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TITLE Maine Kids Count 1995-96 Data Book.INSTITUTION Maine Children's Alliance, Augusta.SPONS AGENCY Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD.PUB DATE 1996-00-00NOTE 72p.; For 1994 Data Book, see PS 027 025; for 1997 Data

Book, see PS 027 027, and for 1998 Data Book, see PS 027028

AVAILABLE FROM Maine Children's Alliance, P.O. Box 2446, Augusta, ME 04338;Tel: 207-623-1868; Fax: 207-626-3302; e-mail:[email protected] ($10).

PUB TYPE Numerical/Quantitative Data (110) Reports Descriptive(141)

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS Adolescents; Birth Weight; Births to Single Women; *Child

Health; *Children; Counties; Delinquency; Demography;Dropout Rate; Early Parenthood; Economic Status; ElementarySecondary Education; Family (Sociological Unit); HigherEducation; Infants; Mortality Rate; One Parent Family; Outof School Youth; *Poverty; Prenatal Care; Safety; *SocialIndicators; Special Needs Students; State Surveys;Statistical Surveys; Suicide; Tables (Data); *Well Being

IDENTIFIERS Arrests; Child Safety; *Indicators; *Maine

ABSTRACTThis Kids Count report details statew:'..de trends in the

well-being of Maine's children. The statist:!..cal pertrait is based onindicators of children's well-being in four areas: (1) social and economicopportunity; (2) community and family environment; (3) physical and mentalhealth; and (4) education. The report's introduction describes the goals andfuture plans for Kids Count, and the indicators addressed. The second sectionpresents statewide data, including a national comparison where available. Thethird section, and bulk of the report, presents a demographic profile foreach of the state's 16 counties, and the county data, including a comparisonto the statewide averages and changes from the 1994 report, for the 18indicators of child well-being. The 18 indicators are: (1) children infamilies receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); (2)

children receiving subsidized lunches; (3) children on Medicaid; (4) birthsto unmarried teens; (5) prenatal care; (6) low birth-weight; (7) infant

mortality; (8) number of physicians; (9) dentists; (10) children in fostercare; (11) child deaths for ages 1-14; (12) teen deaths; (13) teen violentdeaths; (14) child suicide; (15) arrests; (16) dropout rate; (17)

post-secondary education rates; and (18) children with special needs.Definitions and data sources used in completing the report are appended. (SD)

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Advisory GroupTrish Riley, ChairpersonNational Academy for, State HealthPolicyMaine Community Foundation

Cary'ColletteWCSH TV, 6/Alive!

Judith A. GrahamCooperative Extension :.University of Maine

James HennigarGood Will-Hinckley School

Sandra HodgeBureau of Child & Family Services'Department of Human Services.

Skerry,HuberMaine Tree Foundation

George NilsonAmerican Association of Retired Persons

Charles O'LearYMaine AFL-ClbMaine Children's Alliance

Barbara Reinertsen ,

United Way of Mid-Coast,Maine-Maine Children's All iance

Stanley R.jupper, Esquire

Richard WarrenBangor Daily NewsMaine Children's Alliance

'William WhitakerSchool of Social Work..University of Maine

Pune ICUs eottn

Maine Children's AllianceBoard of DirectorsMerrie Allen .

Georgia Carroll

Dean Crocker.

Barbara Crowley, M.D.

.- 'Toni Ewell

- Barbara Gill

.,Leanne Greeley-Bond

Mary Herman

Wilson Hess

D. Bradlee Hodson

Linda Hogan

Lucky Hollander

Peggy Kellenberger

Jane McCarty

Charles O'Leary

Edward O'Meara

Barbara Reinertsen

Neil Roide

John Rosser

,Margaret Sem&

John Shoos

Mindy Taylo-r

James Thompson

Richard Warren

Jane Weil

Maine KIDS COUNT Staff

Edmund S. Muskie Institute of PublicAffair, University of Southern Maine

Anne Bernard

Donna Bird

Al Leighton

Kris Sahonchik

Anita St. Onge

Louise Sh'arp

Maine Children's Alliance

Elinor Goldberg

Debbie Mattson

Margaret Ricker

Consultants

Wendy Betts

Ala H. Reid

Data Committee

Leda Cunningham'Department of Corrections .

Rachel CurtisDivision of Maternal and Child HealthDepartment of Human Services ..

William DavisInstitute for the Study of At-Risk StudentsCollege of EducationUniversity of Maine

Albert DouglasCity of Bangor

Judy Feinstein 'Department of Human Services

Lynda' GaillardSpurwink Center

DeEtte HallDivision of Maternal and Child HealthDepartmentof Human Services

Jim HarrodBureau of Children with Special NeedsDepartment of Mental Health and

'Mental Retardation -

Michael MartinBureau of Highway Safety.Departmenf of Public Safety

.Charlie MorrisMargaret Chase SmithCenter for Public PolicyUniversity of Maine

Ellen" NaorOffice of Data, ResearCh andVital StatisticsDepartment.of Human Services

Al Sutherland .

Division of Ihformation ManagementDepartment of Education

Jane WeilMaine Children's Alliance

Policy Committee

Lyn CarterSpruce Run Association

Maria FaustOffice of Substance Abuse

Laura Fortrna'nMaine Women's Lobby

Chris Gunderman''Pine Tree Legal Assistince,'Inc.Maine Children's Alliance

Chris HastedtPine,Tree Legal Assistance, Inc,Maine Children's Alliance

Roxy HenningsDepartment of Corrections

Tami LabulNew Hope.for Women

Brud Maxcy,Departnient of Education

Mark Millar .Casey Family ServiCes

Barbara Jean NicolettiMargaret Chase SmithCenfer for Ptiblic Policy

'Universitj/ of Maine,'

H: Reid.Consultant

Barbara ReinertsenUnited Way of Mid-Coast MaineMaine Children's Alliance

-Christopher Spruce'Margaret Chase Smithtenter for Public PolicyUniVersify of Maine

Susan TiffOffice 'of Substance Abuse

DiaheDepartment of Human Services

Jane Weil'Maine Children's Alliance

Public AWareness CommitteeMaine Children's Alliance

deorgia CarrollSuperihtendent of,Schools Union #30.

Cary Collette.WCSH TV, 6 Alive!

Nancy Fritz. .

Mid-Coast Human Resou,rce Center

Judith A. Grahan,Cooperative ExtensionUniversity of Maine

Leanne Greeley-BondMaine Aspriations Foundation

Charles O'LearyMaine AFL-CIO

EdWard O'Meara, MCDonald/O'Meal'aCommunications

Barbara ReinertsenUnited, Way of Mid-Coast Maine

James ThompsonMaine Publicity Bureau

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:'

The project,could not have come to

. fruition without the.vision and

determination of the following

individuals and organizations..

None of this work 'would bepossible

without the genetous support of our

funders. We thank The Annie E.

Casey Foundation fOr the multi-year

commitment they have made to

Maine KIDS COUNT. We also thank

the Foundation for its vision in

creating the nationalKIDS.COUNT,

initiative of which Maine KIDS-

:C6UNT is a part.:

Our thanks,.also gdt6dur Boatd and

committee' memberS for their hard

work and dedication over the pastyear.

We Would alSO like to tbahk.all of these individuals, who prOvided the datafo thi publication:

MarC Agger, EdmUnd S. Muskie Institute Of Public Affairs

'Suzanne BaZinet, Maine Department of Education

Ruth Becker, MaineDepattment of HUMan'Services

Barney -gerube, Maine Department of Education,

-Stephen Bunker, Maine DeOartment of PUblic Safety. Mark Byron, Maine Department of Human Services; WI( Prograrn

Jamie ClOugh, Maine Office Of'Substance Abuse

Don Comeau,-Maine Depart, ment Of:Human Services

Jan Conley, Edmund .S.-Muskie Institute of Public_Affairs

Brenda Corkum, Maine Department of Human Seryices

Robert liana, UniverSIty,of Maine, Student Health and Prevention ServiCes,

Kathy,Fellow, Maine Oepartment of Education, Division'Of SPeCial Services'

Joni FoSter, Maine Departmentof Education

Dana Hall, Maine peOartment of HuMan Service's

James HaerOd, Maine Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation:.

John Kierstead, Maine Depahment of Education; DivisiOn Of Special ServiCes

Don l_emieuZ,.Maine Department of of i-iuman Services

lean Martin, Maine Department of Labor

yike Martin, Maine Bureau of HighWay Saiety

Greg-Nadeau, MaineHealth Care Finance Connnnission

Robert Pronovost, Maine-Department of Human Services

Jean Ri§man, Edmund S. Muskie Institute of,Public AffairS

Debbie SMiley, Maine Depart. Ment of HUman Services

Diane Stetson, Maine Department of .,1urnan SerVices

Al Sutherland, Maine Department of_ Education.. .

. Rick Tarr; Maine Bureau*Of HighwaY.SafetY

Kathleen Tatseos, Maine pepartMent of Huii-ian Services

JUde,Waish; Maine Department Of Hurnan.SerViCes

_PaUla Weberi,Maine State Housing Authoriiy` -

,Steven Wessler; Maine Attorney cenerars.Offie

'John Wipfler, Maine 'kealth Care Finante COmrnisiOn

Finally,,we would like to thank the teachers, 'students, agencies and youngpeople who-proVided inforrnatiOn for the narrative portion,of, this book.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

'Introduction

Voices Of Maine Youth

About Maine KIDS COUNT

Goals of Maine KIDS COUNT

Future Plans for Maine KIDS COUNT

How to Use This Book

Child Well-Being Indicators

Changes in.Indicators

Changes in Data Display

Percents and Rates

Social and Economic Opportunity

Community and Family Environment

Physical and Mental Health

EduCation

State Profile

County Profiles

Definitions and Data Sources

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The Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book continUesio prôvide information to,

enable us to improvethe Conditions' in which:Maines children liye: The

indicators chosen give us a:picture of ,how Children are doing in terms of

social andeconomic opportunity, cothrnunity.and family environment,

physiCal and mental health, and education:

offer me the space to

grow and expand.

TheMbuntains .

heighten my awareneSSOf where

-I'M going and What I'm delin.

- Maturing in Maine . .

helps me maintain a sense

of balance for all that:l arn

and all that 1Will be.:

5 Nathan Hellen, Portland, Maine

Too rfiany children continue to liye in poverty and lack the reSources

necessary to grow up to become healthy.and,happyidults. Too many

children are not safe and secure,in their own homes. Too many children-are

bbrn to teen parents who are facing uphilybattles to 'raise them.

According tothe 1995 National KIDS couNf Data Book, Maine's children

ranked 28th in the United States 'for the percent of children liying in Poyerty::,

While the,national trend.showed a slight decrease in children living below

the poverty line from 20.8 percent in 1985 to 20..6 percent in 1992, Maine

Was oneolonly tWenty states where thisfigure increased between 1985-and

1992. ThiS increase, from 15.3 percent of children livingin-poverty in 1985

' to.19 3 percent Of children living in poverty in 1992 Was the second most

;- dramatic increase in the country, surpassed only by Louisiana's,increaseof,

6.1 percent. This increase changed Maine's ranking in this category from

.10th in 1985 to 28th in 1992.

Another alarnning statistic,.is Maine's juvenile violent crime arrest rate of.1 08,

per 100,000 children aged 10 through 17,...This represents a 34 percent

increase from 1985 tol 992. Finally, the rate of birthS to:unmarried teen's

ages 15-19 was 30.1 per 1,000 females in 1992; an increase'of 23 percent

from the 1985. rate of 24.15 per 1,000 females:

The next yearwill produce Many changes in how We provide serYices to

children and farriilies-in,Maine and around the, country. It is critically

important-that We mea.Sure hoWthese changes ire affecting dur Children.

