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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 |