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WIC Birth Weight
Data on Low Birth Weight, Very Low Birth Weight, Full Term Low Birth Weight, and High Birth Weight among WIC participants
WIC will maintain at least three years of data on our website. Local agency WIC staff can find previous years in the appropriate ANNUAL REPORTS folder in Infoview.
On this page:
Birth Weight Trends
Birth Weight by Race and Ethnicity - Annual
Birth Weight by Race and Ethnicity – Three Year Totals
Birth Weight by Location
Birth Weight by City of Residence
Birth Weight by Race and Ethnicity Alone - Annual
Birth Weight by Race and Ethnicity Alone – Three Year Totals
Data Tables
Tips for Navigating Interactive Data Dashboards (PDF)
Birth Weight Trends
Birth Weight by Race and Ethnicity - Annual
Birth Weight by Race and Ethnicity – Three Year Totals
Birth Weight by Location
Birth Weight by City of Residence
Birth Weight by Race and Ethnicity Alone - Annual
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Birth Weight by Race and Ethnicity Alone – Three Year Totals
Suggested citation: Minnesota WIC Information System. Birth Weight in Minnesota WIC. Minnesota WIC Program: 2024.
Data includes infants with birth weights between 400 and 8000 grams and gestational age from 22 to 45 weeks.
Low birth weight (lbw) is weight at birth < 2500 grams.
Very low birth weight (vlbw) is weight at birth < 1500 grams.
Full term low birth weight (ftlbw) is weight at birth < 2500 grams among infants born at ≥ 37 weeks of gestational age.
High birth weight (hbw) is weight at birth > 4000 grams.
Methodology: Location and Race and Ethnicity (PDF)
Location is where infants first enrolled in WIC. Counts and percentages are based on number of infants on whom birth information was collected.
* Totals and numbers breastfeeding < 5 are suppressed. Percentages are not calculated for agencies with < 30 participants.
NH = Non-Hispanic
Data current as of June 2024.
Suggested references:
- Institute of Medicine. 1985. Preventing Low Birthweight: Summary and Consensus Study Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/512. http://nap.edu/512 accessed November 27, 2023.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Vibrant and healthy kids: Aligning science, practice, and policy to advance health equity. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25466. accessed November 27, 2023.
Data Tables
Low Birth Weight
Downloadable file of WIC Low Birth Weight data by County (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC Low Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC Low Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity by City (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC Low Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity Alone (csv)
Very Low Birth Weight
Downloadable file of WIC Very Low Birth Weight data by County (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC Very Low Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC Very Low Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity by City (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC Very Low Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity Alone (csv)
Full Term Low Birth Weight
Downloadable file of WIC Full Term Low Birth Weight data by County (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC Full Term Low Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC Full Term Low Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity by City (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC Full Term Low Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity Alone (csv)
High Birth Weight
Downloadable file of WIC High Birth Weight data by County (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC High Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC High Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity by City (csv)
Downloadable file of WIC High Birth Weight data by Race and Ethnicity Alone (csv)
For more information, please e-mail health.WIC@state.mn.us.