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