Table 6B: 2007-2009 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance(1) New York Comparison of Growth and Anemia Indicators by County Children Aged < 5 Years(2)

Comparison of Growth and Anemia Indicators (3,4)
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)
Number ≥ 2 Yrs Over-weight (7)
% 85th–<95th (Rank)
% ≥95th (Rank) Number % (Rank)
Albany 3,969 11.0 (61) 7.1 (14) 14,951 4.8 (26) 3.6 (43) 15.5 (41) 6,640 17.2 (16) 14.1 (25) 10,803 22.4 (63)
Allegany 846 8.0 (26) 6.1 (5) 3,665 5.4 (44) 1.2 (6) 14.6 (29) 1,816 18.9 (47) 12.4 (7) 2,685 15.0 (45)
Bronx 50,704 10.5 (59) 6.0 (4) 189,652 3.5 (3) 4.9 (52) 14.6 (29) 84,839 16.9 (15) 15.1 (40) 139,793 13.0 (40)
Broome 3,546 8.0 (26) 8.7 (38) 13,992 5.1 (34) 1.9 (16) 15.6 (43) 6,444 19.0 (49) 14.3 (29) 10,298 7.8 (12)
Cattaraugu 1,539 7.6 (20) 6.7 (12) 6,342 6.4 (61) 1.2 (6) 17.3 (58) 2,890 19.8 (54) 16.8 (52) 4,721 7.1 (9)
Cayuga 1,321 6.5 (6) 9.3 (45) 5,213 4.6 (21) 3.2 (36) 13.5 (21) 2,354 18.6 (44) 12.5 (8) 3,543 12.9 (38)
Chautauqua 2,447 9.7 (55) 7.2 (18) 9,807 5.4 (44) 1.9 (16) 14.8 (34) 4,452 18.7 (46) 13.5 (16) 7,357 9.7 (21)
Chemung 2,000 9.4 (53) 6.4 (8) 8,511 6.1 (59) 1.4 (8) 14.1 (27) 4,065 17.9 (28) 13.8 (20) 6,538 4.6 (4)
Chenango 1,760 7.6 (20) 8.9 (40) 7,538 4.7 (24) 2.0 (20) 14.2 (28) 3,553 17.8 (27) 14.2 (27) 6,040 10.3 (24)
Clinton 1,376 8.5 (34) 8.3 (32) 5,345 5.7 (52) 2.7 (31) 12.7 (12) 2,467 16.4 (9) 14.5 (32) 3,956 5.7 (5)
Columbia 916 8.6 (37) 7.6 (25) 3,713 4.4 (16) 2.6 (28) 16.8 (55) 1,728 18.3 (40) 17.9 (58) 2,800 12.9 (38)
Cortland 1,019 7.1 (12) 10.3 (52) 4,076 5.0 (30) 1.4 (8) 12.0 (9) 1,916 20.1 (57) 11.7 (4) 2,996 7.5 (10)
Delaware 751 9.2 (52) 9.9 (47) 3,366 4.6 (21) 2.4 (26) 16.1 (47) 1,614 19.3 (52) 16.4 (50) 2,598 16.1 (52)
Dutchess 3,038 9.0 (48) 8.3 (32) 10,595 3.9 (9) 3.8 (46) 13.7 (25) 4,323 18.2 (35) 13.7 (18) 7,401 17.4 (55)
Erie 14,764 9.1 (51) 6.6 (10) 51,984 5.0 (30) 5.6 (60) 13.5 (21) 22,212 15.4 (4) 13.6 (17) 34,737 9.1 (14)
Essex 593 11.1 (62) 6.6 (10) 2,406 5.6 (49) 2.4 (26) 15.5 (41) 1,143 17.5 (24) 15.1 (40) 1,752 5.7 (5)
Franklin 986 5.6 (2) 7.2 (18) 3,976 5.1 (34) 1.9 (16) 12.6 (11) 1,849 19.9 (55) 14.1 (25) 3,525 14.6 (43)
Fulton 893 10.1 (57) 9.5 (46) 3,444 6.8 (63) 3.5 (40) 16.1 (47) 1,552 18.4 (41) 16.3 (49) 2,516 6.2 (7)
Genesee 1,518 7.6 (20) 9.9 (47) 5,891 5.8 (55) 4.1 (48) 15.0 (35) 2,688 17.5 (24) 15.2 (42) 3,851 16.0 (51)
