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Reason baby not enrolled in WIC-too far away
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 7,688** 99.0 97.1 - 99.6 1.1 0.4 - 2.9
Age                    
<20 years 155** 80.0 35.6 - 96.7 20.0 3.3 - 64.4
20-24 years 1,048** 98.1 92.1 - 99.6 1.9 0.4 - 7.9
25-34 years 4,976** 99.4 96.2 - 99.9 0.6 0.1 - 3.8
35+ years 1,507** 99.9 99.6 - 100.0 0.1 0.0 - 0.4
Mother's Race                  
White 7,459** 98.9 97.0 - 99.6 1.1 0.4 - 3.0
Black # # # - # # # - #
Other  229** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes # # # - # # # - #
No 7,643** 98.9 97.1 - 99.6 1.1 0.4 - 2.9
Education                  
< High School 271** 78.0 45.2 - 93.8 22.0 6.2 - 54.8
High School 1,453** 98.7 94.3 - 99.7 1.4 0.3 - 5.7
> High School 5,963** 100.0 99.9 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.1
Marital Status                  
Married 6,197** 99.7 98.5 - 100.0 0.3 0.1 - 1.5
Other 1,490** 95.7 86.7 - 98.7 4.3 1.3 - 13.4
Income                    
$14,999 or less 633** 90.0 71.6 - 96.9 10.1 3.1 - 28.4
$15,000-24,999 538** 96.8 84.6 - 99.4 3.2 0.6 - 15.4
$25,000-49,999 1,855** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
$50,000 or more 4,661** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,387** 99.4 97.7 - 99.8 0.7 0.2 - 2.3
Yes 263** 87.4 54.9 - 97.5 12.6 2.5 - 45.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,536** 99.7 98.6 - 99.9 0.3 0.1 - 1.4
Yes 1,151** 94.5 83.1 - 98.3 5.5 1.7 - 16.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 334** 97.5 95.1 - 98.7 2.5 1.3 - 4.9
2500 grams or more 7,352** 99.0 97.0 - 99.7 1.0 0.3 - 3.0
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 72: Why wasn't your new baby enrolled in WIC?
e. The WIC office was too far away.
** 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