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Was Mother On WIC
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| 2001 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 |
13,750 |
67.7 |
64.6 |
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70.8 |
32.3 |
29.2 |
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35.4 |
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<20 years |
1,215 |
29.3 |
17.9 |
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40.6 |
70.7 |
59.4 |
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82.1 |
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20-24 years |
3,376 |
46.6 |
40.0 |
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53.1 |
53.4 |
46.9 |
- |
60.0 |
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25-34 years |
7,248 |
79.1 |
75.5 |
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82.8 |
20.9 |
17.2 |
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24.5 |
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35+ years |
1,909 |
84.7 |
78.3 |
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91.1 |
15.3 |
8.9 |
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21.7 |
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| Mother's Race |
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White |
13,231 |
68.0 |
64.8 |
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71.1 |
32.0 |
28.9 |
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35.2 |
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Black |
153 |
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Other |
354 |
60.5 |
32.6 |
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88.4 |
39.5 |
11.6 |
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67.4 |
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| Hispanic Origin |
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Yes |
178^ |
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No |
13,555^ |
67.9 |
64.8 |
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71.0 |
32.1 |
29.0 |
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35.2 |
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| Education |
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< High School |
1,424 |
22.3 |
13.1 |
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31.5 |
77.7 |
68.5 |
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86.9 |
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High School |
4,918 |
52.3 |
46.8 |
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57.8 |
47.7 |
42.2 |
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53.2 |
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> High School |
7,278 |
87.4 |
84.6 |
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90.2 |
12.6 |
9.8 |
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15.4 |
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| Marital Status |
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Married |
9,387 |
81.3 |
78.2 |
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84.4 |
18.7 |
15.6 |
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21.8 |
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Other |
4,359 |
35.8 |
30.0 |
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41.6 |
64.2 |
58.4 |
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70.0 |
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$15,999 or less |
3,234** |
25.2 |
19.4 |
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31.1 |
74.8 |
68.9 |
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80.6 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,821** |
50.0 |
41.1 |
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58.8 |
50.0 |
41.2 |
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58.9 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,607** |
75.6 |
69.3 |
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82.0 |
24.4 |
18.0 |
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30.7 |
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$40,000 or more |
5,104** |
97.2 |
95.5 |
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98.8 |
2.8 |
1.2 |
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4.5 |
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| Enrolled in WIC |
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No |
8,872** |
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 |
4,237** |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
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100.0 |
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| Enrolled in
MaineCare/Medicaid |
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No |
8,181** |
93.4 |
91.4 |
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95.4 |
6.6 |
4.6 |
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8.6 |
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Yes |
4,981** |
25.2 |
20.5 |
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29.9 |
74.8 |
70.1 |
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79.5 |
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| Infant's birth
weight |
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<2500 grams |
831 |
62.1 |
58.7 |
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65.5 |
37.9 |
34.5 |
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41.3 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,909 |
68.0 |
64.7 |
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71.3 |
32.0 |
28.7 |
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35.3 |
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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 23: 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 2001 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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