Table 6B: 2009 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance(1) New York Comparison of Growth and Anemia Indicators by County Children Aged < 5 Years(2)
| County | Birthweight(5) | Height and Weight | Anemia Low Hb/Hct(8) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Low % <2500 g (Rank) |
High % >4000 g (Rank) |
Number | Short Stature (6) % <5th (Rank) |
Under-Weight (7) % <5th (Rank) |
Obese (7) % ≥95th (Rank) |
≥ 2 Yrs Over-weight (7) | Number | % (Rank) | |||
| Number | % 85th–<95th (Rank) | % ≥95th (Rank) | ||||||||||
| Albany | 1,371 | 11.1 (59) | 7.9 (27) | 5,234 | 5.0 (30) | 3.0 (38) | 16.2 (42) | 2,354 | 18.1 (24) | 14.4 (26) | 3,834 | 23.3 (62) |
| Allegany | 292 | 7.5 (22) | 6.8 (14) | 1,234 | 5.3 (38) | 0.9 (1) | 15.0 (31) | 599 | 18.5 (34) | 14.0 (21) | 900 | 13.0 (41) |
| Bronx | 17,084 | 10.5 (55) | 6.0 (7) | 65,687 | 3.5 (4) | 4.6 (54) | 14.7 (27) | 29,966 | 16.8 (12) | 15.0 (32) | 49,024 | 12.8 (39) |
| Broome | 1,212 | 6.6 (11) | 9.1 (41) | 4,868 | 4.5 (18) | 1.8 (18) | 15.7 (35) | 2,271 | 18.5 (34) | 14.2 (22) | 3,614 | 8.1 (15) |
| Cattaraugu | 513 | 7.2 (18) | 8.2 (33) | 2,162 | 7.1 (62) | 1.2 (8) | 16.9 (51) | 996 | 19.3 (46) | 16.5 (50) | 1,622 | 6.4 (9) |
| Cayuga | 459 | 5.2 (5) | 9.4 (42) | 1,805 | 4.8 (26) | 2.7 (32) | 13.9 (23) | 805 | 19.5 (48) | 12.9 (10) | 1,252 | 11.6 (33) |
| Chautauqua | 476 | 8.6 (31) | 6.9 (17) | 1,919 | 5.4 (39) | 2.2 (22) | 17.0 (53) | 872 | 18.2 (25) | 15.6 (41) | 1,465 | 8.9 (16) |
| Chemung | 681 | 10.0 (53) | 6.3 (8) | 2,894 | 7.0 (60) | 1.1 (4) | 14.7 (27) | 1,395 | 17.8 (21) | 14.3 (24) | 2,233 | 4.5 (4) |
| Chenango | 570 | 7.4 (20) | 10.9 (51) | 2,623 | 4.4 (17) | 2.2 (22) | 13.1 (16) | 1,265 | 18.3 (28) | 14.2 (22) | 2,193 | 7.7 (12) |
| Clinton | 444 | 9.5 (50) | 8.6 (37) | 1,832 | 5.6 (43) | 2.3 (27) | 13.7 (22) | 865 | 17.9 (23) | 14.9 (31) | 1,392 | 6.2 (8) |
| Columbia | 295 | 9.2 (45) | 5.4 (2) | 1,183 | 4.9 (29) | 2.5 (29) | 18.0 (58) | 557 | 19.2 (45) | 19.6 (58) | 880 | 15.0 (50) |
| Cortland | 367 | 7.4 (20) | 11.7 (58) | 1,427 | 4.6 (22) | 1.5 (13) | 11.9 (6) | 661 | 18.5 (34) | 13.3 (14) | 1,037 | 7.6 (11) |
| Delaware | 270 | 10.0 (53) | 10.0 (46) | 1,209 | 5.0 (30) | 3.1 (40) | 16.5 (44) | 596 | 21.0 (58) | 15.6 (41) | 937 | 14.6 (48) |
| Dutchess | 1,042 | 9.6 (51) | 8.4 (35) | 3,826 | 4.1 (13) | 3.3 (41) | 14.2 (25) | 1,590 | 18.4 (31) | 13.9 (19) | 2,733 | 18.3 (56) |