With this information, we can all work together-tO channel ode resdurcestO

create policies 'and' prOgrams to 'give Maine's childi'en More Opporttinity to

reaCh their full potential. ,

The Voices Of Maine Youth

This 1995-96 Data Book seeks to include information

from Maine children and youth. To that end, the project

wrote to,all junior and senior high school principals, in

Maine. We also solicited information from manji agency

and program directors, including homeless shelters and ,

group homes, as well as specific programs treating

young peOple with drug and' alcohol problems and those

which include teen parents as consumers. We asked

three questions:

What are some of the problems facing Maine childrenand youth?

What can.people (parents, teachers; politicians, busi--ness people, children and youth) do to help solvesome of these problems?

What are some of the best things about growing up inMaine?

We have included many of the responses we received in

this Data Book. We hope to,have other opportunities to

share this information and to include the voices of

children and youth whenever possible where decisions .

will affect them. One Maine student described the lack

sof seriousness adults place on the opinions and beliefs of

young people as a problem facing Maine youth:

Many of my peers are given a great deal of re-sponsibility from home cleaning, helping faisetheir children and younger-siblings, to maintain-ing stimmer jobs to help their families finan-cially. It is a double standard to be allowed towork in an adult world and deal with adult situ-ations and not have a say ih its Operation. I think

we should be allowed a larger say in ourschools, education, town curfews, and minors'rights.

Jennifer Leddy, Danforthf,'Maine

About Maine KIDS COUNT

Maine KIDS COUNT is a four-year project to collect and

analyze data on child welfare. It is funded by the Annie

'E. Casey Foundation. During 1994; the first year of the

KIDS COUNT project, data analysts and children's

advocates worked to select indicators that would

measure how Maine-is meeting children's needs. It was

critical that these indicators measure-outcomes for,

children, not merely efforts made on their behalf. It was

.also.important that, to.the extent possible;the data meet

several criteria: they must be reliable; they-must be

consistent over time; they Must 'reflect a salient outcome

or measure of well-being in terms that are easily under-

standable; and they should be available on' an annual

basis.

During the seCond year of the Maine KIDS COUNT

project, we published the first Maine Data Book and

began to refine our data collection-effOrts'and focused

on specific issues such as poverty, domestic violence

and providing information specific to teens. The Maine

Children's Alliance, in collaboration with the Edmund S.

Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, disseminated this

information through press conferences, speaking engage-

mentsand meetings with key policy makers. As we enter

ourthird year, the project will target key decision-,

makers, coordinate a grass roots effort and will stress_the

importance of including.the voices of children.in,its

Message.

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Goals of Maine KIDS COUNT

The overall goal Of Maine KIDS COUNT is-to ensure that

Maine's children become successful adults Who are,able

to participate fully in the social arid economic main-

stream. The project has identified certain outcOmes to .

measure Maine's progress in reaching this goal. Specific

outcome goals include:

Fewer Maine children will be living in poverty

Children and youth will have better health

- -Children will enter school ready.to learn

,Family violen'ce will be reduced

Teens Will haye more hope and purpose in their lives

The community will sharetheresponsibility-of raisingchildren

Future Plans for Maine KIDS COUNT

The Maine KIDS COUNT prOject will continue to collect

.arid disseminate data of greatest use to the public, child

advocates and policy makers in reaching our mUtual

goals for the well-being of children. This data will be

, usecrto provide information to the public and policy

makers regarding the condition of children in Maine.

,EDITH DUGMORE

'et

The project has identified the follOwing objectives for

accomplishing itslong-term goals:-

.-Alert target audiences: decision-makers, business, people, and professionals and volunteers in the field,-

as well as the general publiC to thecondition of chil-dren and teens in Maine,-

EnCourage, leaders to base decisions on facts and onthe Welr-being of children;

SerVe aS a catalyst, bringing togethereindividUals aridgroups in new Ways to take steps toward reachingKIDS COUNT goal§;

Rewaid indiViduals/Ooups for efforts On behalf ofchildren; and

PrOvide a means of evaluating succesS/failurein meet-ing goals and objectives.

As the Maine,KIDS COUNT project eriterS itS third year,

it is our hope' that:all who are makirig decisionS that will

affect Maine's children Will do so with-an understanding

of their needs. In die words of Dae K. Yi, an eighth

grader:

As the flame of childhood burnS out and .the iceof maturity freezes in, one's view on life in'Maine changes. The rough walls _of life seen) tO-close in on yOu as the clock ticks.Sometimeswhen you are all:compressed between the Wallsof life, you realize that the door oUt is locked. At

,times like this you need a key of expeiience,s :

,You either ,haVelo,build on your own key or usethe key of another. Finally after the key is ob-tained,the slow opening of the door gives you a

.

Warm feeling of relief and succes, I-think thisfeeling is the best thing abbut life in Maine.

We hope that the information presented by Mainet<Ips

COUNT Will priivide the "keys" to:uploCk doors for

HOW TO USE THIS BO K

Child Well-Being Indicators

Changes in,indiccitors

Data can help us make informed decisiOns about

policies and programs'intended to improve the lives of

children. This second Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book

features indicators.from a variety of sources. It reiterates

those indicators from last year's Data Book which have

not been uPdated since then. For examrile, the number

of women in the labor force with youngest child under

age 6 is only counted at the ten-year census. It provides

updates to last year's indicators where they were,avail-

able at the time we went to press. Responsible state

agencies, for example, collect and disseminate data on

school'enrollment, infant mortality, and jUvenile arrests

on an annual basis. It also presents'several new indica-

tors at the:state and county level, where available. For

example, recogniiing strong concerns about these '

issues, we have expanded significantly our coverage of

'child abuse and neglect and have added child suicide

data at the county level. Similarly, we have included

data on the numberand'percent of school children :

participating in the School Lunch Program which tells us

about the relative number of children IMng in.poverty,

an indicator directly measured,only once every ten

years.

On the state pages, we show national rates when they

are ayailable and comparable. National rates are shown

for the most recenf year available. In some instances, this

is not the same yearas the state rate. For example,,the

.national teen pregnancy rateis for 1991. A 1993 rate

.was not available at the time this book went to press.

In response to suggestions made by readers of last year's

,Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book and by those who

provide us with the data, we have also changed the

definitions or formats of some indicators. Last year, for

example, we showed infant mortality rates for a single

year. This year, we are using five-year averages for this

indicator, to make it rnore.consistent witk the other .

Mortality indicators and to smooth out the annual

fluctuations which sometimes occur when the base

population is small. We-have made similar changes in

other indidators because the sources of our data have

changed. Our cun'ent source for dataon the racial make-

up of Maine's 0-19 year-olds, for example, provides a

level of detail consistent with that obtained in the, .

census, and we have chosen to adopt that format. The

.Data Definitions and Sources section at the end of the

book provides detailed information about these changes;

Indicators for which the definition has changed are

marked with a *. To make it easier to find indicator

information id the Data Definitions and Sources section,

we have reworded some indicatorS, added 'see also"

suggestions, and included key terms, such as "drug

,abuse" and "health insurance." S.

Changes in Data Display

We hive made some important innovations in data

display, as well. The "county thermometer" pages now

include.cornparisons to the previous year or period,

where data for that period are available and in a corn-

parable format, as well as cornpariSons to statewide

averages. We compare county rates to corresponding

state rates using the following formula:

% difference = (county rate - state rate) X 100

state rate

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Similarly, we compare current rates to previous rates

using this formula:

% difference = (current rate-previous rate) X 100

previous rate

Increased rates are generally desirable for the following.

indicators on the thermometer page: -

Live birth§ for which prenatal care began in thefirst trimester;

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Pediatricians, family practitioners, and generalpractitioners; and

General practice dentists.

Increased rates are-notdesirab;le for these indicators':'

Births to unmarried teenaged niothers' who havenot completed 12 years of school;

Low, birth Weight infants;

8. Infant mdrtality;

' Child deaths; ,

Teen deaths;

Teen violent deaths;

Child,surcideS;

Arrests of children aged 10=17; and

High school dropouts._

Fcir the following i,ndic'a"tórS; the goal is generally to

. lower the rate by reducing the-need for- serVices or'

programs, not by reduCing eligibility: .

'; 'Children aged 0-17 On APDC;

SChool chilch'en receiving subsidized school lunches;

:Children aged 0-18 participatirig in Medicaid; .

-Children uhder 18 in Department,of Human Services

Percents and Rates

Wherever poSsible, we have presented the indicators in

thiS Data BoOk as percents or rates. These enable'

comparison of the indicators,betWeen diff.erent base

popiilatiOns. For eXample, in'Aroostook County, 695

graduating seniors, or 63.4% of the total graduating

class, planned to atteod post-secondary school.The

:comparable number of Cumberland Co'unty graduates

was 1,318, but the percent of Cumberland County

graduates planning to attend post-secondary school was

63.5%,.very similar to Aroostook County's.

Percents refer to number of persons or occurrenCes per

one hundred Of the base population, and are shOwn with

percebt signs throughout this Data Book. Other rates-are

calculated per 1.,000, 10,000, or 100,000 of the base

population. For themost part, we follow commonly-used

standards in our use of base rates. However, at.the

county level, we use rate per 10,000 rather than the

standard rate Per,100,000 for child anciteen 'deaths, teen

violent deaths and child suicides, in 'recognition of the

relatively small,populations at risk. In all cases, the

indicator' itself tells the base rate, while the definition in

the back of the book tells'the base or at-risk population

used to calculate the rate. The generic forrnula for

calculating percents orrates is:

(number of persons (baSe rate,

or-occurrences) X e.g. 100 or 1,000)

base population

Care or Custody; and ' ,. , : -

'Children with special needs as reported to theDepartment Of Edikation.

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Social and Economic Opportunity

Poverty continues to be one ofthe most critical indica-

tors affecting Maine's children. This year's Data Book

indicates that an estimated 1,420 more Maine children

were living at or below the federal poverty line in 1992than in 1990.

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) is a

cash assistance program-that states administer under

federal supervision for families with children who live in

poverty as defined by each state. In Maine, a family of

three must earn less than.$6,636 a year, or .53 percent of. .

the current federal poverty level of $12,590 to qualifY for.

AFDC benefits. Similarly, a family of two must earn less

than $4,944, or 49 percent of the current federal poverty

level of $10,030.

In Maine in 1993, a mother with one child received an

annual AFDC benefit of $3,744; a family of three

received $5,016. These.benefits are the lowest of any

New England state and are 25th in the nation.

Adequate nutrition is critical to a child's health and

ability to learn effectively. This year's Data Book has

added information about children participating in theNational School Lunch Program, a meal entitlement plan .

primarily funded through federal dollars. All elementary

and junior high schools are required taparticipate in the

program. In Maine,'high schools.have the option of

participating. All participating schools must offer free or

reduced price lunches to all eligible students. Children

are eligible for free school lunches if their family income

doeS not exceed 130 percent of the poverty lev.el. They

are eligible for reduced price school lunches if their

family income falls between 130 percent and 185

percent of the poverty level. Over 30 percent of Maine

school children participated in the program during the

1994-95 school year.

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Births to single'teen mothers declined slightly from 8.2

percent to 7.9 percent of all births from 1992 to 1993.

This represents a reduction from 1,370 births in 1991 to.

1,183 births in 1993. Nevertheless, teen pregnancy was

identified by many young peóple as a persitent problem

in Maine. A teenager from a rural comrnunity describes

the following:

Growing up in an undersized town, I have wit-nessed a lot of teenage pregnancies. A lot ofwhich are teenage girls getting pregnant by anelderly man.

