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Is New Baby Enrolled in WIC?*      
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,590 58.5 55.2 - 61.8 41.5 38.2 - 44.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 15.2 7.0 - 23.3 84.9 76.7 - 93.0
20-24 years 3,351 29.4 23.2 - 35.6 70.6 64.4 - 76.8
25-34 years 7,088 72.6 68.5 - 76.7 27.4 23.3 - 31.5
35+ years 1,875 84.0 77.6 - 90.5 16.0 9.5 - 22.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 59.4 56.1 - 62.8 40.6 37.2 - 43.9
Black 112 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 26.4 7.4 - 45.4 73.6 54.6 - 92.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 58.9 55.6 - 62.2 41.1 37.8 - 44.4
Education                  
< High School 1,471 18.4 10.1 - 26.7 81.6 73.3 - 89.9
High School 4,894 41.8 36.3 - 47.2 58.2 52.8 - 63.7
> High School 7,065 81.0 77.4 - 84.5 19.1 15.5 - 22.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 73.9 70.4 - 77.4 26.1 22.6 - 29.6
Other 4,192 22.4 17.2 - 27.6 77.6 72.4 - 82.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 15.0 10.4 - 19.6 85.0 80.4 - 89.6
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 36.6 27.0 - 46.2 63.4 53.8 - 73.0
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 61.6 54.4 - 68.7 38.4 31.3 - 45.6
$40,000 or more 4,811** 96.7 94.7 - 98.6 3.3 1.4 - 5.3
WIC Recipient During Pregnancy                
No 8,652** 85.1 82.1 - 88.0 14.9 12.0 - 17.9
Yes 4,275** 4.4 2.0 - 6.8 95.6 93.2 - 98.0
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 84.4 81.4 - 87.4 15.6 12.6 - 18.6
Yes 4,998** 15.9 11.9 - 20.0 84.1 80.0 - 88.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 49.1 45.5 - 52.7 50.9 47.3 - 54.5
2500 grams or more 12,761 59.0 55.5 - 62.4 41.1 37.6 - 44.5
NOTES:
Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted.
Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations.
*Survey Question 81: Is your new baby enrolled in WIC?
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2000 birth file.
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this group,
therefore, percent is not reported.
CI = 95% Confidence Interval