| State- and Territory-Specific Changes in the Prevalence of High Weight-for-Length (WFL) Among Infants in the WIC-PC
Survey From 2000 Through 2004 and From 2010 Through 2014 [supplemental information, Pediatrics 2016 Dec 13. pii: e20162034 ] |
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| State | N (2000) | High WFL (%), 2000 | High WFL (%), 2004 | (95% CI) | N (2010) | High WFL (%), 2010 | High WFL (%), 2014 | (95% CI) | |
| Alabama | 31,267 | 12.5 | 13.2% | 0.7 (0.2, 1.3) | 43,957 | 12.9 | 13.0% | 0.2 (-0.2, 0.7) | |
| Alaska | 5,982 | 16.0 | 18.7% | 1.9 (0.5, 3.4) | 6,100 | 16.5 | 14.4% | 0.9 (-0.6, 2.6) | |
| Arizona | 41,103 | 12.7 | 14.1% | 1.3 (0.8, 1.8) | 41,678 | 15.3 | 12.0% | -2.8 (-3.2, -2.3) | |
| Arkansas | 13,575 | 10.1 | 11.1% | 0.9 (0.2, 1.7) | 20,972 | 13.1 | 10.7% | -2.0 (-2.6, -1.4) | |
| California | 362,429 | 14.8 | 16.0% | 1.0 (0.8, 1.2) | 403,041 | 17.3 | 13.3% | -3.6 (-3.7, -3.4) | |
| Colorado | 15,053 | 6.7 | 7.4% | 0.4 (-0.2, 1.0) | 25,245 | 8.1 | 6.1% | -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) | |
| Connecticut | 15,966 | 11.1 | 10.4% | -0.7 (-1.4, -0.0) | 13,164 | 12.3 | 9.5% | -1.7 (-2.5, -0.9) | |
| Delaware | 3,587 | 14.6 | 12.1% | -3.0 (-4.2, -1.6) | 5,201 | 14.0 | 13.4% | 0.1 (-1.2, 1.4) | |
| District of Columbia | 3,598 | 10.2 | 11.8% | 1.2 (-0.2, 2.8) | 3,579 | 12.8 | 10.9% | -1.7 (-3.1, -0.1) | |
| Florida | 64,654 | 13.5 | 14.0% | 0.2 (-0.1, 0.6) | 115,168 | 14.2 | 11.7% | -2.1 (-2.4, -1.9) | |
| Georgia | 52,114 | 11.3 | 12.6% | 1.0 (0.6, 1.4) | 106,764 | 11.5 | 9.8% | -1.7 (-2.0, -1.5) | |
| Hawaii | 11,237 | 12.1% | NAb | NA | 13,437 | 11.2 | 10.0% | -1.3 (-2.0, -0.6) | |
| Idaho | 11,020 | 8.2 | 9.1% | 0.2 (-0.5, 1.0) | 11,818 | 10.2 | 8.4% | -1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) | |
| Illinois | 81,315 | 13.5 | 17.6% | 3.8 (3.5, 4.2) | 100,445 | 12.5 | 11.5% | -0.7 (-0.9, -0.3) | |
| Indiana | 28,678 | 11.0 | 12.4% | 1.6 (1.1, 2.2) | 37,011 | 13.6 | 11.5% | -1.9 (-2.4, -1.4) | |
| Iowa | 17,017 | 13.0 | 14.2% | 0.8 (0.0, 1.6) | 25,237 | 13.4 | 13.5% | 0.4 (-0.2, 1.0) | |
| Kansas | 12,936 | 12.0 | 16.6% | 4.6 (3.7, 5.6) | 25,911 | 12.6 | 10.7% | -1.8 (-2.4, -1.3) | |
| Kentucky | 23,691 | 17.8 | 19.0% | 1.2 (0.5, 1.9) | 27,129 | 19.6 | 12.2% | -7.4 (-7.9, -6.9) | |
| Louisiana | 21,918 | 13.3 | 15.6% | 2.7 (2.0, 3.4) | 33,380 | 16.8 | 15.3% | -1.6 (-2.1, -1.0) | |
| Maine | 4,557 | 14.2 | 14.5% | 0.2 (-1.1, 1.7) | 9,976 | 12.7 | 10.2% | -2.3 (-3.1, -1.4) | |
| Maryland | 18,556 | 14.5 | 14.4% | -0.5 (-1.2, 0.1) | 31,121 | 14.7 | 13.6% | -0.5 (-1.0, 0.1) | |
| Massachusetts | 25,423 | 15.4 | 16.2% | 0.8 (0.1, 1.4) | 28,266 | 16.7 | 14.3% | -2.4 (-3.0, -1.9) | |
| Michigan | 74,870 | 10.6 | 12.0% | 1.3 (1.0, 1.7) | 51,570 | 12.9 | 11.6% | -1.0 (-1.4, -0.7) | |
| Minnesota | 17,774 | 13.3 | 13.9% | 0.3 (-0.3, 1.0) | 30,457 | 12.3 | 10.8% | -1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) | |
| Mississippi | 17,566 | 16.2 | 17.3% | 0.8 (0.0, 1.6) | 24,126 | 17.7 | 15.5% | -2.4 (-3.0, -1.7) | |
| Missouri | 41,369 | 11.6 | 15.2% | 2.0 (1.5, 2.6) | 46,897 | 12.4 | 9.6% | -2.5 (-2.9, -2.1) | |
| Montana | 4,375 | 12.1 | 13.3% | 0.8 (-0.5, 2.3) | 7,748 | 10.2 | 9.3% | -0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) | |
| Nebraska | 10,437 | 14.4 | 14.9% | -0.0 (-0.9, 0.9) | 13,439 | 14.1 | 14.9% | 0.6 (-0.3, 1.5) | |
