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Baby enrolled in WIC*
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,605 50.7 47.4 - 54.1 49.3 45.9 - 52.6
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 12.2 6.4 - 22.0 87.8 78.0 - 93.6
20-24 years 3,490 24.2 18.9 - 30.4 75.8 69.6 - 81.1
25-34 years 7,126 63.8 59.2 - 68.2 36.2 31.8 - 40.8
35+ years 1,867 77.9 69.6 - 84.5 22.1 15.5 - 30.4
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 50.8 47.4 - 54.3 49.2 45.8 - 52.6
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 51.4 32.6 - 69.8 48.6 30.3 - 67.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 50.9 47.5 - 54.3 49.1 45.7 - 52.5
Education                  
< High School 1,477 8.9 3.9 - 18.8 91.1 81.2 - 96.1
High School 4,605 29.9 24.7 - 35.7 70.1 64.3 - 75.3
> High School 7,523 71.8 67.8 - 75.5 28.2 24.5 - 32.2
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 72.3 68.2 - 76.1 27.7 23.9 - 31.8
Other 5,372 21.2 17.2 - 25.7 78.9 74.3 - 82.8
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 17.7 12.9 - 23.7 82.4 76.3 - 87.2
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 16.1 10.7 - 23.3 83.9 76.7 - 89.3
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 52.0 44.6 - 59.2 48.0 40.8 - 55.4
$50,000 or more 4,277** 94.8 91.7 - 96.8 5.2 3.2 - 8.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 83.5 80.0 - 86.5 16.5 13.5 - 20.0
Yes 5,355** 3.4 1.9 - 5.9 96.7 94.1 - 98.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 88.6 85.1 - 91.3 11.4 8.7 - 14.9
Yes 7,062** 18.2 14.9 - 22.1 81.8 77.9 - 85.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 35.3 31.8 - 38.9 64.7 61.2 - 68.2
2500 grams or more 12,689 51.6 48.1 - 55.2 48.4 44.8 - 51.9
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 2008 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