CDC's Pediatric and Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System - Table 12C

Table 12C
2008 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance(1)
New York
Summary of Trends in Growth and Anemia Indicators
Children Aged Less Than 5 years (2)
Summary of Trends in Growth and Anemia Indicators (3)
  Year   Birthweight (4) Height and Weight Anemia
Low Hb/Hct (7)
    Low     High     Short Stature (5) Underweight (6) Obese (6) Overweight Greater Than or Equal 2 Years (6)
Number Included
in Analysis		 % Less than 2500g % Greater than 4000g Number Included
in Analysis		 % Less than 5th % Less than 5th % Greater than or equal to 95th Number Included
in Analysis		 % 85th - less than 95th % % Greater than or equal to 95th % Number Included
in Analysis		     %    
2008 130,568 8.9 6.7 481,925 4.2 4.4 13.8 209,713 17.4 14.6 355,319 12.2
2007 128,809 8.7 6.7 458,800 4.1 4.7 13.5 198,041 17.4 14.6 331,509 11.9
2006 127,389 8.9 6.7 456,877 4.2 4.4 14.0 199,608 17.3 14.7 333,878 11.1
2005 124,905 8.9 6.9 457,355 4.2 4.8 13.9 201,411 16.9 14.9 335,985 11.2
2004 125,083 8.7 7.2 452,156 4.3 5.1 14.3 197,169 17.2 15.9 331,591 12.3
2003 124,246 8.5 7.6 434,263 4.4 6.1 14.2 186,284 16.7 16.6 317,010 13.0
2002 121,199 8.9 7.6 424,134 4.5 6.6 13.9 178,615 16.1 16.6 309,850 13.7
2001 53,340 7.3 8.5 410,422 4.7 6.9 13.8 186,238 16.1 16.3 313,295 14.8
2000 86,940 8.8 8.3 419,669 4.5 7.0 13.6 189,836 16.2 16.2 320,455 14.4
1999 78,096 9.1 8.1 382,459 4.3 7.2 12.9 177,489 15.8 15.4 307,425 15.0
1998 93,741 9.2 8.4 448,130 4.5 7.2 12.6 207,479 15.7 14.7 365,051 14.8
1997 89,596 9.5 8.0 446,926 4.7 7.1 12.5 208,237 15.4 14.3 368,183 14.5
1996 84,519 9.3 8.4 444,700 4.9 7.0 12.8 206,651 15.4 14.5 370,406 14.3
1995 83,759 9.3 8.0 444,469 5.1 7.5 12.2 203,087 14.9 13.7 368,371 15.5
1994 87,220 9.5 8.2 438,633 5.4 7.6 12.4 194,146 14.8 13.8 359,006 15.5
1993 88,482 9.6 8.1 424,037 5.8 7.8 12.1 178,048 14.5 13.2 343,167 15.8
1992 85,006 9.8 8.1 384,075 6.2 8.1 12.5 152,322 14.5 13.7 307,475 16.5
1991 82,991 10.4 7.9 365,011 6.5 8.7 12.1 139,919 13.8 13.5 289,960 17.6
1990 77,756 10.2 8.1 350,273 6.6 8.7 12.2 140,224 14.1 13.1 280,382 15.6
1989 73,393 10.4 8.1 354,388 6.7 8.4 11.7 149,413 13.5 12.3 285,460 14.7
(1) Reporting period is January 1 through December 31.
(2) Analyses based on one record per child.
(3) Excludes records with unknown data or errors.
(4) Infants born during the reporting period included in the analysis.
(5) Based on 2000 CDC growth chart percentiles for length-for-age for children under 2 years of age and height-for-age for children 2 years of age and older.
(6) Based on 2000 CDC growth chart percentiles for weight-for-length for children under 2 years of age and BMI-for-age for children 2 years of age and older. 85th to less than 95th percentile category identifies overweight children and greater than or equal to 95th percentile category identifies obese children.
(7) Based on 1998 CDC MMWR, "Recommendations to Prevent and Control Iron Deficiency in the United States", altitude adjusted, children 6 months of age and older included in the analysis.
* Percentages are not calculated if < 100 records are available for analysis after exclusions.