In' the small rural coMmunity in which I reside,Many of my fellow classmates have become vic-tims of this problem. From the year of 1992 untilthe year 1995, twelve of my fellow classmateshave become victims. With only about 60 stu-derits in the high school wing, this problemseems to have an impact on everyone in thehigh school.

The girls aren't doing this pregnancy problemwith boys their own age, but with men abouttwice the girls' age.

I believe that parents shoukl start getting in-voNed with this problem. I think that once one,-girl gets pregnant, then it sort of becomes acycle, and another girl gets preghant, then an-other. If the parents stepped in and showed theirchildren what was ahead for them, what was inthe future for them, and let them know howmuch more there is in life, then I think that girlswould start to realize how much more there is inlife, besides getting pregnant and raising chil-dren when parents are still children themselves.

Anonymous

Community and Family Environment

For healthy development, children need a safe and

nurturing farnily environment. This set of indicators

suggests the extent to which children'S security is

threatened rather than protected by the adults on whom

they are most dependent. This year's Data :Book presents

expanded information on child abuse in Maine.

A recent report of Maine's Multidisciplinary Review

Panel on Child Deaths and Serious Injuries Due to Abuse

or. Neglect reveals some alarming statistics regarding

incidents of child homicide.

In past years, Maine typically experienced two or three

child-homicides annually:In -1993.,,Maine's homicide

rate for adults declined markedly whereas the homiCide

rate for children was the highest on record:

7 child homicides occurred in 1993

6 children were killed by family members

4 of the 7 victims were females; 3 were males

5 of the 7 victims lived in two parent families

'2 of the victims were. under i year old; 2 were be-tween 1 and 5; and 3 were-between 6 and 12..

only 2 of the 7 victims had prior child protective in7volvement

Maine's child homicide rate for 1994 equalled that of

1993. Additionally, four child'deaths were-of undeter-

mined cause/manner where homicide could not b_e

excluded:

7 child homicides occurred in 1994

6 children were killed by family/household members

1 child was killed by aoacquaintance

4 of the 7 victims were killed by gurMot

4 of the 7 victims were.females; 3 were males'

5 of the 7 Victims lived in two parent families

3 of the victims were under 5 years old; 3 were-be-tween 5 and-12; and 1.was over-12 years of age.

only 1 of the-7.victims had pribr child protective in-volvement

- The consumption of alcohol and use .of illicit drugs

places adolescents at risk of health, educational and

social problems and physical danger. In order to en-

hance Understanding of the issues oldrug and alcohol..

use, we haVe included inforMation from a 1995 survey

.conducted by the University of Maine and the Maine

Office of Substance Abuse. Many-Maine students also

reported to Maine KIDS COUNT that drug abuse is a-

niajor problern facing Maine children and youth:

I believe that the biggest. issue involving Mainechildren is based on getting involved in drugs. I

'believe that parents and teachers should sitdown-and have a talk with Maine children: Theyshould explain all of the hazards that go with.taking drugs. Parents,especially shouldtalk totheir children and encourage them to get in-volved in other habits, there are lots of things to-get interested in.

14

7 High-SchoOl senior

Maine KIDS COUNT 195-96 Data Book 7

I believe th'at teens in small rural towns are moreapt to drink than teens elsewhere for a couple ofreasons. These reasons'are lack of police and

,boredom. . . The other reason is that there is .

little for the teens to do in their leisure time ininy horne town. The closest town of any size isthirty five Miles away and the closest city is onehundred miles. Many of the teens don't havetheir own vehicles and enough money to go tothese places .and do stuff so they just hangaround town and drink. Getting the alcohol isnot a problem,either. There are plenty of peoplewho are willingto buy it for minors.

Anonymous high school senior

Another problem in my-tovYn is drjnking'anddrugs. On Friday and Saturday nights 75 percentof the students in my high school drink. Where Ilive there is nothing for teens to do, so theydrink to have fun. About 50 percent of the stu-

,dents in my high school say that they have triedmarijuana.

I feel that if, in mytown, there was a Recre-ational Center or something for teens to do, that.they woOldn't drink.

, Anonymous

Some of the problems facing Maine childrenand youth, are peer-pressure and a lot of thedrugs. : . I think that maybe if there was some-thing in this town or maybe in 'any of the othersurrounding toivns, some of the kids would notbe intb drugs and try to be cool. A' lot of chil- .

dren in. the 90's think that if they don't do whattheir friends want them to do then they getcalled names. But for me if my friends don't likeme for me, and if they don't accept me for notdoing drugs then:they can find a new friend thatis interested in all that stuff.

- Anbnymous high school senior

Sofne teens use drugs and alcohol as,a way ofdealing with their problems.' Others do it to fit inor to make friends. A lot of people 'use drugs ordrink alcohol on a daily basis and become ad-dicted to it but don't admit that they have aproblem. Once people become addicted theyoften steal to supply their addiction. They soon .

get into trouble wiih the law.

It is juSt as easy to get drugs and alcohol inMaine as it is in any other state.

Cigarettes are also a Major problem with teensin Maine. A big percent of the teens smoke.There is just as much pressure to smoke ciga-:rettes as there is to take and drink alcbhol.

All these prOblems facing teens makes it hard togrow up in Maine.-

Three high schOol students

--: Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Da.ta Book

Recently, Day. One, a substance abuse treatment pro-

gram in the Poilland area, conducted a focus group with

Maine teens in Westbrook who.talked about some ofthepressures and problems facing Maine youth:

AI/ the peer pressure Itol drink, drugs and ciga-rettes. Being friends-With the right'people.

AnOther realson why kids will go out and gethigh,and Stuff is because, like, family problenis.:people get real depreS"Sed. So the only waytheyknow how-to cure it, tb; feel better is to go outand get high or drink.

.[Tlhey don't got anything going for them. So _theY'll just g6T out and get high to feel better.'about themselveS. .

1T] here's all kinds of prOblein. Like:there's kidsthat get beat, or there'S kids that, like, their par-'ents. will tell then) that they're not worth any-thing. . . There's schoobproblems, there'shousehold problemS. .`. [Y]od.still gOt the kidsthat.will just go but and get hid? for.the.bUzz..Or they'll do it, like, just to make themselvesfeel better abOut themselves. . . IS,Iome kidseven c6mmit suicide Oyer problems like that.

LINDA N.,PHILLIPS

Physkal and_Mental Health

Maine continues to imprOve in the categories of loW

birth-Weight babies ancrinfaht mortality.,Ranked second

in 616 nation in 1992 at 5 liercentof births weighing

'under 5.5 pbunds, Maine fell nearly 30 i;ercent below

the natiOnal average of 7.1 percent. Similarly, Maine's

1992 infanfrOrtality rate of 5.6-per 1,000 live births is

34 pertent beloW the national average of 8 .5. rate is'

the lowest in the United States.

Child .suiCides are an indicator of stress, mental health

'problenis and lack of community and family support. -

The KIDS COUNT project spoke with two teenagers:Who

,are members of the Governor's SuicideTask Force . They

each expressed a different view 4what leads adoles-

cents to'consider suicide:

Drugs'lead kids into sCicide. Dnigs destroy life;you start feeling like your life'is.goinglo hell.You-start loSing your friends. Drugs lead,todepression and yOubegin to think "I'll just killMyself."'

-.4-1

Homelife leads up tb suicide. . Ba,d hOmelifesranges,froth physical abuSe to seXual abuse, feel-ing-like nbb!ody's there. Feeling like you raise .

'yourself: Feeling like riarents gorrt give 2 centsabout them. Many kids have their Own jobs, buYtheir own ClotheS, raise their other siblings.'.

Teen Members, Suicide Task Force .

Maine KIDS COUNT 1.995-96 Data Book--

These teenagers both felt that some of the solutions to

teen suicide include finding more places for teens to go.

One-student felt that lust hanging out is important." The

other felt that organized activities that were fun and

affordable were an alternative to drugs and would keep'

kids out of trouble. Additionally, these teens felt that it

was important to encourage.peer counseling programs.

Teens will listen to other adolescents before they'listen to parents. Don't mean disrespect but par-ents lecture. Kids seem to just want to help.

Teen member, Suicide Task Force

An adolescent who is currently a patient at Acadia

Hospital describes:

A lot of children such as myself have a mentalhealth and drug addiction. Many kids in schoolneed support and-need someone to reach out ahand to them. I know that classes are already toofull and ,there are new kids Coming in all thetime. We need a lot more support and timewhich most teachers as well as other adults-don't. seem to have the time for anymore. Thesuicide rate:has skyrocketed and there are somany pressures arid not enough people willingto help kids like me out.

One of the things that I know would help mewould be'a place where you couldn't be.turnedaway. I know it takes money, but we are the fu-ture and all the government seems to be doing istaking more arid more stuff away from the youth.Then they ask why we turn to the streets, gangs,arid to crime..All most youth 'need is someone to .

talk to. Everyone wants to stop violence, but noone wants to helpUs either.

Anonymous


Education

In 1994, Maine had a fall enrollme.nt of 213,825 chil-

dren in 704 public schools (577 elementary, 114

secondarY and 32 combined elementary and secondary).

This count does not include vocational centers or

regions, although some of these students also attended

vocational centers or regions. Another 13,446 students

were enrolled in 97 private schools (53 elementary, 17

secondary and 27, combined elementary and secondary)

(1994 Maine Educational Facts). This represents an

increase from 1993 of 1,580 students attending public

schools and 528 attending private schools.

The cost of public education continues to rise. The

annual cost per pupil, excluding transportation, voca-

tional education, special education, capital outlay and

debt service, was $3,396 per elementary student and

$4,623 'per secondary student (1994 Maine Educational

Facts). Th-is represents an increase from 1993, of $112

,per elementary studerit and $44 per secondary student.

Of the publiC and private secondary schools reporting a

total 'enrollment of 64,001, there were 1,867 dropouts

which gave Maine a 2.9% dropout rate for the 1993-

-1994 school 'year, a slight increase from 2.8% for the

1992-93 school year.

Failure to receive a high school diploma or GED cértifi-

ate can have serious negative long term consequences

for youth. Those who fail to receive a high school .

education or equivalent are significantly les's likely to' be

regularly employed well into their twenties. The jobs

available to those whb have dropped out generally do

not pay well, are unstable, and have limited Opportuni-

ties for upwardmobility (National Center for Education

Statistics, 1994).

17

The percent of Ma'ine 16-19 year olds,who are not

enrolled in school and not high school graduates has

steadily improVe0 -Since 1985. when Maine ranked' 28th

in the natibn With 10.4 percent. In 1992, Maine ranked

third in the country with 4.7 percent of 16-19 year Olds

not enrolled in sa-fool ana n-ot high .school graduates

compared to the-national aVerage of 9.3'15er Cent r

(Nati Onal-KIDS COUNT.Data Bo Ok, 1995).- -

The percent of students making the immediate transition

from high sChbol to college is the leading indicator of

the proportion of graduates who will eventually.enroll;

(National Center kir Education Statistics, 1994). Of

Maine's 13,980 high school graduates,.(12,414 public

and 1.,566 private) in 1994, 60.4% (58.1% publiC,_

78.7% p-rivate) continued theif education. This figure .

represents an increase from list year'.s total' of 57.2%

(58,8% public 'and .70.7% private) (1994 Maine Educa-

tional Facts). This conipares to the 1994 U.S. rate of

61.9%

LEIGH KELLY

Maine KIDS,OUNT 1995-96 Data Book -L11

STUDY OF.AN OLD MAN,. . ,

. The pool' map.Witi; a look'of lióvertK

&king for'helPCOuld see.