| Erie | 4,886 | 8.7 (36) | 6.8 (14) | 17,083 | 5.5 (41) | 6.1 (62) | 14.4 (26) | 7,288 | 14.9 (3) | 13.5 (15) | 11,414 | 10.0 (23) |
| Essex | 190 | 11.6 (61) | 6.8 (14) | 842 | 7.0 (60) | 1.1 (4) | 15.0 (31) | 409 | 18.6 (38) | 13.9 (19) | 631 | 4.4 (3) |
| Franklin | 329 | 6.1 (10) | 5.8 (3) | 1,358 | 5.0 (30) | 1.8 (18) | 13.0 (15) | 620 | 19.8 (54) | 13.5 (15) | 1,215 | 12.9 (40) |
| Fulton | 269 | 7.1 (16) | 11.2 (53) | 1,127 | 6.4 (56) | 3.4 (43) | 17.9 (57) | 511 | 19.6 (50) | 16.0 (47) | 845 | 6.0 (6) |
| Genesee | 513 | 7.6 (23) | 11.3 (55) | 2,063 | 5.7 (46) | 3.0 (38) | 15.5 (34) | 945 | 18.6 (38) | 14.4 (26) | 1,358 | 15.8 (51) |
| Greene | 198 | 9.6 (51) | 6.6 (10) | 815 | 4.5 (18) | 2.8 (34) | 12.9 (14) | 365 | 18.4 (31) | 14.5 (28) | 606 | 16.2 (53) |
| Hamilton | 22 | * | * | 75 | * | * | * | 35 | * | * | 57 | * |
| Herkimer | 384 | 9.4 (49) | 9.9 (45) | 1,495 | 5.4 (39) | 1.7 (16) | 12.8 (11) | 705 | 18.7 (40) | 13.2 (12) | 1,176 | 14.8 (49) |
| Jefferson | 1,156 | 8.6 (31) | 8.2 (33) | 4,558 | 4.8 (26) | 3.4 (43) | 10.7 (2) | 1,972 | 19.3 (46) | 10.4 (1) | 3,994 | 12.5 (37) |
| Kings | 27,429 | 9.0 (42) | 5.8 (3) | 106,545 | 4.5 (18) | 5.0 (58) | 12.3 (10) | 48,596 | 16.4 (9) | 12.6 (8) | 81,604 | 12.6 (38) |
| Lewis | 234 | 4.7 (3) | 11.1 (52) | 993 | 4.1 (13) | 1.9 (20) | 11.4 (5) | 457 | 16.0 (6) | 12.0 (6) | 900 | 10.3 (25) |
| Livingston | 256 | 7.0 (14) | 12.1 (59) | 1,063 | 5.9 (50) | 0.9 (1) | 16.6 (45) | 484 | 15.9 (4) | 16.1 (48) | 802 | 10.3 (25) |
| Madison | 437 | 5.3 (7) | 10.1 (48) | 1,794 | 5.9 (50) | 1.0 (3) | 16.7 (48) | 850 | 18.7 (40) | 17.1 (53) | 1,431 | 14.0 (46) |
| Monroe | 3,679 | 10.6 (57) | 6.3 (8) | 14,251 | 4.2 (16) | 4.8 (56) | 13.5 (19) | 6,403 | 15.9 (4) | 13.2 (12) | 10,340 | 13.4 (44) |
| Montgomery | 361 | 6.9 (13) | 8.0 (30) | 1,538 | 5.9 (50) | 3.7 (48) | 17.4 (54) | 705 | 16.9 (14) | 14.8 (30) | 1,141 | 6.0 (6) |
| Nassau | 3,838 | 9.0 (42) | 6.6 (10) | 12,540 | 4.6 (22) | 5.3 (59) | 18.3 (60) | 4,701 | 17.3 (18) | 22.2 (62) | 8,677 | 13.0 (41) |
| New York | 12,842 | 8.6 (31) | 5.8 (3) | 48,546 | 3.0 (2) | 3.3 (41) | 13.2 (17) | 22,049 | 18.5 (34) | 12.7 (9) | 36,055 | 11.6 (33) |
| Niagara | 1,227 | 9.3 (46) | 7.4 (23) | 4,639 | 3.8 (9) | 4.5 (52) | 12.0 (7) | 2,079 | 19.0 (44) | 13.5 (15) | 2,316 | 7.9 (13) |
| Oneida | 1,433 | 7.9 (26) | 7.3 (20) | 5,738 | 5.1 (34) | 3.4 (43) | 12.8 (11) | 2,486 | 18.3 (28) | 15.4 (37) | 4,325 | 17.7 (55) |
