2014 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During
CY 2014 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
94,231
235
4,419
891
1,804
676
110
902
438
672
596
785
282
598
1,137
208
102
264
1,207
5,011
346
663
278
301
771
593
153
20,519
198
429
647
767
137
318
1,167
82
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
11,151 (11.8%)
14 (6.0%)
372 (8.4%)
76 (8.5%)
284 (15.7%)
88 (13.0%)
5 (4.5%)
113 (12.5%)
16 (3.7%)
30 (4.5%)
48 (8.1%)
95 (12.1%)
50 (17.7%)
40 (6.7%)
53 (4.7%)
20 (9.6%)
13 (12.7%)
33 (12.5%)
89 (7.4%)
396 (7.9%)
54 (15.6%)
89 (13.4%)
22 (7.9%)
46 (15.3%)
58 (7.5%)
60 (10.1%)
16 (10.5%)
3,525 (17.2%)
23 (11.6%)
24 (5.6%)
27 (4.2%)
68 (8.9%)
21 (15.3%)
45 (14.2%)
113 (9.7%)
2 (2.4%)
1
Normal Hemoglobin 4
83,080 (88.2%)
221 (94.0%)
4,047 (91.6%)
815 (91.5%)
1,520 (84.3%)
588 (87.0%)
105 (95.5%)
789 (87.5%)
422 (96.3%)
642 (95.5%)
548 (91.9%)
690 (87.9%)
232 (82.3%)
558 (93.3%)
1,084 (95.3%)
188 (90.4%)
89 (87.3%)
231 (87.5%)
1,118 (92.6%)
4,615 (92.1%)
292 (84.4%)
574 (86.6%)
256 (92.1%)
255 (84.7%)
713 (92.5%)
533 (89.9%)
137 (89.5%)
16,994 (82.8%)
175 (88.4%)
405 (94.4%)
620 (95.8%)
699 (91.1%)
116 (84.7%)
273 (85.8%)
1,054 (90.3%)
80 (97.6%)
February 2015
2014 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During
CY 2014 by County of Residence
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
Minnesota WIC Information System
Low Hemoglobin
Total 2
(Anemia) 3
94,231
11,151 (11.8%)
225
27 (12.0%)
112
10 (8.9%)
154
25 (16.2%)
67
9 (13.4%)
393
29 (7.4%)
90
5 (5.6%)
654
27 (4.1%)
348
19 (5.5%)
203
2 (1.0%)
446
66 (14.8%)
640
45 (7.0%)
415
39 (9.4%)
598
104 (17.4%)
678
44 (6.5%)
952
110 (11.6%)
140
7 (5.0%)
501
29 (5.8%)
811
44 (5.4%)
146
11 (7.5%)
2,696
321 (11.9%)
981
62 (6.3%)
314
12 (3.8%)
484
44 (9.1%)
286
6 (2.1%)
748
48 (6.4%)
195
15 (7.7%)
14,822
2,338 (15.8%)
107
4 (3.7%)
331
20 (6.0%)
339
40 (11.8%)
1,229
191 (15.5%)
165
22 (13.3%)
433
24 (5.5%)
2,557
148 (5.8%)
1,504
171 (11.4%)
1,165
97 (8.3%)
294
25 (8.5%)
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
2
Normal Hemoglobin 4
83,080 (88.2%)
198 (88.0%)
102 (91.1%)
129 (83.8%)
58 (86.6%)
364 (92.6%)
85 (94.4%)
627 (95.9%)
329 (94.5%)
201 (99.0%)
380 (85.2%)
595 (93.0%)
376 (90.6%)
494 (82.6%)
634 (93.5%)
842 (88.4%)
133 (95.0%)
472 (94.2%)
767 (94.6%)
135 (92.5%)
2,375 (88.1%)
919 (93.7%)
302 (96.2%)
440 (90.9%)
280 (97.9%)
700 (93.6%)
180 (92.3%)
12,484 (84.2%)
103 (96.3%)
311 (94.0%)
299 (88.2%)
1,038 (84.5%)
143 (86.7%)
409 (94.5%)
2,409 (94.2%)
1,333 (88.6%)
1,068 (91.7%)
269 (91.5%)
February 2015
2014 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During
CY 2014 by County of Residence
County of Residence1
MINNESOTA
STEARNS
STEELE
STEVENS
SWIFT
TODD
TRAVERSE
WABASHA
WADENA
WASECA
WASHINGTON
WATONWAN
WILKIN
WINONA
WRIGHT
YELLOW MEDICINE
Minnesota WIC Information System
Low Hemoglobin
Total 2
(Anemia) 3
94,231
11,151 (11.8%)
2,615
276 (10.6%)
768
48 (6.2%)
181
12 (6.6%)
241
20 (8.3%)
552
23 (4.2%)
63
3 (4.8%)
295
15 (5.1%)
247
25 (10.1%)
322
26 (8.1%)
2,228
146 (6.6%)
294
33 (11.2%)
111
9 (8.1%)
624
104 (16.7%)
1,528
106 (6.9%)
233
37 (15.9%)
Normal Hemoglobin 4
83,080 (88.2%)
2,339 (89.4%)
720 (93.8%)
169 (93.4%)
221 (91.7%)
529 (95.8%)
60 (95.2%)
280 (94.9%)
222 (89.9%)
296 (91.9%)
2,082 (93.4%)
261 (88.8%)
102 (91.9%)
520 (83.3%)
1,422 (93.1%)
196 (84.1%)
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 2014 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