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Baby enrolled in WIC*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 53.9 50.5 - 57.2 46.1 42.8 - 49.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 19.8 11.7 - 31.5 80.2 68.5 - 88.3
20-24 years 3,620 25.5 20.2 - 31.5 74.5 68.5 - 79.8
25-34 years 7,307 66.2 61.7 - 70.4 33.8 29.6 - 38.3
35+ years 2,007 81.6 74.1 - 87.3 18.4 12.7 - 26.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 54.4 50.9 - 57.8 45.6 42.2 - 49.1
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 50.2 27.2 - 73.1 49.8 27.0 - 72.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 54.2 50.7 - 57.5 45.8 42.5 - 49.3
Education                  
< High School 1,490 17.5 9.9 - 29.0 82.5 71.0 - 90.1
High School 4,761 29.6 24.6 - 35.2 70.4 64.8 - 75.4
> High School 7,798 74.1 70.1 - 77.7 25.9 22.3 - 29.9
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 75.7 72.0 - 79.1 24.3 20.9 - 28.0
Other 5,515 21.1 16.9 - 26.1 78.9 73.9 - 83.1
Income                    
$14,999 or less 4,090** 16.1 11.4 - 22.3 83.9 77.7 - 88.6
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 23.0 16.2 - 31.6 77.0 68.4 - 83.9
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 53.7 46.8 - 60.4 46.3 39.6 - 53.2
$50,000 or more 4,547** 95.7 92.9 - 97.4 4.3 2.6 - 7.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,149** 85.5 82.2 - 88.3 14.5 11.7 - 17.8
Yes 5,221** 4.4 2.6 - 7.2 95.6 92.8 - 97.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,485** 91.6 88.7 - 93.8 8.4 6.2 - 11.3
Yes 7,027** 18.5 15.1 - 22.5 81.5 77.5 - 84.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 45.8 42.3 - 49.4 54.2 50.6 - 57.7
2500 grams or more 13,207 54.3 50.7 - 57.8 45.7 42.2 - 49.3
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 2007 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