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Baby enrolled in WIC*
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,152 57.2 53.8 - 60.5 42.8 39.5 - 46.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,135 17.2 8.0 - 33.2 82.8 66.8 - 92.0
20-24 years 3,580 29.1 23.6 - 35.4 70.9 64.6 - 76.4
25-34 years 7,399 70.3 65.9 - 74.3 29.7 25.7 - 34.1
35+ years 2,037 79.3 71.3 - 85.4 20.8 14.6 - 28.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,494 57.6 54.2 - 61.0 42.4 39.0 - 45.9
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 66.2 45.2 - 82.3 33.8 17.7 - 54.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 57.3 53.9 - 60.6 42.8 39.4 - 46.2
Education                  
< High School 1,526 18.2 10.4 - 30.1 81.8 69.9 - 89.7
High School 4,759 35.1 29.7 - 41.0 64.9 59.0 - 70.3
> High School 7,786 75.9 72.0 - 79.4 24.1 20.6 - 28.0
Marital Status                  
Married 8,934 76.3 72.6 - 79.6 23.7 20.4 - 27.4
Other 5,216 27.8 23.0 - 33.3 72.2 66.7 - 77.0
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,725** 16.7 12.2 - 22.5 83.3 77.5 - 87.8
$15,000-24,999 1,784** 29.1 21.5 - 38.1 70.9 61.9 - 78.5
$25,000-49,999 3,155** 59.2 52.4 - 65.7 40.8 34.3 - 47.6
$50,000 or more 4,693** 98.7 96.9 - 99.4 1.3 0.6 - 3.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,280** 89.0 86.0 - 91.4 11.0 8.6 - 14.0
Yes 4,976** 4.8 2.8 - 8.1 95.2 91.9 - 97.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,178** 90.8 87.9 - 93.1 9.2 6.9 - 12.1
Yes 6,180** 18.2 14.5 - 22.5 81.8 77.5 - 85.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 966 44.3 40.8 - 47.8 55.8 52.2 - 59.2
2500 grams or more 13,184 58.0 54.4 - 61.5 42.1 38.5 - 45.6
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 71: Since your new baby was born, have you used WIC services for your baby?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2006 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
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics