By CHB of Residence
Total 2015
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Years Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2015
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
MINNESOTA
64,809
2,434 (3.8)
44,292 (68.3)
10,186 (15.7)
2,891 (4.5)
5,006 (7.7)
852
30 (3.5)
558 (65.5)
160 (18.8)
42 (4.9)
62 (7.3)
2,970
90 (3.0)
2,089 (70.3)
486 (16.4)
119 (4.0)
186 (6.3)
BENTON
444
24 (5.4)
303 (68.2)
76 (17.1)
19 (4.3)
22 (5.0)
BLUE EARTH
633
23 (3.6)
466 (73.6)
101 (16.0)
18 (2.8)
25 (3.9)
BROWN-NICOLLET
629
21 (3.3)
438 (69.6)
94 (14.9)
32 (5.1)
44 (7.0)
2,279
81 (3.6)
1,568 (68.8)
371 (16.3)
108 (4.7)
151 (6.6)
CARVER
412
17 (4.1)
315 (76.5)
52 (12.6)
12 (2.9)
16 (3.9)
CASS
569
18 (3.2)
362 (63.6)
82 (14.4)
34 (6.0)
73 (12.8)
CHISAGO
411
9 (2.2)
298 (72.5)
60 (14.6)
20 (4.9)
24 (5.8)
COTTONWOODJACKSON
297
5 (1.7)
198 (66.7)
56 (18.9)
11 (3.7)
27 (9.1)
COUNTRYSIDE
699
30 (4.3)
456 (65.2)
136 (19.5)
35 (5.0)
42 (6.0)
CROW WING
768
35 (4.6)
525 (68.4)
133 (17.3)
28 (3.6)
47 (6.1)
3,340
138 (4.1)
2,330 (69.8)
481 (14.4)
139 (4.2)
252 (7.5)
DODGE-STEELE
752
36 (4.8)
506 (67.3)
112 (14.9)
31 (4.1)
67 (8.9)
FARIBAULT-MARTIN
458
11 (2.4)
302 (65.9)
77 (16.8)
21 (4.6)
47 (10.3)
FILLMORE-HOUSTON
347
6 (1.7)
249 (71.8)
50 (14.4)
18 (5.2)
24 (6.9)
FREEBORN
530
17 (3.2)
353 (66.6)
84 (15.8)
30 (5.7)
46 (8.7)
GOODHUE
383
13 (3.4)
268 (70.0)
57 (14.9)
18 (4.7)
27 (7.0)
HENNEPINBLOOMINGTON
811
29 (3.6)
596 (73.5)
93 (11.5)
38 (4.7)
55 (6.8)
HENNEPIN-EDINA
110
6 (5.5)
79 (71.8)
16 (14.5)
3 (2.7)
6 (5.5)
HENNEPIN-RICHFIELD
538
21 (3.9)
382 (71.0)
71 (13.2)
21 (3.9)
43 (8.0)
7,317
292 (4.0)
4,990 (68.2)
1,127 (15.4)
318 (4.3)
590 (8.1)
AITKIN-ITASCAKOOCHICHING
ANOKA
CARLTON-COOK-LAKEST. LOUIS
DAKOTA
HENNEPINMINNEAPOLIS
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Normal3
1
Overweight3
Obese3
CY 2015
March 2016
Very Obese3
By CHB of Residence
Total 2015
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Years Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2015
Minnesota WIC Information System
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
MINNESOTA
64,809
2,434 (3.8)
44,292 (68.3)
10,186 (15.7)
2,891 (4.5)
5,006 (7.7)
HENNEPINSUBURBAN 4
5,317
224 (4.2)
3,698 (69.6)
815 (15.3)
235 (4.4)
345 (6.5)
HORIZON
836
36 (4.3)
581 (69.5)
142 (17.0)
32 (3.8)
45 (5.4)
ISANTI-MILLE LACS
915
34 (3.7)
633 (69.2)
132 (14.4)
51 (5.6)
65 (7.1)
KANABEC -PINE
577
15 (2.6)
403 (69.8)
91 (15.8)
26 (4.5)
42 (7.3)
1,088
37 (3.4)
715 (65.7)
177 (16.3)
51 (4.7)
108 (9.9)
494
24 (4.9)
326 (66.0)
78 (15.8)
21 (4.3)
45 (9.1)
946
26 (2.7)
645 (68.2)
145 (15.3)
38 (4.0)
92 (9.7)
1,069
37 (3.5)
719 (67.3)
177 (16.6)
53 (5.0)
83 (7.8)
MOWER
650
20 (3.1)
404 (62.2)
119 (18.3)
39 (6.0)
68 (10.5)
NOBLES
528
13 (2.5)
330 (62.5)
110 (20.8)
25 (4.7)
50 (9.5)
NORTH COUNTRY
