2014 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2014 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
CITY OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
Normal
Hemoglobin4
94,231
11,151 (11.8%)
83,080 (88.2%)
AITKIN-ITASCAKOOCHICHING
GRAND RAPIDS
298
26 (8.7%)
272 (91.3%)
ANOKA
ANDOVER/RAMSEY
366
30 (8.2%)
336 (91.8%)
ANOKA
ANOKA
322
23 (7.1%)
299 (92.9%)
ANOKA
BETHEL/EAST BETHEL/HAM
LAKE/ST. FRANCIS
306
21 (6.9%)
285 (93.1%)
ANOKA
BLAINE
737
57 (7.7%)
680 (92.3%)
ANOKA
CENTERVILLE/CIRCLE
PINES/LINO LAKES/SPRING LK
PK
297
16 (5.4%)
281 (94.6%)
ANOKA
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
509
45 (8.8%)
464 (91.2%)
ANOKA
COON RAPIDS
1,028
90 (8.8%)
938 (91.2%)
ANOKA
FRIDLEY
702
82 (11.7%)
620 (88.3%)
BECKER
DETROIT LAKES
377
24 (6.4%)
353 (93.6%)
BLOOMINGTON
BLOOMINGTON
1,154
109 (9.4%)
1,045 (90.6%)
BLUE EARTH
MANKATO
705
92 (13.0%)
613 (87.0%)
CARLTON-COOK-LAKE-ST.
LOUIS
AURORA/ BIWABIK/ BUHL/
CHISHOLM/ ELY/ EMBARRASS/
EVELETH/ GILBERT/ HIBBING/
MT IRON/ VIRGINIA
908
57 (6.3%)
851 (93.7%)
CLOQUET
437
17 (3.9%)
420 (96.1%)
DULUTH
1,296
72 (5.6%)
1,224 (94.4%)
HIBBING
340
14 (4.1%)
326 (95.9%)
CARVER
CARVER/CHANHASSEN/
CHASKA
379
29 (7.7%)
350 (92.3%)
CLAY-WILKIN
MOORHEAD
872
38 (4.4%)
834 (95.6%)
CROW WING
BRAINERD
698
47 (6.7%)
651 (93.3%)
DAKOTA
APPLE VALLEY
657
44 (6.7%)
613 (93.3%)
DAKOTA
BURNSVILLE
1,275
93 (7.3%)
1,182 (92.7%)
DAKOTA
EAGAN
659
61 (9.3%)
598 (90.7%)
CARLTON-COOK-LAKE-ST.
LOUIS
CARLTON-COOK-LAKE-ST.
LOUIS
CARLTON-COOK-LAKE-ST.
LOUIS
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
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March, 2015
2014 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2014 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
CITY OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
Normal
Hemoglobin4
94,231
11,151 (11.8%)
83,080 (88.2%)
DAKOTA
FARMINGTON
286
17 (5.9%)
269 (94.1%)
DAKOTA
HASTINGS
240
12 (5.0%)
228 (95.0%)
DAKOTA
INVER GROVE
HEIGHTS/ROSEMOUNT
669
63 (9.4%)
606 (90.6%)
DAKOTA
LAKEVILLE
320
22 (6.9%)
298 (93.1%)
DAKOTA
SOUTH ST. PAUL
391
38 (9.7%)
353 (90.3%)
DAKOTA
WEST ST. PAUL
462
42 (9.1%)
420 (90.9%)
EDINA
EDINA
177
16 (9.0%)
161 (91.0%)
FREEBORN
ALBERT LEA
608
46 (7.6%)
562 (92.4%)
GOODHUE
RED WING
294
34 (11.6%)
260 (88.4%)
HENNEPIN
BROOKLYN CENTER
1,400
282 (20.1%)
1,118 (79.9%)
HENNEPIN
BROOKLYN PARK
2,541
565 (22.2%)
1,976 (77.8%)
HENNEPIN
CHAMPLIN/MAPLE
GROVE/OSSEO
575
114 (19.8%)
461 (80.2%)
HENNEPIN
CRYSTAL
361
64 (17.7%)
297 (82.3%)
HENNEPIN
EDEN PRAIRIE
425
47 (11.1%)
378 (88.9%)
HENNEPIN
EXCELSIOR/MINNETONKA/
MAPLE PLAIN/MOUND
256
38 (14.8%)
218 (85.2%)
HENNEPIN
GOLDEN VALLEY/ROBBINSDALE
323
57 (17.6%)
266 (82.4%)
HENNEPIN
HOPKINS
452
51 (11.3%)
401 (88.7%)
HENNEPIN
MINNEAPOLIS
10,533
1,845 (17.5%)
8,688 (82.5%)
HENNEPIN
NEW HOPE
394
90 (22.8%)
304 (77.2%)
HENNEPIN
PLYMOUTH
473
65 (13.7%)
408 (86.3%)
HENNEPIN
ST. LOUIS PARK
473
84 (17.8%)
389 (82.2%)
HORIZON
ALEXANDRIA
451
66 (14.6%)
385 (85.4%)
ISANTI-MILLE LACS CO.
