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Was Mother On WIC
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| 1999 Maine
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
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No |
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Yes |
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Population |
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CI |
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CI |
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Total |
13,604 |
68.0 |
65.1 |
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71.0 |
32.0 |
29.0 |
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34.9 |
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<20 years |
1,322 |
28.4 |
19.1 |
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37.6 |
71.6 |
62.4 |
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80.9 |
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20-24 years |
3,313 |
47.0 |
40.4 |
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53.5 |
53.0 |
46.5 |
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59.6 |
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25-34 years |
7,236 |
79.9 |
76.4 |
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83.4 |
20.1 |
16.6 |
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23.6 |
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35+ years |
1,733 |
88.7 |
83.2 |
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94.2 |
11.3 |
5.8 |
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16.8 |
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| Mother's Race |
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White |
13,198 |
68.5 |
65.5 |
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71.5 |
31.5 |
28.5 |
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34.5 |
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Black |
105 |
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Other |
270 |
57.3 |
32.6 |
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82.0 |
42.7 |
18.0 |
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67.4 |
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| Hispanic Origin |
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Yes |
134^ |
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No |
12,771^ |
68.7 |
65.7 |
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71.8 |
31.3 |
28.2 |
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34.3 |
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| Education |
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< High School |
1,474 |
28.5 |
19.8 |
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37.1 |
71.5 |
62.9 |
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80.2 |
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High School |
5,093 |
56.9 |
51.7 |
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62.0 |
43.2 |
38.0 |
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48.3 |
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>High School |
6,936 |
85.7 |
82.6 |
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88.8 |
14.3 |
11.2 |
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17.4 |
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| Marital Status |
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Married |
9,354 |
81.6 |
78.6 |
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84.6 |
18.4 |
15.4 |
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21.4 |
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Other |
4,250 |
38.4 |
32.9 |
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44.0 |
61.6 |
56.0 |
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67.1 |
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| Income |
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$15,999 or less |
3,593** |
29.4 |
23.8 |
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34.9 |
70.6 |
65.1 |
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76.2 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,786** |
56.5 |
47.9 |
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65.0 |
43.6 |
35.0 |
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52.1 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,670** |
78.1 |
72.3 |
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84.0 |
21.9 |
16.0 |
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27.7 |
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$40,000 or more |
4,684** |
97.5 |
95.9 |
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99.2 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
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4.1 |
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| WIC Recipient |
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No |
8,842** |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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100.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
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Yes |
4,153** |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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100.0 |
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Recipient |
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No |
8,545** |
88.8 |
86.3 |
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91.3 |
11.2 |
8.7 |
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13.7 |
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Yes |
4,476** |
28.5 |
23.6 |
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33.4 |
71.5 |
66.6 |
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76.4 |
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| Infant's birth
weight |
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<2500 grams |
822 |
57.5 |
54.1 |
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60.9 |
42.5 |
39.1 |
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45.9 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,776 |
68.6 |
65.5 |
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71.8 |
31.4 |
28.2 |
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34.5 |
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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 17: During your pregnancy,
were you on WIC? |
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| ** Estimates of
the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through
PRAMS. |
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| ^ Estimate of
Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 1999 birth file. |
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There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this
group, therefore |
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percent is not reported. |
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| CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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