| Onondaga | 2,741 | 8.7 (36) | 8.0 (30) | 10,744 | 5.2 (37) | 2.5 (29) | 14.8 (29) | 4,870 | 17.2 (17) | 13.8 (18) | 9,830 | 11.6 (33) |
| Ontario | 468 | 6.0 (8) | 10.5 (50) | 1,858 | 5.1 (34) | 1.2 (8) | 16.6 (45) | 891 | 22.4 (61) | 14.5 (28) | 1,369 | 19.6 (57) |
| Orange | 2,237 | 7.0 (14) | 7.5 (24) | 9,345 | 6.0 (54) | 4.1 (49) | 10.9 (3) | 4,294 | 16.6 (10) | 11.3 (4) | 7,004 | 14.3 (47) |
| Orleans | 245 | 10.6 (57) | 4.9 (1) | 974 | 3.9 (10) | 3.4 (43) | 16.3 (43) | 448 | 19.9 (55) | 20.3 (59) | 670 | 16.3 (54) |
| Oswego | 866 | 5.2 (5) | 10.0 (46) | 3,639 | 5.0 (30) | 1.5 (13) | 15.9 (40) | 1,703 | 21.8 (60) | 16.6 (51) | 3,410 | 9.2 (18) |
| Otsego | 249 | 6.8 (12) | 11.6 (57) | 1,121 | 5.6 (43) | 2.2 (22) | 15.8 (36) | 555 | 18.9 (42) | 15.1 (34) | 967 | 6.4 (9) |
| Putnam | 227 | 7.9 (26) | 7.9 (27) | 985 | 2.4 (1) | 2.9 (35) | 16.9 (51) | 447 | 20.4 (56) | 21.3 (61) | 881 | 9.1 (17) |
| Queens | 16,306 | 8.5 (30) | 5.9 (6) | 59,446 | 3.7 (7) | 5.7 (61) | 13.3 (18) | 25,475 | 17.0 (15) | 15.5 (38) | 43,009 | 9.5 (19) |
| Rensselaer | 883 | 9.1 (44) | 8.7 (38) | 3,409 | 5.8 (48) | 5.3 (59) | 15.8 (36) | 1,527 | 16.0 (6) | 15.1 (34) | 2,843 | 16.1 (52) |
| Richmond | 2,113 | 8.7 (36) | 7.2 (19) | 7,658 | 3.5 (4) | 4.2 (50) | 14.9 (30) | 3,288 | 18.2 (25) | 18.0 (55) | 5,446 | 10.6 (30) |
| Rockland | 2,240 | 7.6 (23) | 8.0 (30) | 10,168 | 6.3 (55) | 4.6 (54) | 10.1 (1) | 4,861 | 16.7 (11) | 10.9 (3) | 7,853 | 11.6 (33) |
| Saratoga | 550 | 9.3 (46) | 9.5 (43) | 2,165 | 4.1 (13) | 3.6 (47) | 12.2 (9) | 936 | 18.3 (28) | 15.7 (44) | 1,586 | 13.5 (45) |
| Schenectad | 871 | 11.4 (60) | 7.3 (20) | 3,460 | 5.5 (41) | 4.2 (50) | 15.8 (36) | 1,582 | 16.1 (8) | 15.0 (32) | 2,542 | 21.5 (60) |
| Schoharie | 171 | 4.1 (2) | 12.3 (60) | 720 | 6.9 (59) | 1.1 (4) | 18.8 (62) | 334 | 19.5 (48) | 17.1 (53) | 549 | 3.8 (2) |
| Schuyler | 93 | * | * | 440 | 3.2 (3) | 1.1 (4) | 15.9 (40) | 216 | 14.8 (2) | 19.0 (57) | 343 | 1.5 (1) |
| Seneca | 119 | 8.4 (29) | 10.1 (48) | 484 | 5.6 (43) | 1.2 (8) | 18.0 (58) | 229 | 24.0 (62) | 15.7 (44) | 356 | 19.7 (58) |
| St. Lawren | 373 | 7.2 (18) | 7.8 (26) | 1,563 | 4.7 (24) | 2.2 (22) | 13.9 (23) | 729 | 17.1 (16) | 15.5 (38) | 1,453 | 10.3 (25) |
| Steuben | 606 | 7.6 (23) | 7.1 (18) | 2,386 | 5.7 (46) | 1.7 (16) | 15.4 (33) | 1,103 | 18.2 (25) | 15.5 (38) | 1,747 | 9.8 (20) |
| Suffolk | 6,319 | 8.6 (31) | 6.6 (10) | 19,990 | 4.8 (26) | 4.5 (52) | 18.7 (61) | 7,283 | 19.7 (53) | 20.4 (60) | 13,368 | 9.9 (22) |
