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Table 4: Distribution of Race of Women Participants by Anemia Level
American
Indian or Alaska
Native Only
Black or African
American Only
Asian Only
Native Hawaiian
or
Pacific Islander
Anemia Level
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Total Women
203,005
–
78,365
–
432,494
–
17,031
–
Below FNS-issued nutritional risk criteria
39,066
19.2
19,720
25.2
170,848
39.5
4,469
26.2
Not reported*
22,834
11.2
6,256
8.0
24,043
5.6
1,155
6.8
Pregnant Women
83,909
–
29,203
–
161,859
–
6,217
–
4,664
5.6
2,447
8.4
33,072
20.4
664
10.7
13,349
15.9
2,940
10.1
8,663
5.4
483
7.8
72,623
–
31,751
–
124,781
–
6,384
–
20,520
28.3
10,771
33.9
58,694
47.0
2,148
33.6
5,610
7.7
2,207
7.0
7,076
5.7
411
6.4
46,473
–
17,411
–
145,854
–
4,430
–
13,882
29.9
6,502
37.3
79,082
54.2
1,657
37.4
3,875
8.3
1,109
6.4
8,304
5.7
261
5.9
Below FNS-issued nutritional risk criteria
Not reported*
Breastfeeding Women
Below FNS-issued nutritional risk criteria
Not reported*
Postpartum Women
Below FNS-issued nutritional risk criteria
Not reported*
Table continued...
Two or
More Races
White Only
Race Not
Reported
Total Women
Anemia Level
Number
%
Number
%
Number
Total Women
1,259,211
–
64,660
–
3,663
278,898
22.1
14,845
23.0
458
12.5
528,304
25.7
Not reported*
66,286
5.3
5,877
9.1
1,829
49.9
128,280
6.2
Pregnant Women
492,947
–
25,186
–
1,344
–
800,665
–
Below FNS-issued nutritional risk criteria
35,678
7.2
2,163
8.6
83
6.2
78,771
9.8
Not reported*
27,959
5.7
2,759
11.0
525
39.1
56,678
7.1
426,158
–
22,184
–
1,166
–
685,047
–
127,623
29.9
6,628
29.9
211
18.1
226,595
33.1
21,055
4.9
1,814
8.2
550
47.2
38,723
5.7
340,106
–
17,290
–
1,153
–
572,717
–
115,597
34.0
6,054
35.0
164
14.2
222,938
38.9
17,272
5.1
1,304
7.5
754
65.4
32,879
5.7
Below FNS-issued nutritional risk criteria
Breastfeeding Women
Below FNS-issued nutritional risk criteria
Not reported*
Postpartum Women
Below FNS-issued nutritional risk criteria
Not reported*
%
Number
%
– 2,058,429
–
NOTES: For the percentage of women with hematologic test results that fell below FNS nutritional risk criteria, the calculation denominators included women for
whom no data were reported, so the percentages reported here represent lower bounds. Values reported here are additive; hemoglobin and hematocrit are mutually
exclusive categories. FNS-issued nutritional risk criteria for hemoglobin and hematocrit values are based on CDC recommendations (CDC, 1998). Participants with
blood measures below the cutoff values are considered to be at risk.
* “Not reported” indicates the number and percentage of participants by participant category for whom data were not reported on blood measures. For pregnant
women, the category also includes participants missing data on expected date of delivery or weeks gestation. For breastfeeding and postpartum women, the category
includes participants missing data on age.
SOURCE: https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/ops/WICPC2016.pdf
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