2014 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2014
by CHB of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB of Residence 1
MINNESOTA
AITKIN-ITASCA-KOOCHICHING
ANOKA
BECKER
BENTON
BLUE EARTH
BROWN-NICOLLET
CARLTON-COOK-LAKE-ST. LOUIS
CARVER
CASS
CHISAGO
CLAY-WILKIN
COUNTRYSIDE
CROW WING
DAKOTA
DES MOINES VALLEY*
DODGE-STEELE
FARIBAULT-MARTIN
FILLMORE-HOUSTON
FREEBORN
GOODHUE
HENNEPIN-BLOOMINGTON
HENNEPIN-EDINA
HENNEPIN-MINNEAPOLIS
HENNEPIN-RICHFIELD
HENNEPIN-SUBURBAN
HORIZON
ISANTI-MILLE LACS
KANABEC -PINE
KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE
LE SUEUR-WASECA
MEEKER-MCLEOD-SIBLEY
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
Total 2
Normal Hemoglobin 4
94,231
1,227
4,419
891
676
902
939
3,485
596
785
598
1,248
978
1,207
5,011
401
1,114
724
499
771
593
1,154
177
10,533
765
7,890
1,255
1,245
802
1,506
715
1,349
11,151 (11.8%)
109 (8.9%)
372 (8.4%)
76 (8.5%)
88 (13.0%)
113 (12.5%)
45 (4.8%)
216 (6.2%)
48 (8.1%)
95 (12.1%)
40 (6.7%)
62 (5.0%)
122 (12.5%)
89 (7.4%)
396 (7.9%)
54 (13.5%)
102 (9.2%)
88 (12.2%)
69 (13.8%)
58 (7.5%)
60 (10.1%)
109 (9.4%)
16 (9.0%)
1,845 (17.5%)
77 (10.1%)
1,478 (18.7%)
135 (10.8%)
131 (10.5%)
89 (11.1%)
153 (10.2%)
55 (7.7%)
109 (8.1%)
83,080 (88.2%)
1,118 (91.1%)
4,047 (91.6%)
815 (91.5%)
588 (87.0%)
789 (87.5%)
894 (95.2%)
3,269 (93.8%)
548 (91.9%)
690 (87.9%)
558 (93.3%)
1,186 (95.0%)
856 (87.5%)
1,118 (92.6%)
4,615 (92.1%)
347 (86.5%)
1,012 (90.8%)
636 (87.8%)
430 (86.2%)
713 (92.5%)
533 (89.9%)
1,045 (90.6%)
161 (91.0%)
8,688 (82.5%)
688 (89.9%)
6,412 (81.3%)
1,120 (89.2%)
1,114 (89.5%)
713 (88.9%)
1,353 (89.8%)
660 (92.3%)
1,240 (91.9%)
MORRISON-TODD-WADENA
MOWER
NOBLES
NORTH COUNTRY
1,477
952
811
2,508
92 (6.2%)
110 (11.6%)
44 (5.4%)
337 (13.4%)
1,385 (93.8%)
842 (88.4%)
767 (94.6%)
2,171 (86.6%)
OLMSTED
2,696
321 (11.9%)
2,375 (88.1%)
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
1
February 2015
2014 Totals
Anemia in Infants and Children Participating in Minnesota WIC During CY 2014
by CHB of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB of Residence 1
MINNESOTA
OTTER TAIL
POLK-NORMAN-MAHNOMEN
QUIN
RAMSEY
RICE
SCOTT
SHERBURNE
SOUTHWEST
STEARNS
WABASHA
WASHINGTON
WATONWAN
WINONA
WRIGHT
Low Hemoglobin
(Anemia) 3
Total 2
94,231
981
1,242
1,139
14,822
1,229
1,504
1,165
1,666
2,615
295
2,228
294
624
1,528
11,151 (11.8%)
62 (6.3)
78 (6.3%)
44 (3.9%)
2,338 (15.8%)
191 (15.5%)
171 (11.4%)
97 (8.3%)
87 (5.2%)
276 (10.6%)
15 (5.1%)
146 (6.6%)
33 (11.2%)
104 (16.7%)
106 (6.9%)
Normal Hemoglobin 4
83,080 (88.2%)
919 (93.7%)
1,164 (93.7%)
1,095 (96.1%)
12,484 (84.2%)
1,038 (84.5%)
1,333 (88.6%)
1,068 (91.7%)
1,579 (94.8%)
2,339 (89.4%)
280 (94.9%)
2,082 (93.4%)
261 (88.8%)
520 (83.3%)
1,422 (93.1%)
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 CHB of Residence. Minnesota WIC Program: 2015.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
* Cottonwood –Jackson is known as Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services as of January 2014.
1
CHB where infant or child last lived as of February 2015.
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
2
February 2015