Table 8C: 2009 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance (1) New York Growth and Anemia Indicators by Race/Ethnicity or Age Children Aged < 5 Years (2)
Year | Birthweight(4) | Height and Weight | Anemia Low Hb/Hct(7) | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Low % <2500 g |
High % >4000 g |
Number | Short Stature (5) % <5th |
Under-Weight (6) % <5th |
Obese (6) % ≥95th |
≥ 2 Yrs Overweight (6) | Number | % | |||
Number | % 85th–<95th | % ≥95th | ||||||||||
Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
White, Not Hispanic | 35,143 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 141,626 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 12.3 | 64,554 | 17.4 | 12.2 | 108,173 | 10.3 |
Black, Not Hispanic | 33,168 | 12.4 | 4.9 | 115,703 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 12.9 | 48,727 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 83,243 | 16.8 |
Hispanic | 47,591 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 190,186 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 16.9 | 87,122 | 19.3 | 17.9 | 144,235 | 10.8 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1,696 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 5,051 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 13.2 | 1,900 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 3,325 | 11.2 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 10,953 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 39,409 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 17,747 | 14.5 | 10.6 | 28,941 | 8.0 |
Multiple Races | 2,520 | 9.4 | 7.7 | 9,391 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 14.1 | 4,073 | 16.1 | 12.5 | 7,352 | 13.3 |
All Other | 31 | * | * | 58 | * | * | * | 7 | * | * | 12 | * |
Total | 131,102 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 501,424 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 14.0 | 224,130 | 17.4 | 14.4 | 375,281 | 11.8 |
Age | ||||||||||||
0 - 11 Months | - | - | - | 152,271 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 12.0 | - | * | * | 41,063 | 14.9 |
12 - 23 Months | - | - | - | 125,023 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 15.7 | - | * | * | 143,395 | 13.1 |
24 - 35 Months | - | - | - | 85,631 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 11.8 | 85,631 | 16.4 | 11.8 | 83,381 | 11.9 |
36 - 47 Months | - | - | - | 72,259 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 15.1 | 72,259 | 18.2 | 15.1 | 65,452 | 9.5 |
48 - 59 Months | - | - | - | 66,240 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 66,240 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 41,990 | 8.0 |
Total | - | - | - | 501,424 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 14.0 | 224,130 | 17.4 | 14.4 | 375,281 | 11.8 |
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: 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.