Pain in his eyes.

Black. li fitCause he h'ad no happiness

Just pain and anguish.In my mind, anyways.

HiS face looked all roughHis body loOked rough.

Clothes Worn and dingy.

Looked like he wasOn his last string

Crying for help, well,: Just plain old sorrow.

WalkingLooking for'hope

Losing hope.

Reminded me of myselfAt times

When everything is going wrongI'm sad and alone with a three year old..

Need.help. Crying.Reaching for help. ,

Lisa Scribner, from One Step at a 'Time,Writing by Very Young Parents, PortlandYWCA Teen Parent Services and PortlaridAdult Education.

1 2 Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book19

71117,0" ANIS .1:kk,

EDITH DIJGMORE

,Number

Rate orPercent

Total population, 1993 estimated 1 239 779 100.0%Under 5 years 80,696 6.5%5 .to 9 years 87,368 7.0%10 to 14 years 86,908 : 7.0%.15 to 19 years - 84;107 6.8%

.Total population, aged p-19 341,079 27.3%-

20 to 64 years . 728,142.._, 581%65 years'and over , 170,558 13.8%

,Children aged 0-19 who are: - white 332,525 97.9%.(1992 estimated) Asian and Pacific Islander 2,797 0.8%

American Indian -2,267 0.7%'African American 1,989 0.6%

PubliC school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 213,825 100.0%Grades K-8 156,601 73.2%

Grades 9-12 57,224 26.8%

Prkiate school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 13446 100.0%Grades K-8 6 179 46 0%.

Grades 9-12 7,267 54.0%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average Tota) 2,759 100.0%.6 6des K-8 2,262 82.0%

Grades 9-12 497 - '18.0%

Adults aged 18 and over Who have completed ,

high school or equivalency, f990 .

725,423, 79.0%

,Children at or below federal poerty line, 1992 59,605 19.3%

Median hoUsehold income, 1991-93 average , $29,140

Median income of families with children, 1992 $32,700

Unemployed perS'ons aged 16'and.over, 45,000 74%1994 annual average

V

Women in labor force with youngest child_ V V

undeir age 6, 199045,592 62.6%

Women in labor force with'youngest childiged 6-17, 1990

67,938 78.4%

Domestic assaults reported to police, 1994' 4,106

Maihe KIDS COUNT1995-96 Data- Book-13.

..

NumberRate.orPercent

. U.S. Rateor Percent

Childi:en aged 0-17 on AFDC in October, 1995 34,470 1112%

Mean monthly nurriber-of childrenon AFDCin calendar 1994

38,377 12.5% 15.1%

Adolescent female heads of households.onAFDC as a percent of all female heads of householdon AFDC' in January, 1995

158 0.9%

,

AFDC and Food Stamp benefits'as apercent Of poverty line in 1994

68.4% 65.4%

School childreh receiving subsidized 'school lunches, Total1994-95 school year Free

RedUced Price

64,94050,736 :

14;204

31.0%24.2%

6.8% .

Families headed by mothers receiving child supportor alimony, five-year average,1990-1994

42.7% 31.8%

Births to single teens as a percent of total live births, 1993 1,183 7.9%

Births to married teens as a percent of total live births, 1993 .- 320 2:1%

,

Births to unmarried teenaged mothers who have notcompleted 12 years of school; rate per 1,000 femalesaged 10-19, five-year average,1989-1993

820.6 ,'9.7

Children under age 6 with both or onlyparent hi labor force, 1990

60,890,

58.3% 54.9%

Children UnCler age 18 with both or Onlyparent in labor force, 1990

201,058 65.0% , 611%

Recipients of WIC benefits, 1994 Total. Women

Irifants-Children

82,32122,99414,65144,676

Main'e KIDS COUNT 1995-96 D'ata Book

Rate or U.S. RateNumber Percent or Perceni

l'Substantiated child abuse and neglect victims; rate per 1,000 children aged 0-19, 1994 4,769 15.2 14.3

_

Victims by gender an4 type of abuse Victims by ageMale . Fernale Total. .4769

Total . 2,228 2,541 0-4 1,39'1

Sexual Abuse 160, 399 5-8 1241Physi6l Abuse , 438 390' 9-12 , 1,115Neglect . 789 -831 13-15 741

Emotional Abuse 841 921 16-17 281

Requests for child abuse and neglect services, 1994 . . 18,47Cases screened out 11- , 991

Cases appropriate for Child Protective Services 6,466Appropriate referrals assigned for services . , 4,028Appropriate referrals not assigned due to lack of resources- 2,438 ,

,

. New caSes assessed 3,921

Completed assessments substantiated - 1,1.73,

Completed assessments unsubstantiated 1,748 - . - .

Children living in overcrowded housing, 1990 5.9% 116.1%

Children under 18 not living with a parent, 1990 11,148 3.6% - 4.3%

Children under 18 living in homeless shelters, March 1995 . 250

Children under 18 in Department of Human Services care or custody, 2,239rate per 1,000 children under 18, October 1995 .

Children aged 5-17 -who do not speak English at home, 1990 .9,886 4.4%' 13.9%

Children in single-parent families, fix%e-year average,.1989-93 . 21.7% 25.1%

Arrests of children aged 10-17, rate per 1,000,children, 1994 Total 10,538 75.6 84.6.i

Males 8,146: 113.6

.Females 2,392 35.3

Violent crime arrests of children aged 10-17, Total 179 1.3 4.8

rate perl,poo children, 1994 Males .158 . 2.2Females 21 . ' 0.3

1°Alcohol-rel1ed license suspensions'and arrests for drivers aged 20 677 23.3and .under; rate per 1,000 licensed drivers aged 20 and under;.1994 .

00U1 convictions fordriveii-aged.20 and undei-, 1.,168 40:2rate per 1,000 licensed drivers aged-20 and under, 1994

Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12Males - Females- Males Females.

'Students reporting alcbhol use in a given month, 1995 _ 262% 23.8% 53.1% 49.2%.. .

Students reporting marijuana Use in a given month, 1995 - . 12.5% . 6.0% .. 33 .6% 25.8%

,Students, reporting cigarette smoking in a given month, 1995 17.5% 14.5% 35.7% 33.0%

students reborting inhalant use in a given month, 1995 11.4% '12.1% 7.1% 4.2%

. The definition for this indiCator has changed from'thal used in laSt year's Data Book.Please see each indicator's definition for the exatt changes..

Maine KIDS COUNT 105-96 Data Book 15

PHYSICAL AND GASMI NIkalli

NumberRate orPercent

U.S. Rateor Percent

Pediatricians, family practitioners, and general practitioners (MDs and Dos); _

rate per 1,000 children aged 0-19, 1994650 1.9

General practice dentists, rate per 1,000 children aged 0-19, 1994 , 387 1.1

COre mental health professionals, rate per 1,000 children aged 0-19, 1994 1,382 4.1.

Children without health insurance, five-year'average, 1989-1993 8.7% 12:6%

Children aged 0-18 participating in Medicaid, 1994 89,137 27.5%

Teen pregnancy; rate per 1,000 females aged 10-1.7, 1993, 784 11.5

Low birth-weight infants; live births under 2500 grams (5.5 pounds)as a percent of all live births, 1993 .

812

.

5.4% 7.1% .

Live births:for which prenatal care began in the first trimester, 1993 13,144 87.3%

Two-year-olds who were age-appropriately immunized, 1994 74.3%

Infant mortality; rate per 1,000 live births, five-year average,1989-1993 104.6 6.3. 8.5

Child deaths;_rate per 100,000 children aged 1-14, five-year average,1989-1993 59.4 24.6 28.8

Teen deaths; rate per 100,000 children aged 15-19, five-year average,1989-1993 62 70.5

Teen violent deaths; rate per 100,000 children aged 15-19, five-year average,1989-1993 50.8 57.8 66.6

Child suicides; rate per 100,000 children aged 10-19, five-year average,1989-1993 14 8.1,

High School students reporting at least one suicide attempt in the last year, 1995 8.0%

Children aged 19 and under in motor vehicle crashes with personal injury, 1994 4,294

Hospital discharges for children'S mental health diagnbses;rate per 1,000 children under age 18, 1994

1,346 4.4

Children aged 0-14 using services of licensed alcohol and .

drug abuse treatment providers, rate per 1,000 children aged 0-14, 1994 _

98 ' 0.4

...

Children aged 15-19 using services of licensed alcohol anddrug Aiuse treatment providers, rate per 1,000 children aged 15-19, 1994

893 10.6

0 The definition for this indicator has changed from that used in last year's Data Book.Please see each indicator's definition for the exact changes.

,

16 Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Dab Book

EDUCATION

.

!High


U.S. Rateor Percent,

school completion results, 1993-94 .

(excludes'General Equivalence DeveloPment Certificatesand diplomas granted,through adult education centers) :

12,644

,

High school dropouts, 1993:94 school year 1,867-V

2.9% ,

High school graduates planning to attendpost-secondary'school, 1993-94 school year

7,825.

58.4% 61.9%

>Children with special needs as reported to the v

Department of Education; rate per.1,000 student's enrolledin public and private-schools, 1994-95 school year

,

.29,632",

130,4 ,

Children with limited English proficiency aftending 'school; rate per_1,000 students enrolled in public and'private schools, 1993-94'school year

. 2,430 -10.8,

52.0%

.

>Teens aged 16-19 not-in school andin labor force;three-year average 10,1-1993nci ,

.

7.2% .9.9%.

Percent of teens between the ages of 16 and 19 who arenot enrolled in schoOl and not high schoOl graduates,three-year average, 199111993' .

V

V 4.70/6 's 9'.3%

.The definition for this indi6tor has changed from that used in last year's.Data Book.Please see e.ach indicator's definition for the exact changes.

r

\

or"

POLLY'CAMPBELL

Maine-KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book 17

'ANDROSCOGGN COUNTY

-Siniply, the Besi, Maine

...Maine is just great.'Ithas many places withvery beautiful scenery.

We take:good care of-our beaLitiful state. Andbecause of that, we arerewarded with such awonderful place...,

Travis Ferrante8th Grade

..: , COUNTY6PRCkPl ..

Number Percent

Total population, 1993 estimated 103,892 . 100.0%Under 5 years ,

5 to 9 years7,1387,699

6.9%7.4%

10 to 14' years :7,624 7.3%15 to 19 years 6,827 6.6%

Total poPulation, aged 0-19 .29,288 28.2%

20 to 64 years 60,527 58.3%65 years and over 14,077 .13.5%

Children who are: white 28,859 98.2%(1992 estitnated) Asian/Pacific Islander- 236 0.8%

American. Indian 65 0.2%African American, 235 0.8%

Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 17,286 106.0%Grades K-8 12,426 71.9%

,, Grades 9712 4,866' 28.1%,

Private school residdnt enrollment, October 1994 Total 1,306 100.0%Grades K-8 964 , . 73.8%.

Grades 9-12 342 26.2%

Hom&schooled students, 1994 annual average Total 250 100.0%Grades K-8. 180 . 72.6%

Grades 9-12.- 70 28.0%

Adults 18'and over who have completed high school 56,850 72.7%or equivalency, 1996

Children at or below federal poverty line, 1996 5,699 20.9%.

Median household income, 1990 $26,979 .

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over, 4,100 7.5%1994 annual average

.

.Women in labor force with youngest child 948,under age 6,1990

Women in labor force with youngest child 2,286aged 6-17, 1990

..

Domestic assaults reported to police, 1994 534, . .