| Nevada | 15,567 | 11.0 | 13.1% | 1.7 (1.0, 2.5) | 23,255 | 12.4 | 12.2% | 0.1 (-0.5, 0.7) | |
| New Hampshire | 4,664 | 13.1 | 14.0% | 1.0 (-0.4, 2.5) | 6,411 | 13.0 | 11.4% | -1.5 (-2.6, -0.4) | |
| New Jersey | 39,922 | 15.1 | 17.2% | 1.7 (1.2, 2.3) | 53,110 | 15.1 | 13.9% | -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) | |
| New Mexico | 17,331 | 9.3 | 10.0% | 0.6 (-0.0, 1.3) | 13,097 | 13.1 | 9.7% | -2.6 (-3.3, -1.8) | |
| New York | 113,640 | 12.9 | 12.5% | 0.2 (-0.1, 0.5) | 107,374 | 14.1 | 11.0% | -2.2 (-2.4, -1.9) | |
| North Caroliina | 38,011 | 11.7 | 12.8% | 0.8 (0.4, 1.3) | 58,763 | 11.8 | 11.6% | 0.4 (0.1, 0.8) | |
| North Dakota | 4,025 | 12.1 | 12.3% | 0.0 (-1.3, 1.5) | 5,065 | 12.3 | 11.1% | -1.0 (-2.2, 0.3) | |
| Ohio | 82,471 | 11.4 | 11.9% | 0.4 (0.1, 0.7) | 104,540 | 12.2 | 12.3% | 0.2 (-0.1, 0.5) | |
| Oklahoma | 19,765 | 12.9 | 13.3% | 0.1 (-0.6, 0.8) | 21,964 | 12.8 | 9.7% | -2.3 (-2.9, -1.8) | |
| Oregon | 26,180 | 13.5 | 11.4% | -2.4 (-2.9, -1.9) | 36,551 | 10.6 | 10.7% | 0.2 (-0.2, 0.7) | |
| Pennsylvania | 51,506 | 13.4 | 12.5% | -0.4 (-0.8, -0.0) | 57,842 | 13.6 | 11.8% | -1.6 (-1.9, -1.2) | |
| Rhode Island | 5,992 | 14.2 | 14.9% | 0.6 (-0.6, 1.9) | 5,764 | 15.9 | 14.2% | -1.8 (-3.0, -0.4) | |
| South Carolina | 22,248 | 12.2 | 16.4% | 3.5 (2.8, 4.3) | 27,838 | 13.7 | 12.1% | -1.5 (-2.1, -1.0) | |
| South Dakota | 5,666 | 11.3 | 15.7% | 3.5 (2.1, 5.0) | 4,973 | 16.2 | 15.3% | -0.5 (-1.9, 1.1) | |
| Tennessee | 32,139 | 13.4 | 13.5% | -0.1 (-0.6, 0.4) | 36,840 | 15.0 | 11.9% | -2.0 (-2.5, -1.6) | |
| Texas | 139,778 | 16.4 | 17.4% | 0.9 (0.6, 1.1) | 221,750 | 16.2 | 14.6% | -1.3 (-1.5, -1.1) | |
| Utah | 18,279 | 9.7 | 11.2% | 1.4 (0.8, 2.1) | 24,944 | 11.3 | 6.9% | -4.4 (-4.8, -3.9) | |
| Vermont | 4,848 | 9.2 | 10.1% | 0.8 (-0.3, 2.1) | 5,183 | 9.0 | 9.6% | 0.6 (-0.6, 1.9) | |
| Virginia | 35,149 | 13.6 | 22.1% | 8.2 (7.5, 9.0) | 33,245 | 24.0 | 22.6% | -1.1 (-1.7, -0.5) | |
| Washington | 53,153 | 10.6 | 12.4% | 1.5 (1.1, 1.9) | 64,628 | 12.8 | 11.1% | -1.6 (-2.0, -1.3) | |
| West Virginia | 10,027 | 10.6 | 10.0% | 0.4 (-0.4, 1.2) | 15,477 | 9.4 | 11.9% | 1.9 (1.1, 2.8) | |
| Wisconsin | 21,815 | 12.8 | 15.0% | 1.9 (1.2, 2.6) | 28,409 | 15.5 | 13.5% | -1.9 (-2.5, -1.3) | |
| Wyoming | 3,492 | 7.3 | 5.9% | -1.2 (-2.2, 0.0) | 2,997 | 9.8 | 5.5% | -3.3 (-4.3, -2.0) | |
| Territory | |||||||||
| American Samoa | 1,191 | 16.5 | 19.7% | 3.0 (0.1, 6.6) | 1,322 | 16.1 | 22.4% | 6.1 (2.9, 9.8) | |
| Guam | 1,411 | 13.7 | 13.4% | -0.1 (-2.2, 2.6) | 2,021 | 9.7 | 8.0% | -1.7 (-3.2, 0.1) | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1,022 | 13.1 | 11.6% | -1.4 (-4.0, 2.0) | |
| Puerto Rico | 45,134 | 18.8 | 13.5% | -2.9 (-3.3, -2.4) | 51,259 | 19.1 | 10.5% | -9.0 (-9.3, -8.7) | |
| Virgin Islands | 1,853 | 11.7 | 9.9% | -2.4 (-4.2, -0.1) | 1,231 | 11.1 | 11.8% | 0.7 (-1.8, 3.8) | aThe prevalence at the beginning of the period and the prevalence ratio were used to estimate the adjusted percentage change; this estimate has been adjusted for changes in race, sex, and age. A positive value indicates that the prevalence increased. bNA indicates that data were not available. The 2002 and 2004 data for Hawaii were excluded because the prevalence estimates were inconsistent with other annual estimates from the state. |