CAMBRIDGE
276
12 (4.3%)
264 (95.7%)
KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE
WILLMAR
877
95 (10.8%)
782 (89.2%)
MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY
HUTCHINSON
325
22 (6.8%)
303 (93.2%)
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
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March, 2015
2014 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2014 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
CITY OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
Normal
Hemoglobin4
94,231
11,151 (11.8%)
83,080 (88.2%)
MORRISON-TODD-WADENA
LITTLE FALLS
332
23 (6.9%)
309 (93.1%)
MOWER
AUSTIN
834
96 (11.5%)
738 (88.5%)
NOBLES
WORTHINGTON
664
36 (5.4%)
628 (94.6%)
NORTH COUNTRY
BEMIDJI
892
77 (8.6%)
815 (91.4%)
OLMSTED
ROCHESTER
2,372
288 (12.1%)
2,084 (87.9%)
OTTER TAIL
FERGUS FALLS
358
23 (6.4%)
335 (93.6%)
QUIN
THIEF RIVER FALLS
279
9 (3.2%)
270 (96.8%)
316
39 (12.3%)
277 (87.7%)
441
53 (12.0%)
388 (88.0%)
RAMSEY
RAMSEY
ARDEN HILLS/ SHOREVIEW/
VADNAIS HEIGHTS
LITTLE CANADA/ NORTH ST.
PAUL
RAMSEY
MAPLEWOOD
814
131 (16.1%)
683 (83.9%)
RAMSEY
MOUNDS VIEW
256
34 (13.3%)
222 (86.7%)
RAMSEY
NEW BRIGHTON
389
47 (12.1%)
342 (87.9%)
RAMSEY
ROSEVILLE
404
54 (13.4%)
350 (86.6%)
RAMSEY
ST. PAUL
11,776
1,936 (16.4%)
9,840 (83.6%)
RAMSEY
WHITE BEAR LAKE
308
32 (10.4%)
276 (89.6%)
RICE
FARIBAULT
851
132 (15.5%)
719 (84.5%)
RICE
NORTHFIELD
239
38 (15.9%)
201 (84.1%)
RICHFIELD
RICHFIELD
765
77 (10.1%)
688 (89.9%)
SCOTT
PRIOR LAKE/SAVAGE
488
58 (11.9%)
430 (88.1%)
SCOTT
SHAKOPEE
774
89 (11.5%)
685 (88.5%)
SHERBURNE
BIG LAKE/CLEAR LAKE/BECKER
425
31 (7.3%)
394 (92.7%)
SHERBURNE
ELK RIVER/ZIMMERMAN
507
41 (8.1%)
466 (91.9%)
STEARNS
ST. CLOUD
1,727
211 (12.2%)
1,516 (87.8%)
STEARNS
SARTELL/SAUK RAPIDS/SAUK
CENTER
562
56 (10.0%)
506 (90.0%)
STEARNS
ST. JOSEPH/WAITE PARK
369
45 (12.2%)
324 (87.8%)
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
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March, 2015
2014 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2014 by City of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB
CITY OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
Normal
Hemoglobin4
94,231
11,151 (11.8%)
83,080 (88.2%)
STEELE
OWATONNA
642
41 (6.4%)
601 (93.6%)
SOUTHWEST
MARSHALL
405
18 (4.4%)
387 (95.6%)
WASHINGTON
COTTAGE GROVE/ST. PAUL
PARK
520
29 (5.6%)
491 (94.4%)
WASHINGTON
FOREST LAKE/HUGO
341
20 (5.9%)
321 (94.1%)
WASHINGTON
OAKDALE
468
36 (7.7%)
432 (92.3%)
WASHINGTON
LAKE ELMO/ MAHTOMEDI/
STILLWATER
252
27 (10.7%)
225 (89.3%)
WASHINGTON
NEWPORT/WOODBURY
529
28 (5.3%)
501 (94.7%)
WINONA
WINONA
389
68 (17.5%)
321 (82.5%)
WRIGHT
BUFFALO/ST. MICHAEL
380
22 (5.8%)
358 (94.2%)
WRIGHT
MONTICELLO/OTSEGO
431
24 (5.6%)
407 (94.4%)
Number of infants by preterm status (percentage per 100 of all infants born during the calendar year)
**** percentages suppressed if denominator <30
Suggested Citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Preterm Births in Infants Participating in Minnesota WIC Born During CY 2014 by City of
Residence. Minnesota WIC Program: 2015.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
1
City area where infant last lived as of Feb 2015. Cities or areas were chosen for analysis are those with 100 or more births during 2012, except for
Edina which is listed due to CHB status.
2
Total number of infants and children with valid hemoglobin measurements during the calendar year.
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.
3
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
4
March, 2015