2013 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2013
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
94,972
274
4,221
924
1,834
644
106
935
422
711
619
814
304
677
1,123
212
116
287
1,290
5,167
345
657
299
292
749
639
134
20,411
208
454
676
797
157
322
1,144
92
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
10,521 (11.1%)
8 (2.9%)
343 (8.1%)
78 (8.4%)
345 (18.8%)
53 (8.2%)
7 (6.6%)
86 (9.2%)
22 (5.2%)
41 (5.8%)
38 (6.1%)
102 (12.5%)
41 (13.5%)
34 (5.0%)
54 (4.8%)
17 (8.0%)
8 (6.9%)
42 (14.6%)
67 (5.2%)
423 (8.2%)
52 (15.1%)
66 (10.0%)
33 (11.0%)
51 (17.5%)
39 (5.2%)
42 (6.6%)
10 (7.5%)
3,331 (16.3%)
15 (7.2%)
30 (6.6%)
21 (3.1%)
86 (10.8%)
18 (11.5%)
47 (14.6%)
124 (10.8%)
1 (1.1%)
1
Normal Hemoglobin 4
84,451 (88.9%)
266 (97.1%)
3,878 (91.9%)
846 (91.6%)
1,489 (81.2%)
591 (91.8%)
99 (93.4%)
849 (90.8%)
400 (94.8%)
670 (94.2%)
581 (93.9%)
712 (87.5%)
263 (86.5%)
643 (95.0%)
1,069 (95.2%)
195 (92.0%)
108 (93.1%)
245 (85.4%)
1,223 (94.8%)
4,744 (91.8%)
293 (84.9%)
591 (90.0%)
266 (89.0%)
241 (82.5%)
710 (94.8%)
597 (93.4%)
124 (92.5%)
17,080 (83.7%)
193 (92.8%)
424 (93.4%)
655 (96.9%)
711 (89.2%)
139 (88.5%)
275 (85.4%)
1,020 (89.2%)
91 (98.9%)
February 2015
2013 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2013
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
94,972
215
125
143
69
402
97
681
349
184
400
637
444
619
679
1,065
152
460
796
124
2,685
947
344
479
266
733
205
14,713
114
349
389
1,271
185
430
2,699
1,491
1,141
304
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
10,521 (11.1%)
24 (11.2%)
9 (7.2%)
25 (17.5%)
8 (11.6%)
23 (5.7%)
3 (3.1%)
38 (5.6%)
39 (11.2%)
4 (2.2%)
34 (8.5%)
52 (8.2%)
30 (6.8%)
75 (12.1%)
54 (8.0%)
85 (8.0%)
6 (3.9%)
28 (6.1%)
53 (6.7%)
4 (3.2%)
342 (12.7%)
50 (5.3%)
20 (5.8%)
32 (6.7%)
11 (4.1%)
57 (7.8%)
12 (5.9%)
2,107 (14.3%)
5 (4.4%)
13 (3.7%)
41 (10.5%)
183 (14.4%)
17 (9.2%)
18 (4.2%)
172 (6.4%)
142 (9.5%)
95 (8.3%)
22 (7.2%)
2
Normal Hemoglobin 4
84,451 (88.9%)
191 (88.8%)
116 (92.8%)
118 (82.5%)
61 (88.4%)
379 (94.3%)
94 (96.9%)
643 (94.4%)
310 (88.8%)
180 (97.8%)
366 (91.5%)
585 (91.8%)
414 (93.2%)
544 (87.9%)
625 (92.0%)
980 (92.0%)
146 (96.1%)
432 (93.9%)
743 (93.3%)
120 (96.8%)
2,343 (87.3%)
897 (94.7%)
324 (94.2%)
447 (93.3%)
255 (95.9%)
676 (92.2%)
193 (94.1%)
12,606 (85.7%)
109 (95.6%)
336 (96.3%)
348 (89.5%)
1,088 (85.6%)
168 (90.8%)
412 (95.8%)
2,527 (93.6%)
1,349 (90.5%)
1,046 (91.7%)
282 (92.8%)
February 2015
2013 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2013
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
94,972
2,512
826
165
226
564
65
291
248
341
2,329
302
143
668
1,634
216
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
10,521 (11.1%)
195 (7.8%)
42 (5.1%)
10 (6.1%)
19 (8.4%)
35 (6.2%)
3 (4.6%)
22 (7.6%)
24 (9.7%)
22 (6.5%)
181 (7.8%)
18 (6.0%)
11 (7.7%)
107 (16.0%)
97 (5.9%)
27 (12.5%)
Normal Hemoglobin 4
84,451 (88.9%)
2,317 (92.2%)
784 (94.9%)
155 (93.9%)
207 (91.6%)
529 (93.8%)
62 (95.4%)
269 (92.4%)
224 (90.3%)
319 (93.5%)
2,148 (92.2%)
284 (94.0%)
132 (92.3%)
561 (84.0%)
1,537 (94.1%)
189 (87.5%)
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 2013 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