1 8 Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book

2 5

. Children agedin

School children receivingsubsidized school lunches,

1994-95 school year

Children aged 0-18 participating in

Births to unmarried teenaged mothercompleted 12 years of school; rate pe

aged 10-19, five-year aver

Live births for which prenin the first

Low birth,weight infants; live births un(5:5 poUnds) as a percent of all li

Infant mortality; rate per 1,000five-year average,

Pediatricians; family practitioners, apractitioners (MDs

rate Per 1,000 children,aged

General prate per 1,000 children a

Children under 18 in Department ofcare or custody; rate per

under 18

Child deaths; rate per 1aged 1-14, five-year aver

Teen deaths; 'rate per 1aged .15-19, five-year aver

Teen violent deaths; rate per 1aged 15-19, five-year aver

. Child suicides; rate per 1aged 10-19, five-year aver

Arrests of childrrate per.1,000

High s1993-1

High school graduates.-plapost-secondary school, '1993

Children with special 'needs a's reported to tment of Education; rate per 1,000 studen

in public and private schools, 1994-1995 s


= Percent Above or Below Statewide Average

MN= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

-

-50 40 -30 -20 -10

w+10 +20 +30 +40 +50

0-1 7 on AFDCOctober, 1995

3;433 . 12.9%.

112.9

-9.8

- Total, Free'Reduced Price

5,335. 4;1801.,3.55

32,2%25.2%

7:0%

1 3.914.1.

j 2.9

viedicaid, 1994 8,373' 30.0% 19.1

s who have not1,000 females-

ige, 1989-1993

110.6 . 15.1 ,

>

atal care begantrimester, 3993

.1,161 85.-3%

.

. -..3

ier2500 grams-ye births, 1993

76

.

5.6% 3:7

30.2

live births,1989-1993

10.8 7.3 115.9

nd generaland DOs); ..)-19, 1994.

44 1.5-

-actice dentists;ged 0-19,-1994

32 1.1

.

.

.

0.0

luman Services1,000 childrenOctober 1995

137 5.2. -2,8'8 1

0,060 childrenige, 1989-1993

6.2 29.5- 119-91.7

0,000 childrenge,1989-1993

5.6 7.4 4.5 .

249.

0,000 childrenIge, 1969-1993 .

4.6.

6.1 4.8

0,000 children .ige,1989-1993

1.0".

.' 0.7

78.6

-17.31

en aged 10-17;children, 1994

1,583. 135.012.8

:hool dropouts,94 school year

---1.94 - 3.6% 56321.9

nning to attend..94 school year

. 475 47.8% -18.1

:11.6 .

le Depart-ts enrolled 4 ,choor year

2,623 141.1 18.2

The definition for this 'indicator has changed from that Used in last year's Data Book.Please fee each indicator's deffMtion for the exact changes..

* Those indicators for which comparable data were inaudedin theMaine KIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book.

Maine KIDS.COUNT .1995-96 Data BoiDk 9

AROOSTOOK COUNTY

C.F. BARRON

©JJtII PR®FIIII

. Number . Percent

TOtal population, 1993 estimated, - 85,887 100.0%Under 5 years -5,356 6.2%;5 to 9 years - : 5,806 6.8%.10 to 14 years 6:105 7:1%15 to 19 years , 6,198 7.2%

Total population, aged 0-:19,,. 23,465 ,' 27.3%1

20 to 64,years 50,588 , 58.9%65 years and dyer 1.1,834 -13:8%_

Children who are: White. _ 23,417 96.7%.(1992 estimated) Asian/Paciiic Islander

', ' American Indian 2147346

0.6%

, African American 309 -1:3%

Public schpol resident enrollment, October 1994 Total. . 100.0%Grade§ K-8

.14,161.9,762 ,68.9%

Grades 9-12. , 4,399 , 31.1%

Private khool resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 30 100.0%Grades-K-8 14

_Grades 9-12 ;16 '.' 53.3%

HOme-schoPled students; 1994 annUal.average Total 137 100:0%Grades K18 110 80.3%

Grades 9712 '27 19.7%

, Adults 18 and over who have cornpleted high schoolor equivalenCy, 1990 -

46,558 72.1%

Children at or below federal pOverty line, 1990 5,081 , 22.7%

Median household income, :1990 $22,230

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over,1594 annual aveiage

4;440 ' 11.7%

WoMen ii) labor force with youngest,childunder age 6, 1990

.460

Wornen in labor force With youngest ciiildaged 6-'17; 1990

1,460

Doi-nestic assaults reported to police, 1994 223 ;

20 Maine KlbS COUNT,1995-96 Data'Bbok27

Children aged 0-17'on ArDCin October, 1995


111111= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

Rate orNumber Percent o ao -30 0 -10 0 +10 +20 30. 40 +50

2,508 , 12.0%. 1120

1111=M470.157011

SChool children' receiving Total 5,997 44.5%,subsidized schObl -lunches, Free: 4,599 34.1% .

1994-95 schriol year, Reduced priCe

Children aged 0-18 participating in Meditaid, 1994 7,3891 33.2%

, Births to unmarried teenaged mothers Whri have notcompleted 12 years Of sChool; rate per 1,000 females

-, aged 10-19, fiVe-year. average, 1989-1.993 ,

43.5

140 9

49.8 8.1

20.7 .

Live births for which prenatal care began , 908 , 85.6%j. in the first trimester,J 993

Low birth-weight infants; live bii.ths under.2500 grams(5.5 pounds). as a percent of all live births, 1993 .

73 27.8

. Infant mortality; rate per 1,000 live births,five-year average, 1989-1993

8.0 6:8.

: Pediatricians; family practitionerS, and general . 31 1.3.pradtitioners (MDs and DOs);

rate per 1;600 children aged 0-19, 1994

6eneralpractice dentists; 13 .70.6 _,,55

-Tate per 1,000 children aged 0-19;1994

;Children under 18 in Department of Human SerVices 232 11.1care orcustOdy; rate Per 1;000 children

`under 18, OCtober, 1995

1 Child deaths; rate per 10;000 children , 2.0 ,

aged 1-14, five-year avéiage, 1.489-1993

Teen deaths; rate per 1,0,000 childrenaged 15-19, fi'Ve-year average, 1989-1993

Teen'violent deaths; rate Per.10;000 childrenaged 15,19,five-year ayerage,-19B9-1993

Child Suicides; rate per 10,000 childrenaged:10-19, fiVe-year average, 1989-1993

.1

, -24.0.

-22.2

Arrests of children aged 10-17; '651 66.3 -123 I.

,. rate per 1,000 children, 1994

High school dropriuts,1993=1994,school year

. :41.4

27.0,.

13.3, 2

, High schOol graduateS planning to'attehd -695 63.4%post-secondary schOol,'199.3.-94 school Year

Children With special needs as rePorted,to the Depart- 1,849- 130.3ment of Education; rate per 1,000 students enrolled

in public arid private_schools, 199,4-1995 school year

*The definition for this indicator has changed frorrithat used in.last year's Data Book:Please see'each indicator's'definition for the eZaCt changes:. ,

Those indicatois fdr which comparable data were included Id the*bine KIDS eOUNT 1994 Data Book.

MaineSIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book := 21

C.UMBERLAND COUNTY

LINDA-N. PHILLIPS

010U5W PROP! .

Number Percent

Total population, 1993 estimated 246,069 100.0%Under- 5 years 16,476 6.7%5 to 9 years 16,855 6.8%10 to 14 years 16,039 6.5%15 to 19 years 14,453 5.9%

-Total population, aged 0-19 63,823 25.9%

20.to 64 years 149,305 60.7%65 years and over 32,941 13.4%

Children who are: white 61,367 97.3%(1992 estimated) Asian/Pacific Islander 944 1.5%

American Indian 195 0.3%African American 542 0.9%

Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total, Grades K-'8

40,45729,563

100.0%711%

Grades 9-12 10,894 26.9%

Private, school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 2,869- 100.0%Grades K-8 1,833 63.9%

Grades 9-.12.

1,036 36.1%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average ', Total 312 -100.0%, Grades K-8 259 83.0%

Grades 9-1.2 53 17.0%.

Adults 18 and over who have completed high school 157,698 84.6%or equ ivalency, 1990

Children al or.below federal poverty line, 1990 , 9,157 16.0%

Median household income, 11390 $32,286

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over, 6,400 5.1 %1994 annual average

Women in labor force with youngest childunder age 6, 1990 ,

1,607

Women in labor force with youngest child 5,342 _

aged 6-17, 1990,.

,

Domestic assaults reported to police, 1994 1031

2 2 Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book

2 9

Children agedin

°School children receiVingsubsidized school lunches,

1994-95 school year





LOw birth-weight infants;_live births uri(5.5 pounds)' as a percent of all li

Infant mortality; rate' per 1,000five-year average,

Pediatricians, family practitioners, apractitioners (MDs

rate per 1,000 children,aged



under 18

'Child deaths; rate per 1aged 1-14, five-year aver

Teen deaths; rate per 1aged 15-19, five-year aver


Child suicides; rate per 1aged 10-19, five-year aver

Arrests of childrate per1,000

. High s)993,1

High schOol graduates plapost-secondary school, 1993

Children with special needs as repdrted to tment of EducatiOn; rate per 1,000 stUden

in public and private schools, 1994:1995 s

Rate Or.Number Percent


Ell= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Books

§11011621W1IBT11.1-7011111111MM

-50 -40 -30 -20 -10. 0

1112123EVRAM&VIT,VM+10 +20 +30 +40 +50

6-17 on AFDC 5,536October, 1995

9.5%' -15.2

-11 2

- Total 9,038Free 7,108

Reduced price 1,930

24.7%19:4%53%

-20.31

-19.81

-22.1 1

Aedicaid, 1994 12,567. 20.7% .-24.71

;.who have not 127.4:1,000 females :

tge,1989:1993

.8.3-14.4,1

5

atal care began . 2,792trimester, 1993

90.4% 113.6

I

ier 2500 grams 175ve births, 1993. .

5.7% 5.6 .

9.6 ._

live births, * 19.898971993

5.9 -6.3

nd general 173

and bOs); 0 .)-19,,1994

2.7.

1 42.1

'actice dentists; 119ged 0-19,1994-

, .

1.7.

luman SerVices 4091,000 childrenOctober 1995.:

7.1 -2'7E ..

0,000.cbilclren : 7.8tge, 1989-1993

1.739.5

, -29.3

o,006 children 9.2tge, 1989-.1993

5.7 -19.7

.......---,--..-4.1

.

0,000 children 7.2ige, 1989-1993

- ,4.4..

, -23.41

0,000 children- 1.4tge, '1989-1993

.

.0.5-44.41

en aged 10L17; 2,074ch'ildren,,1994"

84.016.5

:hool dropouts, 309 ,194 school year .

, _

'.. .3.1%-18.2

.6.9

nning to attend 1,318-94 school year

63.5%-3.2

18.7

.

he Depart- . 4,849ts enrolled ')' .

chool year

11_1.9 -18.5

*The definition for this indicator has changed from that used in last year's Data Book.Please see each indicator's definition for the exact changes.

* Those indicators for which comparable data were included in theMaine KIDS COUNT,1994 Data Book.

Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 'Data Book - 23

FRANKLEN COUNTY

rt"

Bugs, swimming,...skiing,:snowball fights,, bugs, farn:ily, White Christmas, didmention.bugs yet?yibrantiprings and long Wintersthese are the treasures of:Maine. The good and thebad the things'we hold-close and the things wewish would go-aWay....

