Is New Baby Enrolled in WIC?* |
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2002 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 |
13,546 |
60.7 |
57.4 |
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64.0 |
39.3 |
36.0 |
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42.6 |
Age |
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<20 years |
1,147 |
12.3 |
4.6 |
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20.1 |
87.7 |
79.9 |
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95.4 |
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20-24 years |
3,364 |
34.7 |
28.1 |
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41.2 |
65.4 |
58.8 |
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71.9 |
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25-34 years |
7,149 |
74.9 |
71.0 |
- |
78.7 |
25.1 |
21.3 |
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29.0 |
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35+ years |
1,886 |
83.8 |
76.5 |
- |
91.1 |
16.2 |
8.9 |
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23.5 |
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Mother's
Race |
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White |
13,013 |
61.0 |
57.6 |
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64.3 |
39.0 |
35.7 |
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42.4 |
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Black |
171 |
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Other |
337 |
62.0 |
34.6 |
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89.4 |
38.0 |
10.6 |
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65.4 |
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Hispanic
Origin |
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Yes |
168^ |
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No |
13,373^ |
60.9 |
57.6 |
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64.3 |
39.1 |
35.7 |
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42.4 |
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Education |
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< High School |
1,427 |
7.7 |
2.0 |
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13.5 |
92.3 |
86.5 |
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98.0 |
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High School |
4,772 |
43.9 |
38.3 |
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49.6 |
56.1 |
50.4 |
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61.7 |
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> High School |
7,277 |
83.5 |
80.3 |
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86.8 |
16.5 |
13.2 |
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19.7 |
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Marital
Status |
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Married |
9,130 |
80.6 |
77.3 |
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83.8 |
19.4 |
16.2 |
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22.7 |
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Other |
4,417 |
21.1 |
16.3 |
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25.9 |
78.9 |
74.1 |
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83.7 |
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Income |
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$15,999 or less |
3,227** |
13.3 |
8.6 |
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18.1 |
86.7 |
81.9 |
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91.4 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,461** |
35.1 |
25.7 |
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44.5 |
64.9 |
55.5 |
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74.3 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,076** |
62.0 |
54.1 |
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70.0 |
38.0 |
30.0 |
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45.9 |
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$40,000 or more |
5,632** |
96.2 |
94.2 |
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98.2 |
3.8 |
1.8 |
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5.8 |
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WIC
Recipient During Pregnancy |
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No |
8,719** |
87.1 |
84.3 |
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89.8 |
13.0 |
10.2 |
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15.7 |
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Yes |
4,223** |
6.0 |
3.3 |
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8.6 |
94.1 |
91.4 |
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96.7 |
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Medicaid
Recipient |
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No |
7,899** |
88.2 |
85.5 |
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91.0 |
11.8 |
9.0 |
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14.5 |
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Yes |
5,080** |
17.3 |
13.3 |
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21.4 |
82.7 |
78.6 |
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86.7 |
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Infant's
birth weight |
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<2500 grams |
855 |
47.5 |
43.8 |
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51.1 |
52.6 |
48.9 |
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56.2 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,688 |
61.4 |
57.9 |
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64.9 |
38.6 |
35.1 |
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42.1 |
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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 2002 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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