Greene 530 10.0 (56) 7.7 (28) 2,178 4.1 (12) 2.7 (31) 13.5 (21) 971 18.2 (35) 16.0 (47) 1,631 15.0 (45)
Hamilton 60 * * 222 5.0 (30) 5.9 (62) 11.7 (6) 108 13.9 (1) 12.0 (5) 170 17.1 (54)
Herkimer 1,112 7.2 (14) 10.9 (58) 4,518 5.3 (42) 1.9 (16) 12.7 (12) 2,156 18.1 (32) 13.8 (20) 3,436 15.8 (50)
Jefferson 3,569 7.6 (20) 8.5 (35) 13,590 4.8 (26) 3.0 (34) 10.9 (2) 5,897 17.5 (24) 10.5 (1) 11,514 15.3 (49)
Kings 80,765 8.9 (45) 5.9 (2) 304,506 4.4 (16) 5.3 (58) 12.2 (10) 136,355 16.4 (9) 12.8 (10) 230,573 12.5 (35)
Lewis 966 7.1 (12) 8.1 (29) 3,746 3.6 (5) 3.5 (40) 11.9 (8) 1,729 16.8 (13) 12.8 (10) 3,310 10.3 (24)
Livingston 734 6.9 (11) 11.9 (60) 3,064 5.2 (38) 1.8 (15) 14.6 (29) 1,412 16.2 (8) 14.2 (27) 2,292 12.0 (32)
Madison 1,336 6.5 (6) 10.1 (50) 5,434 5.5 (47) 1.1 (2) 16.0 (45) 2,533 18.9 (47) 16.7 (51) 4,131 12.8 (37)
Monroe 10,754 10.1 (57) 6.9 (13) 41,041 4.3 (14) 5.1 (56) 13.4 (20) 18,327 15.7 (5) 13.4 (14) 29,455 12.5 (35)
Montgomery 1,158 8.5 (34) 8.8 (39) 4,571 6.3 (60) 3.8 (46) 17.1 (57) 2,064 16.6 (11) 14.4 (31) 3,340 7.5 (10)
Nassau 11,181 8.7 (41) 6.5 (9) 34,800 4.8 (26) 5.4 (59) 18.0 (61) 12,731 18.0 (30) 22.6 (62) 23,525 13.5 (41)
New York 39,995 8.4 (31) 5.9 (2) 145,138 2.9 (1) 3.5 (40) 13.0 (16) 64,388 18.5 (42) 13.0 (12) 106,015 11.6 (30)
Niagara 3,457 8.6 (37) 7.6 (25) 13,129 3.7 (6) 4.6 (50) 11.8 (7) 5,977 17.9 (28) 13.4 (14) 6,617 8.2 (13)
Oneida 4,232 8.7 (41) 8.6 (36) 16,577 5.0 (30) 3.4 (39) 13.3 (19) 7,287 17.3 (19) 15.0 (37) 12,379 17.6 (56)
Onondaga 8,173 8.6 (37) 8.3 (32) 31,127 5.3 (42) 2.6 (28) 15.0 (35) 13,940 17.3 (19) 14.0 (22) 28,192 14.6 (43)
Ontario 1,382 7.5 (18) 10.9 (58) 5,363 5.2 (38) 1.1 (2) 16.4 (49) 2,544 20.4 (59) 14.7 (34) 3,892 19.5 (60)
Orange 6,540 6.7 (10) 7.5 (23) 25,532 5.6 (49) 5.0 (55) 11.0 (3) 11,403 17.2 (16) 12.7 (9) 18,831 15.0 (45)
Orleans 672 9.5 (54) 7.4 (21) 2,700 4.4 (16) 3.6 (43) 16.4 (49) 1,244 20.4 (59) 18.5 (60) 1,833 19.4 (59)
Oswego 2,512 6.0 (4) 10.2 (51) 10,813 5.2 (38) 1.5 (11) 15.4 (39) 5,092 21.1 (62) 15.5 (45) 9,172 9.1 (14)
Otsego 828 6.5 (6) 10.5 (54) 3,326 5.5 (47) 2.9 (33) 15.0 (35) 1,562 18.1 (32) 15.4 (44) 2,766 7.0 (8)
Putnam 699 7.9 (24) 6.3 (7) 2,734 3.2 (2) 3.3 (38) 17.4 (60) 1,228 19.1 (50) 22.7 (63) 2,350 11.5 (29)
Queens 49,299 8.5 (34) 5.8 (1) 168,685 3.5 (3) 5.9 (62) 13.0 (16) 68,865 17.3 (19) 15.6 (46) 118,941 9.3 (18)
Rensselaer 2,616 8.6 (37) 9.1 (43) 9,988 4.5 (19) 5.1 (56) 15.0 (35) 4,459 16.1 (7) 15.0 (37) 8,040 14.5 (42)