Leah McVeigh8th Grade

, COUlikilTrif PROFI 1Pli'

. Number . Percent

Total population, 1993 estimated 29,427 100.0%Under 5 years . - 1,860 6.3%5 to 9. years 2,101 7.1%10 to 14 years . 2,246 : . 7.6%15 to 19 years 2,079. 7.1%

Total pbpulation, aged 0-19 8,286 28.2%

20 to 64 Years 17,340 58.9%65 years and over 3,801 12.9%

Children who are: white 8,650 99-.2%(1992 eStimated) Asian/Pacific-Islander .30 0.3%

American Indian 24 0.3%African American 12. '0.1%

Public school resident enrollnient, October 1994 Total 5,465 100.0%Grades K-8 3,901 71.4%

Grades 9-12 1,564 . 28.6%

Privaie-school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 95 100.0%.'. Grades K-8 11 11.6%

Grades 9-12 84 88.4%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average Total 130 100.0%, . Grades K-..8 105 80.8%

Grades 9-12 25 19:2%

AdUlts 18 and over who have completed high sChoolor eqiiivalency, 1990

17,146 80.2%

Children at or below federal poverty line, 1990 1,669 . '219%

Median, household. income, 1990 ' .- $24,432

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over, 1,130 . .994,,

1994 annual average :

Wornen in labor force with youngest childunder age 6, 1990

160

Women in laborforce with.youngest child 'aged 6-1.7, 1990

644

. .

bomestic assaults reported to 'police, 1994 1.05

24 Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data 13ook

31

Children agedin

,School children receiving

subsidized schOol lunches,1994-95 school year


. Births to unMarrietheenaged motherCompleted 12.years of school; rate pe


LiVe births for which prenin the first

Low birth-weight infants; live births un(5.5 pounds) as a percent of all li

'Infant mortality; rate per 1,000five-year average,

Pediatricians, family practitioners, aPractitioners (MDs

rate per 1,000 children aged,

General prate P'er 1,000 children a


under 18'. .


Teen deaths; rate per 1aged 15-1 6, five-year aver

Teen violenfdeaths;,rate per 1aged 15:19, fiye-year aver

, Child.Suicides; rate:per 1aged 10-19, five-year. aver

- Arrests 'of childrrate per 1,000

High s.1993-1

High school:graduates pla. pbst7secOndary schoäl, 1993

Childrell with spedal nee,ds-as reported to tMent Of EduCation; rate per i ,000 studen

-1. in publiC and private_sch-ools,.1994-1995 's

0 The definition for this indicatbr has changed from that used in last'year's Data Book.Please see each'indicator's definition for the exact changes.

Number Percent


MU Percent Clfange from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*,

ND-50 -40 -30 ,20 -10 +10 . t20 +30- +40.' +50

,

0217 on'ArDCOctober, .1995

904 . 12.1%.. ,

.1.8.0

Total. Free

Reduced price

: 1,857 34.4%1;498, ,27.7%

359 6.6%

hi.o114.5

-.

Aedicaid, 1994 2,375 , 30.1% 19.5.

.; who have not1,000 females

tge, 1989-1993

. 19.0 8.1

...

.-16.5

. ,

atal.cire begantrimester, 1993...

271. ,, 847%, -3.6 E

.----Jer 2500 gramsve bi.rths,-1993

12 3.8%-40.6

.

live births,7 ,,,.t.

989,1993.

1:8- .4.9 -22.21

nel genei.aland DOs); 0)-19, 1994

15 - 1.8'

.

-5.3E

-actice dentists;g'ec.1 .0-19, 1994

8 1.0 -9.ol

luman Services1,000 Children ', October 1995

3 H 5.2.

.

-28.8

0,000 childrenige, 1989-1993

2.6 44 .

.

,

713:1C

-6.8_

0,000 childrenige, 1989-1993

-1.8 ..7.4 . 5.0

15.6 ,

0,000 childrenlge, 1989-1993

1. 7.4 128.0. .,

0,000 childrenrge, 1989-1993

0.6 ' 1.3 2.

.

60<,

.

en aged 10-1'7;children, 1994

226 641 -11:2

,

16.6.

:hoOl dropouts,194 School year

.

-37 2.2%3.5

-24 1

nning to attend.94 schobl year'

308 : 85.8%

,

___146.936.8

he Depai-t-.

. 810, 145.7. 115.3

ts enrolled. 0chool Year

3 2

* Those indicators for which comparable data were iiKluded in theMaine K15.5 COUNT 1994 Dath Book. -

-Maine:KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data"Book= 25

HANCOCK COUNTY

TI:-.IS

Number Percent

Total population, 1993 estimated 48,509 , .100.0%under 5 years 3,012 . 6.2%5.to 9 year's' , 3,424 7:1%10 to 14 years - 3,451 7.1%15 tO 19 years 2,915 .6.0%

Total population, aged 0719 ' 12,802 26.4%

20 to 64 years 28,183 58.1%65 year's and over 7,524

Children who are: white '12,334 98.8%(1992 estimated) Asian/Pacific Islander '.- 59 0.5%


Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 8,346 100.0%Grades K-8 6,348 76.1%

. 'Grades 9-12 1,998 23.9%

Private school resident enrollment, October 1994 ._ Total 496 100.0%Grades K-8 123 24.8%

Grade 9-12 373 75.2%

Horne=schooled students, 1994 annual average : Total . 170 100.0%Grades K-8 139 81.8%

Grades 9-12 31 18.2%

Adults 18 and over who have coMpleted high schoor ' 29,552 83.1%,-or equivalency, 1990

.

Children at or belowfederal poverty line, 1990 1,747 15:3%

Median household income, 1990 $25,247

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over; 2,080 7.8%1994 annual average

Women in labor force with youngest childuhder`age 6, 1990

268

Women in labor force with youngest childaged 6-17, 1990

.

707.

Domestic assaults reported tO police, 1994 124

26 =Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book'

Children agedin

School children receiving.subsidiied school lunches,

1994-95 school year-



: aged 10-19,'fiv,e-year aver


Low birth-weight infants; live births un(5;5 pounds) as a percent of all li

infant mortality; rate per 1,000five-year average,


rate per 1,000 children aged


Children under 18 in Department ofcare or cuStody; rate per

under 18

Child deaths; rate per 1aged 1.-14, five-year aver

Teen deaths; rate per 1aged '15-19, five-year aver


Child suicides; rate per 1aged 10-19', five-year aver

. -

Arrests of childrrate pier 1,000

High s1993-1

High school graduates pla-post-secondary school, 1993

Children with special needs as reported to tment of Education; rate per 1,000 studen


Rate or,Number Percent

= Percent Above or Below Statewide Average ,

..1= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

-50 -40. -30 -20 -10

mkgyiegitinakat+10 +20 +30 +40 +50

0-17 on AFDCOctober, 1995

.840 7.2% .-3571-11.1

TotalFree

Reduced price

2,346.1,770

576

28.1%25.2%

6.9%

25.2%

01.5'.,.

-12.41

.

AediCaid, 1994 .3,066 ,8.4[

s who have not1,000 females,

tge, 1989-1993

24.2 8.3

.

. -14.41

2 5

a -tal care begantrimester, 1993

ier 2500 grarnsve births, 1,993

.483

.31

84.9%-

5.4%

-----2.71

1

---10.0......._____,

54

live births,- 4,'1989-1993 .

3.4 5.8 -7.9

nd generaland DOs);,...)-19, 1994.

34 2.7142.1

..

-actice dentists; '

gec10-19, 1994.13 1.0 -9.1

iuman Services -

1,000 Children, October 1995.

89 7.6 4.1

.

0,000 children -

ige, 1989-1993 :... 2.6. 2.9

-20.6. .

16.3

o,00p childrentge, 1989-1993

2.0 6.5 . -7 4

.9.3

..,,,_0,000,childrenige, 1989-1993

1 -.8 5.9 .

I1.7

0,000 children_Ige, 1989-1993

0.8 1.3 60,

emaged 10-.17;children, 1994

200 38.7 -488 1.

.

-2.7.3

12.9

: h oo I dropouts,194 school year

75 - 3.2% -19.3

nning to attend-94 schoolyear

274.

.

52.0%. ... 0.9

he Depart= .

ts enrolled 9.chool year

1,164 131.6, Lo-

.

The definition for this indicator has changed from that used in last year's Data Book.Please see each indicator's definition for the exact changes.

* Those indicators for which comparable data were included in theMaine KIDS COUNT 1994 Data"Book.'

Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book 2 7

KIENNEOIEC COUNTY

...Coming,frorn a small"school-consisting of grades

K-12 14-T haVe,the benefits

of-knowing eVerybodyanddeveloping strong friend-ships with our.peers.know whenWe Corne,to...'school we will be sur-rounded by a safe andcomfortable environment.As we walk down the halls

we kgoW our lives will not"be threatened....

Anonymoiis

ECUREV PRC)PI

. Nuniber. 'Percent

Total population; 1993 estirnated 117,158 100.0%.Under 5 years 7,311 6.2%5 to 9 years . '8,169 7.0%10 to 14 years. '8,673 7.4%1.5 to 19 years 7,969 6.8%-

Total population, aged 0-19 32,122' ' 27:4%20 to 64 years . . 68,870,

'65 years and over . 16,1 6658.8%13.8%

Children'.who are: white 32,062 98.6%(1992 estimated) Asian/Pacific Islander, 229 7.0%

zAmerican Indian i 1.6

-African American . 111. 3:6%

3.4%

Public school-resident enrollment, October 1994 , Total 20;175 i 60.0%. .Grades K-8 15,155 75.1%

Grades 9-12 5,031 24.9%

Private school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 1,482 100.0%Grades K-8 827 55.8%

Grades 9-12 655 24,.9%

Horne-schOoled students, 1994 annual average Total - 169 . 100.0%GradeS K-8 144

,

Grades 9-12 25,

85.2%14.8%

Adults 18.and over who have completed high school -. 68,347 789%or. equ ivalency, 1990.

Chiidren at Or below federl povertY line, 1990 5,046 17.2%

Median_household incOme, 1990 : $28,616-


Women in labor force with youngest child -970under. age 6, 1990 .

Women in' labor force with Youngest child 2,488aged 6-17,1 990

-. . .

Dornestic assaults reported to police, 1994 309



IIM= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

Number

'Children aged 0-17 on AFDC 3,373in October, 1995

Rate orPercent 50 -40 -30 -20 0 0 +10 20 30 +40 +50

11:7%

'School_children receiving Total 5,911

subsidized school luncheS Free 4 645 21.9%1994795 school year Reduced price 1,266 6:0%

Children aged 0-18 participating in Medicaid, 1994, 8,115_

Births to unmari-ied teenaged Mothers who have not,completed 12 years of school; rate per 1,000 females

aged 10-1,9, five7year average, 1989-1 993

71.4 8.6-11:3

Live births for whith prenatal care began-,in the first trienester,A993

LOW birth-weight ',infants; live birthunder 2500 grams,, 71, '-5.1%(5.5 pounds) as a percent of:all'live births, 1993

Infant mortality; rate per 01,00 live births ;, ,

8.4-, .

fiVe-Year average, 1989-1993

Pediatricians, family prictitioners, 'and general 74

practitioners (MDs and 00s); 0rate per 1,060 children aged 0-1, 1994.

General praCtiCe dentists;rate per 1,006 children aged 0-19, 1994

Children under 18 in Department of, Human Services -

care or c stody, rate per 1,000 childrenunder 1,8, October 1995,

42 1.3

181

.

Child deaths; rate Per 10,00p ch i kfrenaged 1-14, five-year averige, 1989-1993

4.6 2.0 .17..6

Teen deaths; rate per 10,000 Children 5.6 6.6aged 15'-19, five-year average, 1989:1993

- Teen violent deaths; rate per 10,000 children, 5:2 6.1

'aged'15-19/five-Year average, 1989:1993

Child suicide`s;, rate Per 1:0,006:children ; 1.6* 0.6.aged 10-19, five-year average, 1989-1993

Arrests Of children aged 10717; 843'..rate per 1,000 children, 1994,

,- _

, High 'sthool dropouts, .165. 2-;9%1993-1994 school year

High school graduates planning to attend 780 '61.4%Posi-seCohary khOol;1993-94 school year'.'.

