79
322
302
388
2,492
333
149
676
1,742
246
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
10,663 (10.9%)
180 (7.2%)
22 (2.6%)
4 (2.2%)
29 (11.0%)
35 (6.0%)
4 (5.1%)
22 (6.8%)
21 (7.0%)
35 (9.0%)
194 (7.8%)
30 (9.0%)
11 (7.4%)
98 (14.5%)
122 (7.0%)
37 (15.0%)
Normal Hemoglobin 4
86,910 (89.1%)
2,314 (92.8%)
817 (97.4%)
180 (97.8%)
235 (89.0%)
553 (94.0%)
75 (94.9%)
300 (93.2%)
281 (93.0%)
353 (91.0%)
2,298 (92.2%)
303 (91.0%)
138 (92.6%)
578 (85.5%)
1,620 (93.0%)
209 (85.0%)
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 2012 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