2012 s Aitkin-Itasca- Koochiching Grand Rapids Andover/ 140 109 (77.9) 138 54 (39.1) 138 39 (28.3) 134 10 (7.5) 146 114 (78.1) 145 70 (48.3) 144 49 (34.0) 138 17 (12.3) 139 95 (68.3) 139 37 (26.6) 139 24 (17.3) 137 10 (7.3) Blaine 250 190 (76.0) 247 83 (33.6) 247 55 (22.3) 243 18 (7.4) Centerville/ Circle Pines/ Lino Lakes/ Spring Lk Pk Columbia Heights 105 74 (70.5) 104 35 (33.7) 104 21 (20.2) 101 7 (6.9) 165 *137 (83.0) 164 81 (49.4) 163 68 (41.7) 161 31 (19.3) Coon Rapids 334 239 (71.6) 333 130 (39.0) 329 92 (28.0) 322 35 (10.9) Fridley 204 150 (73.5) 203 94 (46.3) 201 66 (32.8) 200 30 (15.0) Bethel / E Bethel/ Ham Lake/ St. Francis 123 85 (69.1) 120 34 (28.3) 120 26 (21.7) 116 7 (6.0) Becker Detroit Lakes 113 86 (76.1) 113 42 (37.2) 112 29 (25.9) 107 13 (12.1) Bloomington Bloomington 403 *338 (83.9) 402 236 (58.7) 397 180 (45.3) 383 78 (20.4) Blue Earth Mankato 249 *215 (86.3) 246 125 (50.8) 240 84 (35.0) 234 40 (17.1) Carlton-Cook- Lake St. Louis Carlton-Cook- Lake St. Louis Carlton-Cook- Lake St. Louis Carver Cloquet 131 *109 (83.2) 131 37 (28.2) 131 28 (21.4) 129 15 (11.6) Duluth 574 445 (77.5) 569 245 (43.1) 567 173 (30.5) 537 59 (11) Hibbing 136 91 (66.9) 135 39 (28.9) 135 29 (21.5) 129 9 (7.0) Carver/ Chaska/ Chanhassen/ 115 93 (80.9) 112 54 (48.2) 111 43 (38.7) 107 15 (14) Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program 1
Clay-Wilkin Moorhead 293 230 (78.5) 290 132 (45.5) 289 94 (32.5) 274 34 (12.4) Crow Wing Brainerd 286 221 (77.3) 285 95 (33.3) 282 69 (24.5) 275 25 (9.1) Dakota Apple Valley 218 *189 (86.7) 218 117 (53.7) 217 87 (40.1) 210 37 (17.6) Dakota Burnsville 460 *400 (87.0) 455 264 (58.0) 449 193 (43.0) 439 73 (16.6) Dakota Eagan 242 *211 (87.2) 239 143 (59.8) 236 88 (37.3) 232 26 (11.2) Dakota Farmington 109 *94 (86.2) 107 53 (49.5) 105 34 (32.4) 99 11 (11.1) Dakota Hastings 100 79 (79.0) 100 31 (31.0) 99 20 (20.2) 99 7 (7.1) Dakota Inver Grove Heights/ Rosemount 255 *214 (83.9) 251 121 (48.2) 250 94 (37.6) 243 42 (17.3) Dakota Lakeville 121 *102 (84.3) 117 47 (40.2) 117 32 (27.4) 117 8 (6.8) Dakota Dakota South St. Paul West St. Paul 132 96 (72.7) 132 46 (34.8) 132 32 (24.2) 128 20 (15.6) 173 *144 (83.2) 172 83 (48.3) 172 60 (34.9) 171 28 (16.4) Edina Edina 57 *48 (84.2) 57 34 (59.6) 57 27 (47.4) 55 10 (18.2) Freeborn Albert Lea 187 140 (74.9) 186 64 (34.4) 186 42 (22.6) 182 13 (7.1) Goodhue Red Wing 110 *91 (82.7) 110 33 (30.0) 109 21 (19.3) 107 7 (6.5) Brooklyn Center Brooklyn Park Champlin/ Maple Grove/ Osseo/ 478 332 (69.5) 470 197 (41.9) 468 145 (31.0) 455 63 (13.8) 897 658 (73.4) 883 413 (46.8) 879 308 (35.0) 861 124 (14.4) 207 158 (76.3) 204 98 (48.0) 204 74 (36.3) 194 26 (13.4) Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program 2