'Children with special heeds as reported to the Depart 2 648 ; 122 3'rhent Of Education; rate per 1,,000 stUdents enrolled:

in.public and Oilvate schools,,1994:1995.school year,

p The definition foi: this indicator has ch'anged from that used in' last ;ear's Data Book.Please see each indicator:s definition foi,the exaCt changes..

,

Those indicators for whith comparable data' we're-included in theAl'aine.KIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book.

, ,

-.Maine' KIDS, COUNT 1995-96Data.Book 29- r

V

KNOX COUNTY,

LEIGH KELLY

. Number Percent

Total population; 1.993 estimated 37,014 100.0%Under 5 years 2,230 6.0%5 to 9 years. 2,651 7.2%

, 10 to 14 years - 2,620 7.1%..15 to 19 years ,2,347 6.3%

'Total population, aged 0-1.9 9,848 26.6%

'20 to 64 years' 20,717 56.0%'65:years and oyer 6,449 17.4%

Children whoare: white . 9,439- 99.0%(1992 estimated) '. Asian/Pacific. Islander

American Indian. African American

3539 ,

1.7

.0.4%0.4%'0.2%

Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 5,897 100.0%Grades K-8 : 4,554 . 77.2%.

Grades 9-12 1,343 22.8%

Private schbol residentenrollment, October 1994 'Total 133 i 00.0%Grades K-8 1) 6 87.2%

, .Grades 9-12 '17 1.2.8%

.1-lome-schooled students, 1994 annual average Total 60 100.0%-, . . 'Grades K-8 . 45 '75.0%

. ,Grades 9-12 15 25.0%

- Adults 18 and over who have completed high school 22,017 80.1%or equivalency, 1 990 .. -

.Children at or below federal poverty line, 1990 1,839 20.7%

Median household' income, 1990 '$22,017

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over, 1,060 .5.6%1994 annual average

Women in labor force with youngest thild .--under age 6,.,1990,

22..

WOmen in labor force with youngest childaged6-17, 1990

618

bomesk assaults reported to police, 1994 . . 138

30 = Maine KiDS COUNT 1995-96 Data gook

3 7

'Children aged-in

Schoolchildren receiving .

subsidized school lunches, _1994-95 school year

Children aged 0-18 Participating in

Births to unMarried teenaged rnOthercompleted 12 years of school; rate pe

: aged 10-19, five-yeir aver

Live births'fOr which'prenin the first

Low birth-weight.infants; live births, itn,(5.5-pbunds)-as a Percent of all li

infant mortality; rate per 1,000- five-year average,




Children under 18 in Department of,care or custody; rate per

under 18

Child deaths;:rate per 1agedi -14, five-year aver

_Teen deaths; rate per)aged 1519; five-year aver

Teen 'violent deaths; rate per. 1,aged 15-19, five-year. aver

Child suicides; rate per 1,aged,10-1-9, five-year aver

Arrests of childrrate per 1,000

High s,1993-1

High school graduates Plapost-secondary ichool, .1993

Children With special neecl as reported to tment of EdUcatiOn; rate per 1,000 studen

,in public and private schools, 1994-1995 s

Rate OrNumber Percent

= Percent Above or_Below Statewide Average

MI= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

FF.-0+20 +30 +40 +50

t.ityiffar ' e-50 -40' -30 -20 -10

0-17 on-AFDCOctober, 1995

833 94% -16.1

-13.8 ,.

TotalFree

Reduced price

l',8081,356 ,

452

32.0%24.0%

8.0%.

Aedicaid, 1994 2,780 29.7% 0

.

18

5'who haVe not1,000 females

tge, 1989719.93

24.6 .. 10.5

-3.7

8

atal care begantrimester, 1993

371 90.7% 3.9

ier. 2500 gramsve births, 1993

22 5.4% go22.7

live births,19,89-1993 7

2.0' 4.5 -28.6 1

nd generaland DOs);)-19, 1494

17 . 1.7-10 51

-actice dentists;gell 0719,1994

.

15 1.5 -

_ .

136.3

funrian Services.1,000 children

, oCtober 1995

40 4.5

.

-38.4

.

0,000.childrentge, 1989-1993

1.6 2.3. ,

-21.7

0,000 children,se, 1989-1993

'3.0 13.135.2

0,000 childrenLge, 1 989-1 993

2.8 12.26,

>

0,000 childrense, 1 989-1993

-- 06 , .1.3 -

en aged 10-17;children, 1994.

551 136.9

.

:hoof' dropouts,194 school year

41 3.0% 34111

nning to attend94 school-year

_ 1,42 53-.8%. -7.9

le Depart-ts enrolledchooryear

633 105.0 -19.5

_

*The definition for this, ificlicatOr has changed from ihat used in last year's Data Book.Please see each indicator's definition for the exact changes.

-

8

.1 .

*TkOse indicators frif which compar-able data 'were in'cluded in theMaine KIDS.COUNT 1994 Data Book.

Maine KIDS COUNT-19.5-96 D:3ta Book

RANCOLN COUNTY

LEIGH KELLY

1[770.

CagGEV PROM

Number Percent

Total p`opulation, 1993 estimated 30,909 100.0%Under 5 years 1,853 6.0%5 to 9 years 2,192 7.1%10 to 14: years 4213 7.2%15 to 19 years 2,136 6.9%

Total population, aged 0-19 8,394 - 27.2%20 to 64 years 17,191 55.6%65 years and over 5,324 . 17.2%

Children who are: . white 8,069 199.1%(1992 estimated). - V

Aslan/Pacific Islander 18 0.2%.Arnerican Indian 46 0.6%African-American 11

V

0.1%

Public school resident enrollment, October 1994_ Total 5,545 100.0%Grades K-8 : 3,958 71.4%

Grades 9-12 1,587 v 28.6%

Private school resident enrollment, October.1994 Total 516 100.0%Grades K-8 43- 8.3%

Grades 9-12 473 91.7%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average Total 93 100.0%Grades K-8 82 88.2%

Grades_9-12 11 v 11.8%

Adults 18 and Over who have completed high schoolor equivalency, 1990 .

18,357- V 80.8%

Children at or below federal poVerty line, 1990 1,010 ,13.2%

Median household income, 1990 28,373 ..

Unemployed perkins aged *16 and oYer, 1,140 7.0%1994 annual aver.ige . ,

Women ih labor force with youngest child V V

under age 6, 1990156

Women in labor.forCe with'youngest child .

aged 6-17, 1990.

464.

,

Domestic assaults reported to police; 199,4.

V72

32 Maine KIDS dOUNT 1995-96 Data Book3 3

Children agedin

Schocil children receiving. subsidized sChool lunches,-

1994-95 school year


Births to unmarried'teenaged mothercompleted 12 Years of school; rate pe

aged 10-19; five-year aver

Live birthS for which pren.in the first

LOW birth-weight infants; live, births un-(5.5-pounds) as a percent of

Infant mortality; rate'jier 1,000five-year average,

Fediatricians,JaMily practitioners; 'a, iDractitioners (MDs

sate.per1,000"children aged

General prate per 1,000 C'hildren a

Children under 18-in Department ofcare or custody; rate per

. under .18

Child deaths; rate,per-1-"aged 1-14, five-year aver

Teen deaths', rate per 1aged 15-19,_ five-year aver

Teen violent deaths;.rate per 1-aged 15-19, five-year aver

Child suicides; rate per 1'aged 10-19, five-year aver

Arrests of-childrrate per,1_,006

- High s1993-1

High schbol graduates pla...post-secOndary school, 1993

Children with Special needs as reported.to tMent of,Educatibn; rate per 1,000.studen

:in public and private schools, 1994-1995 s

Number,Rate or

Percent Above cir,,BeIow Statewide Average.

= Pertent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*.

PerCent, ; -56 --to 30 . -20 -10 . 0

matussmivir+10 '+20:. +30 +40 +50

0-17 ori AFDC 600October, 1995 -,

8.0% -29.5-12.2

Total 1,462 .

Free 1.,161 '

Reduced price ; 301,

25.4%26.2%

5..20ct.- .

:

-18.1

-16.51

-23.51

. .

AediCaid, 1994 3,959 24.6% -10.5

S' whb have not 17.2

1,000 femalesIge, 1989-1993 ,: . ,

. .

8.7

6:1

-10.3

atal care began. 294. .

trimester,'1993, .

88.6% "Ls.,

Jer 2500 grams . 14

ve births; 1993=, 4.2% -22 2

-12.5

-,---live births '2.0

.

989-1993

5.4 . -14.31

nd general . 18

and DOs); 0.)-19, 1994.. . ..

21.10.5

-actice dentists; 13

;ed 0-19,19941 5

-

.

I36A

iuMan Services .36.

1 ,000 children, Odober199.5'

4.8 , -34.2

-

0,000 children 0.4rge, 1989-1993

0.7 :72.8-33.0

0,000 children 2.0tge, 1989-1993-

9.9,-24.1

28.9

0,000 children 1.6Ig1989-1.993 ..

8.0, 132.5

0,000 children. 0.4tge, 1989-1993'

1.0

1en aged,10-17;'. 127children, 1994

36.2 ,' 5 .-52

:hool dropouts, '70t194 school year-

3 7% 12768.8

nning td attend 231

-94 school year59.7%

'2.2 .

66 :

he Depart- 1,007ts enrolled, Q.chool Year

. .,

166.1 1274

0 The definition for this indicator has chariged from that used-in last j/ear's.Data.Book.Please see each indicator's definition for the exact changes.

4 0

.* Those indicators forwhich comijarabledata.we're included in theMaine KIDS, COUNT 1994 Data Book. .

Mairie KIDS CbUNI1' -1995-96:Data BOok 33.-

OXFORD COUNTY

Maine Alone

havefall,

LINDA N. PHILLIPS

Ee'F, PRoME

Nurnber Percent

Total populatiOn, 1993 estimatedUnder 5 years

52,7973,442

100.0%6.5%

then Winter,.then spring,then'stirrfmer, 5 to 9 years 3,842 7.3%Soon the leaves fall 10 to 14 years 3,993

.Soon SchoOl15 to 19 years

Total population, aged.0-193,739

15,0167.1%

28.4%.Sdon there is snoW 20 to 64 years 29,618 56.1%Soon the sun riseS, in 65 years and over 8,163 15.5%Maine firSt, then the sun Children who are: white 14,545 99.2%falls, in Maine last (1992 estimated) Asian/Pacific Islander 55

(Looking around I seebeauty, but only in Maine)

American IndianAfrican American

3336

0.2%. 0.2%

Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 10,022 100.0%. 'Grades Kt8 7,215 72.0%John:Jackson

Grades 9.-12 2,807 28.0%-

'Private school resident enrollment;October 1994 Total 1,199 100.0%Grades K-8* 305 25.4%.

Grades .9-12 894 74.6%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average Total 202 100.0%Grades.K-8 166 82.2%

Grades'9-12 36 17.8%

Adults 18 and over who have completed high schoolor equivalency, 1990

29,516 76.3%

Children at or below federal 'poverty line, 1990 2,924 21.0%

Median househOld income, 1990 $24,535

Unemployed persons,aged 16 and over,1994 annual average

2,520 9:9%.