Richmond 6,113 8.7 (41) 7.1 (14) 22,134 3.7 (6) 4.9 (52) 14.7 (32) 9,586 18.2 (35) 17.6 (55) 15,786 9.7 (21)
Rockland 6,227 6.6 (9) 8.1 (29) 26,975 5.6 (49) 4.8 (51) 9.9 (1) 12,489 16.8 (13) 10.8 (3) 20,512 12.4 (34)
Saratoga 1,680 9.0 (48) 9.0 (42) 6,125 4.3 (14) 4.2 (49) 12.9 (15) 2,623 18.5 (42) 15.0 (37) 4,354 17.7 (57)
Schenectad 2,658 10.7 (60) 7.5 (23) 10,120 5.1 (34) 3.7 (45) 15.8 (44) 4,590 16.6 (11) 15.3 (43) 7,366 20.8 (62)
Schoharie 522 8.2 (28) 12.5 (61) 2,086 6.0 (57) 1.5 (11) 17.3 (58) 975 18.2 (35) 13.7 (18) 1,563 4.1 (3)
Schuyler 292 8.9 (45) 8.9 (40) 1,240 4.9 (29) 0.9 (1) 15.4 (39) 598 14.7 (2) 17.7 (56) 941 2.7 (1)
Seneca 351 7.4 (17) 10.5 (54) 1,404 5.1 (34) 1.1 (2) 18.5 (63) 668 22.6 (63) 17.7 (56) 1,020 16.7 (53)
St. Lawren 1,163 8.2 (28) 7.1 (14) 4,601 5.4 (44) 2.3 (24) 13.5 (21) 2,118 17.2 (16) 14.0 (22) 4,153 11.8 (31)
Steuben 1,786 7.3 (15) 7.4 (21) 7,055 6.4 (61) 1.6 (14) 14.7 (32) 3,223 18.6 (44) 14.9 (36) 5,167 9.1 (14)
Suffolk 18,503 8.4 (31) 7.1 (14) 53,846 4.6 (21) 4.9 (52) 18.0 (61) 18,085 19.4 (53) 21.5 (61) 34,409 10.2 (23)
Sullivan 1,579 8.9 (45) 8.2 (31) 6,139 6.0 (57) 2.2 (23) 16.4 (49) 2,711 18.0 (30) 16.2 (48) 5,517 11.0 (28)
Tioga 905 7.5 (18) 10.3 (52) 4,097 4.2 (13) 2.1 (21) 13.7 (25) 1,960 18.1 (32) 14.5 (32) 3,344 15.1 (48)
Tompkins 1,101 6.3 (5) 9.9 (47) 4,401 4.5 (19) 2.6 (28) 11.6 (5) 2,013 16.0 (6) 13.2 (13) 3,576 9.2 (17)
Ulster 1,864 8.2 (28) 7.2 (18) 5,766 3.8 (8) 5.6 (60) 13.2 (18) 2,126 17.4 (22) 18.2 (59) 3,812 12.3 (33)
Warren 1,073 7.9 (24) 10.8 (56) 4,467 5.2 (38) 3.2 (36) 11.4 (4) 2,058 18.2 (35) 12.1 (6) 4,037 3.9 (2)
Washington 1,155 8.4 (31) 9.1 (43) 4,984 4.7 (24) 1.5 (11) 17.0 (56) 2,399 20.5 (61) 17.2 (54) 3,829 9.3 (18)
Wayne 1,336 7.3 (15) 10.8 (56) 5,536 5.9 (56) 1.4 (8) 16.6 (54) 2,708 20.0 (56) 14.0 (22) 4,082 20.3 (61)
Westcheste 14,244 8.7 (41) 6.2 (6) 58,552 3.9 (9) 3.0 (34) 16.5 (52) 27,614 19.2 (51) 16.8 (52) 44,406 10.3 (24)
Wyoming 428 4.4 (1) 8.6 (36) 1,727 5.7 (52) 2.1 (21) 16.0 (45) 816 15.0 (3) 14.3 (29) 1,257 9.4 (20)
Yates 289 5.9 (3) 12.5 (61) 1,085 4.0 (11) 1.1 (2) 16.5 (52) 523 20.1 (57) 14.7 (34) 786 18.4 (58)
Unknown Counties 654 9.0 (48) 7.6 (25) 2,560 5.7 (52) 2.3 (24) 12.8 (14) 1,184 17.4 (22) 10.5 (1) 1,877 10.7 (27)
New York 390,479 8.8 6.7 1,442,149 4.2 4.5 13.8 631,884 17.4 14.5 1,062,109 12.0

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.