Table 16c
2002 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance (1)
State
Growth and Anemia Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and Age
Children Aged < 5 Years (2)
(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) 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.
(5) 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 - < 95th percentile category identifies children that are
overweight.
* Percentages are not calculated if < 100 records are available for
analysis after exclusions.