2012
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Minnesota Women Participating in WIC
Who Delivered During Calendar Year 2012 by CHB of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB of Residence 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
25,727
878 (3.4%)
9,876 (38.4%)
7,226 (28.1%)
4,108 (16.0%)
3,639 (14.1%)
356
12 (3.4%)
115 (32.3%)
87 (24.4%)
59 (16.6%)
83 (23.3%)
1,166
41 (3.5%)
464 (39.8%)
350 (30.0%)
169 (14.5%)
142 (12.2%)
BECKER
220
15 (6.8%)
91 (41.4%)
58 (26.4%)
24 (10.9%)
32 (14.5%)
BENTON
204
7 (3.4%)
74 (36.3%)
59 (28.9%)
38 (18.6%)
26 (12.7%)
BLUE EARTH
263
14 (5.3%)
109 (41.4%)
59 (22.4%)
47 (17.9%)
34 (12.9%)
BROWN-NICOLLET
238
9 (3.8%)
96 (40.3%)
55 (23.1%)
39 (16.4%)
39 (16.4%)
1,081
41 (3.8%)
461 (42.6%)
266 (24.6%)
169 (15.6%)
144 (13.3%)
CARVER
155
7 (4.5%)
65 (41.9%)
35 (22.6%)
31 (20.0%)
17 (11.0%)
CASS
216
7 (3.2%)
85 (39.4%)
51 (23.6%)
38 (17.6%)
35 (16.2%)
CHISAGO
178
2 (1.1%)
76 (42.7%)
54 (30.3%)
23 (12.9%)
23 (12.9%)
CLAY-WILKIN
314
7 (2.2%)
110 (35.0%)
84 (26.8%)
59 (18.8%)
54 (17.2%)
COTTONWOOD JACKSON
118
5 (4.2%)
49 (41.5%)
33 (28.0%)
20 (16.9%)
11 (9.3%)
COUNTRYSIDE
353
5 (1.4%)
121 (34.3%)
92 (26.1%)
69 (19.5%)
66 (18.7%)
CROW WING
386
18 (4.7%)
152 (39.4%)
97 (25.1%)
57 (14.8%)
62 (16.1%)
1,444
41 (2.8%)
554 (38.4%)
426 (29.5%)
226 (15.7%)
197 (13.6%)
DODGE-STEELE
302
14 (4.6%)
109 (36.1%)
71 (23.5%)
55 (18.2%)
53 (17.5%)
FARIBAULT-MARTIN
188
4 (2.1%)
69 (36.7%)
55 (29.3%)
27 (14.4%)
33 (17.6%)
FILLLMORE HOUSTON
131
4 (3.1%)
49 (37.4%)
30 (22.9%)
21 (16.0%)
27 (20.6%)
FREEBORN
230
11 (4.8%)
65 (28.3%)
60 (26.1%)
40 (17.4%)
54 (23.5%)
GOODHUE
158
3 (1.9%)
60 (38.0%)
50 (31.6%)
21 (13.3%)
24 (15.2%)
AITKIN-ITASCAKOOCHICHING
ANOKA
CARLTON-COOK-LAKEST. LOUIS
DAKOTA
Underweight 3
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Normal 4
1
Overweight 5
Obese 6
Very Obese 7
October 2014
2012
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Minnesota Women Participating in WIC
Who Delivered During Calendar Year 2012 by CHB of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB of Residence 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
25,727
878 (3.4%)
9,876 (38.4%)
7,226 (28.1%)
4,108 (16.0%)
3,639 (14.1%)
320
14 (4.4%)
123 (38.4%)
106 (33.1%)
36 (11.2%)
41 (12.8%)
46
1 (2.2%)
22 (47.8%)
14 (30.4%)
3 (6.5%)
6 (13.0%)
2,692
85 (3.2%)
953 (35.4%)
850 (31.6%)
449 (16.7%)
355 (13.2%)
HENNEPIN RICHFIELD
229
7 (3.1%)
92 (40.2%)
74 (32.3%)
31 (13.5%)
25 (10.9%)
HENNEPIN SUBURBAN
2172
64 (2.9%)
868 (40.0%)
647 (29.8%)
348 (16.0%)
245 (12.7%)
HENNEPIN (ALL)
5459
171 (3.1%)
2058 (37.7%)
1691 (31.0%)
867 (15.9%)
672 (12.3%)
HORIZON
271
10 (3.7%)
107 (39.5%)
63 (23.2%)
47 (17.3%)
44 (16.2%)
ISANTI-MILLE LACS
403
15 (3.7%)
173 (42.9%)
88 (21.8%)
59 (14.6%)
68 (16.9%)
KANABEC -PINE
220
7 (3.2%)
78 (35.5%)
53 (24.1%)
39 (17.7%)
43 (19.5%)
KANDIYOHI RENVILLE
402
17 (4.2%)
139 (34.6%)
105 (26.1%)
77 (19.2%)
64 (15.9%)
LE SUEUR-WASECA
189
4 (2.1%)
63 (33.3%)
51 (27.0%)
27 (14.3%)
