Iron Deficiency Anemia in Alaska Native Children - Hooper Bay, Alaska, 1999.(Statistical Data Included)

From: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | Date: August 20, 1999 | Copyright information

During fall 1998, health-care providers in Hooper Bay, Alaska, reported that hemoglobin data from a local Head Start program indicated that 14 (31%) of the 45 children aged 2-4 years had anemia (hemoglobin <11.0 g/dL), with an overall mean hemoglobin of 11.2 g/dL (standard deviation [SD] +/-1.3 gIdL) (CDC, unpublished data, 1996- 1997). This proportion was substantially higher than the estimated prevalence in the United States of 8% among children aged 1-5 years [1]. Because the re...

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