1,712
42 (2.5)
979 (57.2)
333 (19.5)
115 (6.7)
243 (14.2)
OLMSTED
1,803
80 (4.4)
1,240 (68.8)
273 (15.1)
77 (4.3)
133 (7.4)
2,218
66 (3.0)
1,525 (68.8)
340 (15.3)
107 (4.8)
180 (8.1)
824
29 (3.5)
511 (62.0)
145 (17.6)
48 (5.8)
91 (11.0)
778
19 (2.4)
524 (67.4)
124 (15.9)
50 (6.4)
61 (7.8)
10,304
385 (3.7)
7,014 (68.1)
1,632 (15.8)
417 (4.0)
856 (8.3)
872
43 (4.9)
582 (66.7)
120 (13.8)
41 (4.7)
86 (9.9)
1,041
49 (4.7)
756 (72.6)
135 (13.0)
32 (3.1)
69 (6.6)
SHERBURNE
780
37 (4.7)
546 (70.0)
125 (16.0)
25 (3.2)
47 (6.0)
SOUTHWEST
1,272
46 (3.6)
884 (69.5)
201 (15.8)
59 (4.6)
82 (6.4)
STEARNS
1,873
115 (6.1)
1,304 (69.6)
254 (13.6)
78 (4.2)
122 (6.5)
201
9 (4.5)
126 (62.7)
38 (18.9)
10 (5.0)
18 (9.0)
1,518
58 (3.8)
1,073 (70.7)
228 (15.0)
74 (4.9)
85 (5.6)
KANDIYOHI-RENVILLE
LE SUEUR-WASECA
MEEKER-MCLEODSIBLEY
MORRISON-TODDWADENA
PARTNERSHIP 4
HEALTH
POLK-NORMANMAHNOMEN
QUIN
RAMSEY
RICE
SCOTT
WABASHA
WASHINGTON
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
Normal3
2
Overweight3
Obese3
CY 2015
March 2016
Very Obese3
By CHB of Residence
Total 2015
Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Years Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board (CHB) of Residence, Calendar Year 2015
Minnesota WIC Information System
Normal3
Overweight3
Obese3
CY 2015
CHB OF RESIDENCE 1
Total 2
Underweight 3
Very Obese3
MINNESOTA
64,809
2,434 (3.8)
44,292 (68.3)
10,186 (15.7)
2,891 (4.5)
5,006 (7.7)
WATONWAN
209
2 (1.0)
137 (65.6)
40 (19.1)
9 (4.3)
21 (10.0)
WINONA
380
10 (2.6)
243 (63.9)
67 (17.6)
20 (5.3)
40 (10.5)
WRIGHT
1,055
26 (2.5)
763 (72.3)
170 (16.1)
43 (4.1)
53 (5.0)
**** percentages suppressed if denominator <30
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. Clay, Wilkin, Becker and Otter Tail combined to form Partnership 4
Health as of January 2015.
Suggested Citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Weight Status in Children Ages 2 to 5 Years Participating in Minnesota WIC
by Community Health Board of Residence, Calendar Year 2015. Minnesota WIC Program. 2016.
For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942
1
Last CHB where children resided as of March, 2016.
Total children with weight status information. Analyses based on one randomly selected record per child. Excludes records with
unknown data or errors.
3
Total number in weight category (Percentage of total children). Based on 2000 CDC growth chart percentiles for children 2 years of
age and older; underweight is defined as BMI-for-age < 5th percentile, overweight is defined as BMI-for-age ≥ 85th to < 95th
percentile, obese is defined as ≥ 95th percentile to < 97.5 percentile, and very obese is defined as ≥ 97.5 percentile.
4
Does not include Bloomington-Edina-Richfield.
2
Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program
3
March 2016