2013
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Minnesota Women Participating in WIC
Who Delivered During Calendar Year 2013 by CHB of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB of Residence 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
24,510
790 (3.2%)
9,555 (39.0%)
6,646 (27.1%)
3,999 (16.3%)
3,520 (14.4%)
334
9 (2.7%)
106 (31.7%)
93 (27.8%)
52 (15.6%)
74 (22.2%)
1,160
48 (4.1%)
483 (41.6%)
281 (24.2%)
175 (15.1%)
173 (14.9%)
BECKER
217
4 (1.8%)
80 (36.9%)
61 (28.1%)
35 (16.1%)
37 (17.1%)
BENTON
172
5 (2.9%)
71 (41.3%)
37 (21.5%)
28 (16.3%)
31 (18.0%)
BLUE EARTH
232
9 (3.9%)
91 (39.2%)
62 (26.7%)
36 (15.5%)
34 (14.7%)
BROWN-NICOLLET
261
8 (3.1%)
121 (46.4%)
51 (19.5%)
45 (17.2%)
36 (13.8%)
1,007
41 (4.1%)
414 (41.1%)
238 (23.6%)
156 (15.5%)
158 (15.7%)
CARVER
169
6 (3.6%)
72 (42.6%)
33 (19.5%)
34 (20.1%)
24 (14.2%)
CASS
203
6 (3.0%)
78 (38.4%)
55 (27.1%)
36 (17.7%)
28 (13.8%)
CHISAGO
149
9 (6.0%)
56 (37.6%)
30 (20.1%)
23 (15.4%)
31 (20.8%)
CLAY-WILKIN
294
5 (1.7%)
104 (35.4%)
73 (24.8%)
63 (21.4%)
49 (16.7%)
COTTONWOODJACKSON
96
1 (1.0%)
40 (41.7%)
20 (20.8%)
16 (16.7%)
19 (19.8%)
COUNTRYSIDE
308
10 (3.2%)
110 (35.7%)
70 (22.7%)
58 (18.8%)
60 (19.5%)
CROW WING
329
14 (4.3%)
122 (37.1%)
85 (25.8%)
54 (16.4%)
54 (16.4%)
1,262
41 (3.2%)
478 (37.9%)
351 (27.8%)
211 (16.7%)
181 (14.3%)
DODGE-STEELE
303
8 (2.6%)
112 (37.0%)
75 (24.8%)
49 (16.2%)
59 (19.5%)
FARIBAULTMARTIN
178
5 (2.8%)
60 (33.7%)
45 (25.3%)
29 (16.3%)
39 (21.9%)
FILLLMOREHOUSTON
122
8 (6.6%)
45 (36.9%)
32 (26.2%)
16 (13.1%)
21 (17.2%)
AITKIN-ITASCAKOOCHICHING
ANOKA
CARLTON-COOKLAKE-ST. LOUIS
DAKOTA
Underweight 3
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Normal 4
Overweight 5
1
Obese 6
Very Obese 7
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2013
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Minnesota Women Participating in WIC
Who Delivered During Calendar Year 2013 by CHB of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB of Residence 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
24,510
790 (3.2%)
9,555 (39.0%)
6,646 (27.1%)
3,999 (16.3%)
3,520 (14.4%)
FREEBORN
214
8 (3.7%)
79 (36.9%)
57 (26.6%)
32 (15.0%)
38 (17.8%)
GOODHUE
135
4 (3.0%)
48 (35.6%)
32 (23.7%)
23 (17.0%)
28 (20.7%)
HENNEPIN BLOOMINGTON
316
16 (5.1%)
112 (35.4%)
101 (32.0%)
46 (14.6%)
41 (13.0%)
35
0
15 (42.9%)
11 (31.4%)
7 (20.0%)
2 (5.7%)
2,580
83 (3.2%)
959 (37.2%)
778 (30.2%)
437 (16.9%)
323 (12.5%)
HENNEPIN RICHFIELD
187
4 (2.1%)
70 (37.4%)
63 (33.7%)
29 (15.5%)
21 (11.2%)
HENNEPIN SUBURBAN
2,063
66 (3.2%)
844 (40.9%)
574 (27.8%)
340 (16.5%)
239 (11.6%)
HENNEPIN (ALL)
5,181
169 (3.3%)
2,000 (38.6%)
1,527 (29.5%)
859 (16.6%)
626 (12.1%)
HORIZON
289
4 (1.4%)