Crystal 131 *109 (83.2) 130 70 (53.8) 126 54 (42.9) 120 16 (13.3) Eden Prairie 158 *142 (89.9) 153 105 (68.6) 150 86 (57.3) 148 30 (20.3) Excelsior/ Maple Plain/ Minnetonka/ Mound Golden Valley/ Robbinsdale 111 *99 (89.2) 109 62 (56.9) 106 48 (45.3) 100 25 (25.0) 132 101 (76.5) 130 59 (45.4) 130 43 (33.1) 126 21 (16.7) Hopkins 169 *147 (87.0) 167 101 (60.5) 164 81 (49.4) 160 35 (21.9) Minneapolis 3371 2,668 (79.1) 3,334 1,964 (58.9) 3,298 1,632 (49.5) 3,192 777 (24.3) New Hope 126 90 (71.4) 124 65 (52.4) 123 50 (40.7) 116 11 (9.5) Plymouth 166 130 (78.3) 163 86 (52.8) 161 61 (37.9) 154 25 (16.2) St. Louis Park 169 134 (79.3) 168 98 (58.3) 164 67 (40.9) 162 28 (17.3) Horizon Alexandria 131 92 (70.2) 130 51 (39.2) 129 29 (22.5) 125 8 (6.4) Isanti-Mille Lacs Co. Kandiyohi- Renville Meeker- McLeod-Sibley Morrison- Todd-Wadena Cambridge 105 *86 (81.9) 105 55 (52.4) 104 41 (39.4) 100 11 (11.0) Willmar 244 197 (80.7) 243 106 (43.6) 240 72 (30.0) 240 27 (11.3) Hutchinson 102 83 (81.4) 102 42 (41.2) 102 27 (26.5) 99 8 (8.1) Little Falls 105 69 (65.7) 105 31 (29.5) 105 21 (20.0) 104 9 (8.7) Mower Austin 295 233 (79.0) 294 121 (41.2) 291 89 (30.6) 279 36 (12.9) Nobles Worthington 223 *183 (82.1) 221 100 (45.2) 219 67 (30.6) 216 23 (10.6) North Country Bemidji 282 204 (72.3) 282 111 (39.4) 281 76 (27.0) 271 32 (11.8) Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program 3
Olmsted Rochester 712 *585 (82.2) 711 340 (47.8) 709 255 (36.0) 694 111 (16.0) Otter Tail Fergus Falls 133 *112 (84.2) 132 49 (37.1) 131 40 (30.5) 128 22 (17.2) Quin Thief River Falls Arden Hills/ Shoreview/ Vadnais Hts. Little Canada/ N St Paul 120 84 (70.0) 120 34 (28.3) 120 28 (23.3) 116 13 (11.2) 96 66 (68.8) 95 35 (36.8) 95 22 (23.2) 92 10 (10.9) 130 82 (63.1) 128 42 (32.8) 128 33 (25.8) 126 16 (12.7) Maplewood 270 185 (68.5) 267 91 (34.1) 267 63 (23.6) 267 29 (10.9) Mounds View New Brighton 111 74 (66.7) 110 37 (33.6) 110 29 (26.4) 110 18 (16.4) 122 *107 (87.7) 122 67 (54.9) 122 55 (45.1) 117 22 (18.8) Roseville 142 *123 (86.6) 141 81 (57.4) 140 67 (47.9) 137 34 (24.8) St. Paul 3,586 2,491 (69.5) 3,566 1451 (40.7) 3,542 1,076 (30.4) 3,507 504 (14.4) White Bear Lake 122 84 (68.9) 122 52 (42.6) 122 32 (26.2) 120 11 (9.2) Rice Faribault 271 *232 (85.6) 269 130 (48.3) 269 88 (32.7) 265 37 (14.0) Rice Northfield 104 84 (80.8) 104 53 (51.0) 103 37 (35.9) 101 15 (14.9) Richfield Richfield 271 *236 (87.1) 270 174 (64.4) 268 142 (53.0) 257 72 (28.0) Scott Prior Lake/ Savage 161 *143 (88.8) 160 79 (49.4) 159 61 (38.4) 153 13 (8.5) Scott Shakopee 261 *219 (83.9) 258 119 (46.1) 258 89 (34.5) 255 28 (11.0) Sherburne Big Lake/ Clear Lake/ Becker 152 110 (72.4) 150 60 (40.0) 150 36 (24.0) 143 8 (5.6) Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program 4