44 (23.3%)
MEEKER-MCLEODSIBLEY
352
11 (3.1%)
123 (34.9%)
80 (22.7%)
62 (17.6%)
76 (21.6%)
MORRISON-TODDWADENA
423
7 (1.7%)
145 (34.3%)
111 (26.2%)
67 (15.8%)
93 (22.0%)
MOWER
267
20 (7.5%)
91 (34.1%)
67 (25.1%)
47 (17.6%)
42 (15.7%)
NOBLES
212
6 (2.8%)
66 (31.1%)
74 (34.9%)
37 (17.5%)
29 (13.7%)
NORTH COUNTRY
627
22 (3.5%)
228 (36.4%)
164 (26.2%)
97 (15.5%)
116 (18.5%)
OLMSTED
719
21 (2.9%)
279 (38.8%)
207 (28.8%)
110 (15.3%)
102 (14.2%)
OTTER TAIL
291
9 (3.1%)
104 (35.7%)
84 (28.9%)
38 (13.1%)
56 (19.2%)
POLK-NORMANMAHNOMEN
295
7 (2.4%)
106 (35.9%)
76 (25.8%)
55 (18.6%)
51 (17.3%)
QUIN
305
12 (3.9%)
117 (38.4%)
86 (28.2%)
43 (14.1%)
47 (15.4%)
3,968
144 (3.6%)
1,601 (40.3%)
1,150 (29.0%)
622 (15.7%)
451 (11.4%)
362
8 (2.2%)
131 (36.2%)
108 (29.8%)
70 (19.3%)
45 (12.4%)
HENNEPINBLOOMINGTON
HENNEPIN - EDINA
HENNEPINMINNEAPOLIS
RAMSEY
RICE
Underweight 3
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Normal 4
2
Overweight 5
Obese 6
Very Obese 7
October 2014
2012
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Minnesota Women Participating in WIC
Who Delivered During Calendar Year 2012 by CHB of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB of Residence 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
25,727
878 (3.4%)
9,876 (38.4%)
7,226 (28.1%)
4,108 (16.0%)
3,639 (14.1%)
SCOTT
418
15 (3.6%)
162 (38.8%)
121 (28.9%)
68 (16.3%)
52 (12.4%)
SHERBURNE
312
14 (4.5%)
144 (46.2%)
82 (26.3%)
37 (11.9%)
35 (11.2%)
SOUTHWEST
440
16 (3.6%)
164 (37.3%)
115 (26.1%)
75 (17.0%)
70 (15.9%)
STEARNS
679
18 (2.7%)
276 (40.6%)
186 (27.4%)
120 (17.7%)
79 (11.6%)
WABASHA
82
2 (2.4%)
27 (32.9%)
22 (26.8%)
13 (15.9%)
18 (22.0%)
648
32 (4.9%)
233 (36.0%)
195 (30.1%)
110 (17.0%)
78 (12.0%)
99
1 (1.0%)
37 (37.4%)
34 (34.3%)
12 (12.1%)
15 (15.2%)
WINONA
177
8 (4.5%)
70 (39.5%)
49 (27.7%)
25 (14.1%)
25 (14.1%)
WRIGHT
406
14 (3.4%)
180 (44.3%)
92 (22.7%)
52 (12.8%)
68 (16.7%)
WASHINGTON
WATONWAN
Underweight 3
Normal 4
Overweight 5
Obese 6
Very Obese 7
Number of women in weight status group (percentage of total)
**** percentages suppressed for denominators < 30
Suggested citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Minnesota Women
Participating in WIC Who Delivered During Calendar Year 2012 by CHB of Residence: 2014.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
CHB history: Nobles-Rock CHB separated to become Nobles and Rock in January 2012, and Rock joined Southwest CHB.
Redwood-Renville separated in January 2013. Redwood joined Southwest in January 2013. Renville joined Kandiyohi in
January 2013. Polk joined Norman-Mahnomen in January 2013. Cottonwood-Jackson is known as Des Moines Valley
Health and Human Services as of January 2014.
1
CHB where participant lived as of July, 2014
Total women delivering during calendar year with valid weight status information.
3
BMI < 18.5
4
BMI ≥ 18.5 and ≤ 24.9
5
BMI ≥ 25.0 and ≤ 29.9
6
BMI ≥ 30.0 and ≤ 34.9
7
BMI ≥ 35.0
2
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
3
October 2014