102 (35.3%)
71 (24.6%)
54 (18.7%)
58 (20.1%)
ISANTI - MILLE
LACS
347
9 (2.6%)
149 (42.9%)
85 (24.5%)
57 (16.4%)
47 (13.5%)
KANABEC - PINE
232
7 (3.0%)
84 (36.2%)
60 (25.9%)
38 (16.4%)
43 (18.5%)
KANDIYOHI RENVILLE
424
7 (1.7%)
157 (37.0%)
123 (29.0%)
71 (16.7%)
66 (15.6%)
LE SUEUR WASECA
171
4 (2.3%)
58 (33.9%)
34 (19.9%)
41 (24.0%)
34 (19.9%)
MEEKER-MCLEODSIBLEY
353
5 (1.4%)
130 (36.8%)
86 (24.4%)
59 (16.7%)
73 (20.7%)
MORRISON-TODDWADENA
403
10 (2.5%)
156 (38.7%)
97 (24.1%)
60 (14.9%)
80 (19.9%)
MOWER
264
6 (2.3%)
109 (41.3%)
61 (23.1%)
50 (18.9%)
38 (14.4%)
NOBLES
239
7 (2.9%)
83 (34.7%)
79 (33.1%)
44 (18.4%)
26 (10.9%)
HENNEPIN - EDINA
HENNEPIN MINNEAPOLIS
Underweight 3
Normal 4
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Overweight 5
2
Obese 6
Very Obese 7
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2013
Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Minnesota Women Participating in WIC
Who Delivered During Calendar Year 2013 by CHB of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB of Residence 1
Total 2
MINNESOTA
24,510
790 (3.2%)
9,555 (39.0%)
6,646 (27.1%)
3,999 (16.3%)
3,520 (14.4%)
NORTH COUNTRY
630
12 (1.9%)
222 (35.2%)
158 (25.1%)
111 (17.6%)
127 (20.2%)
OLMSTED
699
26 (3.7%)
292 (41.8%)
183 (26.2%)
106 (15.2%)
92 (13.2%)
OTTER TAIL
255
9 (3.5%)
83 (32.5%)
78 (30.6%)
46 (18.0%)
39 (15.3%)
POLK-NORMANMAHNOMEN
263
6 (2.3%)
90 (34.2%)
66 (25.1%)
56 (21.3%)
45 (17.1%)
QUIN
302
9 (3.0%)
118 (39.1%)
67 (22.2%)
66 (21.9%)
42 (13.9%)
3,903
123 (3.2%)
1,572 (40.3%)
1,189 (30.5%)
591 (15.1%)
428 (11.0%)
RICE
300
9 (3.0%)
107 (35.7%)
88 (29.3%)
41 (13.7%)
55 (18.3%)
SCOTT
360
13 (3.6%)
152 (42.2%)
83 (23.1%)
59 (16.4%)
53 (14.7%)
SHERBURNE
307
17 (5.5%)
124 (40.4%)
84 (27.4%)
47 (15.3%)
35 (11.4%)
SOUTHWEST
436
19 (4.4%)
174 (39.9%)
110 (25.2%)
74 (17.0%)
59 (13.5%)
STEARNS
664
24 (3.6%)
280 (42.2%)
195 (29.4%)
88 (13.3%)
77 (11.6%)
WABASHA
96
3 (3.1%)
43 (44.8%)
16 (16.7%)
20 (20.8%)
14 (14.6%)
601
19 (3.2%)
251 (41.8%)
148 (24.6%)
102 (17.0%)
81 (13.5%)
75
1 (1.3%)
28 (37.3%)
27 (36.0%)
12 (16.0%)
7 (9.3%)
WINONA
178
3 (1.7%)
66 (37.1%)
54 (30.3%)
26 (14.6%)
29 (16.3%)
WRIGHT
393
20 (5.1%)
155 (39.4%)
96 (24.4%)
50 (12.7%)
72 (18.3%)
RAMSEY
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 2013 by CHB of Residence: 2014.
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Pre-pregnancy Weight Status in Minnesota Women Participating in WIC
Who Delivered During Calendar Year 2013 by CHB of Residence
Minnesota WIC Information System
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 ≥ 25.0 and ≤ 29.9
7
BMI ≥ 35.0
2
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
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