Sherburne Elk River/ Zimmerman 187 148 (79.1) 184 67 (36.4) 181 42 (23.2) 180 19 (10.6) Stearns St. Cloud 580 425 (73.3) 578 286 (49.5) 574 208 (36.2) 558 65 (11.6) Stearns Stearns Sartell/ Sauk Center/ Sauk Rapids St. Joseph/ Waite Park 162 100 (61.7) 162 53 (32.7) 160 35 (21.9) 157 17 (10.8) 109 84 (77.1) 108 49 (45.4) 107 33 (30.8) 106 12 (11.3) Steele Owatonna 191 151 (79.1) 190 84 (44.2) 189 53 (28.0) 188 21 (11.2) Southwest Health and Human Services Marshall 147 109 (74.1) 145 57 (39.3) 143 38 (26.6) 142 19 (13.4) Cottage Grove/ St. Paul Park Forest Lake/ Hugo 199 157 (78.9) 198 75 (37.9) 197 55 (27.9) 194 28 (14.4) 131 104 (79.4) 131 51 (38.9) 131 30 (22.9) 129 15 (11.6) Oakdale 161 128 (79.5) 158 65 (41.1) 158 41 (25.9) 156 13 (8.3) Stillwater/ Lake Elmo/ Mahtomedi Woodbury/ Newport 110 *97 (88.2) 110 52 (47.3) 109 36 (33.0) 107 17 (15.9) 174 *147 (84.5) 173 89 (51.4) 170 65 (38.2) 164 18 (11.0) Winona Winona 142 108 (76.1) 141 48 (34.0) 139 35 (25.2) 137 14 (10.2) Wright Wright Buffalo/ St. Michael Monticello/ Otsego 142 111 (78.2) 142 66 (46.5) 142 55 (38.7) 139 28 (20.1) 143 113 (79.0) 143 67 (46.9) 141 46 (32.6) 138 20 (14.5) Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program 5
Breastfeeding Benchmark References 10 Breastfeeding Initiation Breastfeeding at months Breastfeeding at months Healthy People 2020 Objectives 81.9% 60.6% 34.1% CDC Breastfeeding Report Card 2013 National 76.5% 49.0% 27.0% CDC Breastfeeding Report Card 2013 Minnesota 78.0% 53.8% 29.2% Suggested citation:. Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration at, and Months for. Minnesota WIC Program: 2014. For more information contact: Minnesota WIC Program 1 (800) 657-3942 *Met Healthy People 2020 Objective 1 City where the infant lived in July 2013. Cities and close city groups with 100 or more births during 2012 were chosen for this list with the exception of Edina. 2 number of MN WIC infants born during 2012 3 Number of MN WIC infants who ever breastfed (percentage of total MN WIC infants born during 2012). 4 number of MN WIC infants born during 2012 with breastfeeding duration information at three months of age. 5 Number of MN WIC infants who continued to breastfeed at three months of age (percentage of total MN WIC infants with breastfeeding information at three months of age). may decrease due to infants no longer participating in WIC. 6 number of MN WIC infants born during 2012 with breastfeeding duration information at six months of age. 7 Number of MN WIC infants who continued to breastfeed at six months of age (percentage of total MN WIC infants with breastfeeding information at six months of age). may decrease due to infants no longer participating in WIC. 8 number of MN WIC infants born during 2012 with breastfeeding duration information at twelve months of age as of December 30 th, 2013. 9 Number of MN WIC infants who continued to breastfeed at twelve months of age (percentage of total MN WIC infants with breastfeeding information at twelve months of age). may decrease due to infants no longer participating in WIC. 10 http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/2013breastfeedingreportcard.pdf Minnesota Department of Health, WIC Program 6