Initiation (PDF)

Kittson
Lake of the Woods
Breastfeeding Initiation in Minnesota WIC
by County of Residence, 2012
Roseau
Marshall
Koochiching
Pennington
Red Lake
Polk
Norman Mahnomen
Bois Forte
Beltrami
White Earth
Grand Portage
Cook
Clearwater
Red Lake
Itasca
Leech Lake
Lake
St. Louis
Hubbard
Becker
Clay
State Percentage 76.0% (MN-WIC)
Cass
Fond du Lac
Traverse
Douglas
Stevens
Big Stone
Pope
Swift
Chippewa
Lyon
Brown
Cottonwood
Rock
Nobles
Jackson
Hennepin
Sibley
Redwood
Murray
Isanti
Scott
65.0 - 75.0 % (HP2010: 75%)
75.1 - 81.8 %
Chisago
Anoka
Wright
51.4 - 64.9 %
Kanabec
McLeod Carver
Renville
Pipestone
Lincoln
Sherburne
Kandiyohi Meeker
Pine
Mille Lacs
Benton
Stearns
Lac qui Parle
Yellow Medicine
Morrison
81.9 - 100 % (HP2020: 81.9%)
Tribal data included with County data
n<30 born, too small to report
Ramsey
Grant
Todd
Carlton
Washington
Otter Tail
Mille Lacs Co
Wilkin
Aitkin
Crow Wing
Wadena
Dakota
Nicollet Le Sueur Rice
Goodhue
Wabasha
Blue Earth
Steele Dodge Olmsted
Watonwan
Waseca
Martin
Faribault
Freeborn
Mower
Source: MN-WIC Information System, Births in Calendar Year 2012
Healthy People 2020 objective is 81.9% for Initiation
Winona
Fillmore
Houston