| Sullivan | 514 | 9.3 (46) | 8.4 (35) | 2,081 | 5.9 (50) | 2.0 (21) | 15.8 (36) | 937 | 17.8 (21) | 15.6 (41) | 1,892 | 10.7 (31) |
| Tioga | 289 | 8.0 (28) | 9.0 (40) | 1,377 | 3.7 (7) | 2.7 (32) | 13.5 (19) | 677 | 18.9 (42) | 13.0 (11) | 1,135 | 13.0 (41) |
| Tompkins | 386 | 6.0 (8) | 9.8 (44) | 1,496 | 4.5 (18) | 2.6 (31) | 12.0 (7) | 664 | 17.3 (18) | 12.3 (7) | 1,259 | 7.9 (13) |
| Ulster | 623 | 8.7 (36) | 7.9 (27) | 2,052 | 3.5 (4) | 4.8 (56) | 13.5 (19) | 778 | 16.8 (12) | 16.7 (52) | 1,418 | 10.3 (25) |
| Warren | 380 | 7.1 (16) | 8.7 (38) | 1,569 | 5.1 (34) | 2.9 (35) | 10.9 (3) | 709 | 19.6 (50) | 11.3 (4) | 1,460 | 4.5 (4) |
| Washington | 399 | 10.5 (55) | 7.3 (20) | 1,732 | 4.7 (24) | 1.3 (11) | 17.4 (54) | 836 | 18.4 (31) | 18.5 (56) | 1,343 | 10.1 (24) |
| Wayne | 464 | 8.8 (40) | 11.2 (53) | 1,954 | 6.7 (58) | 1.5 (13) | 16.7 (48) | 956 | 21.0 (58) | 15.2 (36) | 1,445 | 21.9 (61) |
| Westcheste | 4,693 | 8.6 (31) | 6.6 (10) | 20,132 | 3.9 (10) | 2.9 (35) | 16.7 (48) | 9,723 | 19.6 (50) | 16.4 (49) | 15,557 | 9.8 (20) |
| Wyoming | 157 | 5.1 (4) | 11.5 (56) | 594 | 6.4 (56) | 2.4 (28) | 17.5 (56) | 277 | 13.7 (1) | 15.9 (46) | 421 | 10.7 (31) |
| Yates | 114 | 3.5 (1) | 14.0 (61) | 379 | 4.0 (12) | 1.3 (11) | 16.6 (45) | 175 | 20.6 (57) | 14.3 (24) | 258 | 21.3 (59) |
| Unknown Counties | 647 | 8.8 (40) | 7.7 (25) | 2,537 | 5.8 (48) | 2.2 (22) | 12.8 (11) | 1,175 | 17.4 (20) | 10.6 (2) | 1,864 | 10.5 (29) |
| New York | 131,102 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 501,424 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 14.0 | 224,130 | 17.4 | 14.4 | 375,281 | 11.8 |
| Nation (Prior Year) | 1,909,620 | 9.0 | 6.4 | 7,107,000 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 14.1 | 2,943,996 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 4,916,523 | 14.9 |
Footnotes
- 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: Rank compares this county's rate to other counties. Rank 1 = best rate.
- 5: Infants born during the reporting period included in the analysis.
- 6: 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.
- 7: 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 - ≤ 95th percentile category identifies overweight children and ≥ 95th percentile category identifies obese children.
- 8: 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 and ranks are not calculated if < 100 records are available for analysis after exclusions.