Women in labor force with youngest childunder age 6, 1990

424

Women" in labor force with youngest childaged 6-17, 1990

1,157

Domestic assaults reported to pdlice, 1994 142


Children agedin

School children receivingsubsidized school lunches, .

1994-95 school year


Births to unmarried teenaged mdthercompleted 12 years of school; rate pe


Live births for which pren.in the first

Low birth-weight infants; live birth§ un(5:5 pounds) as a Percent of all Ii

Infant mortality; rate per.1,000five-year average,



Geneial prate per 1,000 children a


. under 18


Teen deaths; rate per 1aged 1 5-1 9, five-year aver



Arrests of childrrate per 1,000

"Highs1993-1

H igh school graduates pla'post-secondary school, 1993



Rate orNuMber -Percent .


ME= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 +10 +20 +30 +40 +50

.0-17 on AFDCOCtober, 1995

1,634_

12:1%.-5.5

8.01

. Total .

Free

-Reduced prite

3,7204891 .

82.9

34.7%27.0%

7.7%.

Iii.s111.6

113.2

Aedicaid, 199411. 4,400 301.8% 112.0

; who have not1;000 females

ge, 19891993

43.0 11.9.

.

122.7

oo

gal care begantrimester; 1993

495.

83.1%,

ier'2500 gramsye births, 1993

38 6.4%.

18.5

14.3

live births, A9439-1.993 '

5.0 7.2 114.3

n&generaland DOs);)19,1.994 ''

17 1.1

. ,.-42.11

.actice dentists;ged 0-19, 1994

9 0.6. . 4541

,

luman Services1,000 children, October 1995

58 4.3 -an!

0,600 childrenge, 1989-1993

3.4 : 3.1-15.1

127.6

0,900 childrenige,_ 1989-1993

3.8 10.8'-1 3

0,000 childrenige, 1989-1993

3.4 9.6 >

o,boo childrentge, 1989,-1993

1.4 1.9.

13

>

en aged 10-17;Children, 1994

335 .53.5 .. -29.2 '. .

38.2

:hool dropouts, .

194 school year154 4.4%-

. .

33 3

nning to attend-94 school year

, 355 53.7% .

19.3

-8.0

he Depart 1,637 145.9 111.9

ts,enrolled.chool,year , . .

Th'e definition for this indicator has changed from that used in last year's Data Book..Please see each indicator's definition for the exact changes.

.* Those indicators for which comparable data were included in theMaine KIDS COUNT 1994 Data BOok.

. -

Maine KIDS COUI\IT 1995-96 Data Book 35

52.6

66.6

.1

1.7

PENOBSCOT COUNTY

.:'.I te01 that gidwing (10 ih.Maine i.'a"...hig adi{antage, and' Ft/link iSia gi6at iiila&e:to

i go to get away,ftbni thin`6: Maitie!s*ildernesvs anct-wildlife is fascinating4Onething'l Can saY about Maine is that if YoUhave-theoppOlIanity tO'go'there Ponder it:Opportunity doesn't knock a lot so I suggest you answer.: ".

,

: .

TaVlpr_SnialLPortland

LINDA NPHILLIPS

=GM PROM, Number. : Percent

Total population, 1993 estimated 146,205 100.0%Under 5 years 8,8815 to 9.years 9,675 6.6%10 to 14 years. 10,131 6.9%15 to 19 years 11,479 7.9%

-TOtal population, aged 0-.19 40,166 27.%'20 to 64 years 88,368 60.4%65 years arid over s

_17,671 12.1°%.

Children who are: white , 39,842 96.7%(1992 estimated) Asian/Pacific Islander 313 0.8%

American Indian 471 .1.2%. African American ,. , 194 '0.5%

Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 25,677 100.0%-Grades K-8 , 17,899, . . 69.7%Grades 9-12 7,788 30.3%

Private school esident enrollment, Oc.tober 1994 Total 1,124 100.0%Grades K-8 , 440 39.1%

, Grades 9-12 ..

684 60.9%

ome-schooled students; 1994 annual average 'Total 338 1000%,Grades K-8 292 ,86.4% ,

. Grades 9-12 46 1 3.6%

Adults 18 and'over who have completed l-iigh school '89,100 80.3%'or eciuivalency, 1990

Children at or beloW federal pOverty line, 100 , 8,934 25.0°/.0

Median household inco-me, 1990 '$26,631

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over, 5,650 7.6%.1994 annual,avei:age .

Wornen in labor force with youngest child 922under,age 6, 1990

.

Women in labor force with youngest child_ 2,901aged 6-17, 1990 .

Domestic assaults reporfed to police, 1994 374

A;taine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book

Rate or.Number Percent

Children aged 0-1.7 on AFDC ..4;734 1313% :_

. iri October, 1995

SCbool children receiving T6talsiksidized School -lunches; --, Free

1994-95.sChoOl,

year , Reduced 'pricer

8,124, 33.0%6,568 '26.7%.1,556 6.3%

= Percent Ahove.or Below Statewide'Average,

MI= Percent Change'froin MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

:50 -40 . -30 20 -101111111111111111V1

'+1 +20 +30 + 0.. +50

118.8

6.5

110.3

7

Children-aged 0-18 participating in Medicaid, 1994

Births to imman=ied teenaged Mothers who have.not'conipléted 12 years,of school; rate per 1,000 females

'aged 10-19,,five-yearaverage; 1989-1993

-Live births for which prenatal care beganin,the firSttrimester, 1993

10,737 28:4%

89.6

tow birth-weight infants; live births under 2500 gr:ams(5.5 pounds) as a percent of all live births, 1993

Infant mOrtality; rate per 1,000 live births,five-year average, 1989-1993 xl

1,487 88.4*

1.2

.3

12.4 6.8

Pediatricians, farbily Practitioriers,-and generalpractitioners (MOs and.D0s);

. rate per 1,000 children aged 0-19, 1994. .

General practice dentists;rate per,1,000 children aged 0-19,-1994

1.90.0

45 0.0 .

, Children unde'r 18 in Department of Human Services 315 8.9care or custody; rate per 1,000 children

under 18,0ctober 1995

21.§

Child deaths; rate per 10,Ocid2children 9.0. .3aged 1'-14, fiNie-year average, 1989-1993

, .

Teen deaths; rate Oer.'10,000-children: :7:0 5.7aged 15-19;,five-Year aVerage, 1989=199,3,

'Teen 'violent deaths; rate per 10,000 children -

aged 15-19, five-year. average,'1989-1993'4.8

1 2.232.9

-19.1

:14.9

-32.4

Child suicideS; rate per.10,000 children 1.21aged 10-19;:fiie,year aVerage, 1989-1993

-33.3

Arrests of children aged 10-17; 863, 50.8rate-per 1,000 children, 1994 2'

=32.8-13.9

High school droPouts-, 21,2

1993-1994.school year-13.8-13.8

High sChoOl graduates planning to-attend.post-secOnclary School, -1993,94 scho6(Year

.Children With Special needs,as i-eported to the Depart-merit of Education;' rate per 1;000.students enrolled.pUbliC and private schools,-,1994-1995-schoolyear

o The definition for this indicator has changed from that used in last ye r's Data Book:.J)le'ase see each indicator's definition for the exact change's., .

1,096 62.2% 6.5

6.3

; 3,467 129.4

* Those indicators.for which comparable'data were included in the.,,Maine KIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book .

. Maine K1DS.COUNT 199:5-96 Data Book: 37.

MSCATAQUES COUNTY

BARRY L. ATWOOD

. Number- Percent

Tolal pbpulation, 1993 estimated 18,752 100.0%Under 5 years 1,020 5.4%5 to 9 years 1,264 6.7%10 to 14 years 1,481 7.9%15 to 19 years 1,471 7.8%

Total population, aged 0-19 5,236 27.9%

20 to 64 years 10,372 55.3%°65 years and over 3,144 16.8%

Children who are: white 5,1,67 98.1%(1992 estimated) Asian/Pacific Islander 29 0.6%


Public school residerit enrollment, October 1994 Total 3,329 100.0%Grades K-8 2,584

, Grades 9-1.2 745 2.4%

Private school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 469 100.0%Grades K-8 9 1.9%

Grades 9-12 460 98.1%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average - Total 51 100.0%Grades K-8 37 72.5%

Grades 9-12 - 14 27.5%

Adults 18 and over who have completed high schoolor equivalency, 1990

10,123 :74.8%

Children at or below federal poverty line, 1990 1,192 24.2%

-Median household income, 1990 $22,132

Unemployedpersons aged 16 and over, 840. 9.9%1994 annual average

Women in labor force with youngest child 92under age 6, 1990

.-


313


38 Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book',

4 5

Children agedin

5chool children receivingsubsidized schocil lunches,'

1.994-95 schOol year

Children aged 0-18 paiiicipating in

Births to unmaiiied teenaged mothercompleted 12 years o'f school; rate pe



Low birth-weight infants; live births un(5.5 pounds) as a percent of all li

Infant, mortality; rate per 1,000five-year average,


rate per 1,000 children aged.


Children under 18 in Depariment ofcare or custody; rate per

under 18


Teen deaths; rate per 1aged 1.5-19, five-year aver

Teen violent deaths; rate'per 1aged 15-19, five-year aver

Chilasuicides; rate.per 1aged 10-19, fiVe7year aver

Arrests Of childrrate per 1,000

High s1993-1

High khoOl graduates plapost-secondary school, 1993


in public and private sChools, 1 994-1 995 s

Number.Rate orPercent

I I = Percent Above or Below Statewide Average

= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

11115192MICIBMW-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 +10 +20 +30 +40 +50

0-17 on AFDC 610October, 1995

13.1% . 117.0

0 0

Total 1,402Free 1,116

37.1%-29.5%

119.7

121.9

Reduced price 286 7.6%111-8 .

Aedicaid, 1994 1,586 32.2% 117A

; whO have not ' 12.41,600 females

tge, 1989-1993 '..

8.9

. .

-8.2

-11.o

began 137trimester, 1993

83-.5%

.

-44

ler 2500 grams' 11

ve births, 1993. 6.7% 55 .24.1

live births, 4% 0.8-1993989

3.9 .-38.11

nd generaland.D0s);1-19, 1994

1.5,

-21.11

-actice dentists;3ed 0-19; -1994

1.3 ' 118.2

jurnan Services - 391,000 children, October 1995

. ..8.4 15.11

0,000 children 1.6ige, 1989-1993

4..2

.

.

osioo.children 1.

rge, 1989-1993 .

-7.3;45.9

3.7

0,000 children , 0.8'ige, 1989-1993

5.9 . 1 2

0,000 children 0.4ige, 1989:1993

1.4.

73.7

72.

en aged 1 b-17; . 47children, 1994

19.9 -2.6.

:hool dropouts, 41

194 school year3.5%.

34.620.7

nning to attend- 145-94 school year

63.3% 8.4

he Depart- 514tsenrolled <> -chool year

135.3 3.8.

- 0 The definitioh for this indicator has changed from that used in last year's Data Book.PleaSe see each indicator's definition for the exact changes.

* Those indicators for which comparable data were included in tileMain6 KIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book.

Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 .Data Book,-39

72.3

63.1

8

SAGADMOC COUNTY

FlYingsoared he.didhand touctrball iouch rim

.kept rndying,didn't stopnever StopPed.',His handflew over the pagescribbling the words.Hand stoppedL-snorted once, twice,once mbre.His hand flew again.Higher and higher he soared,seeming lost in a wbrld,confused, but understobd.Many things he understooddeath was one.Death' became' an old friend,taking everyone elsefriends, loved ones, never him.Flying he did'til one dayhe camecrashingdown.

Martha M. HutchinsW. Southport

.

Number , Percent

Total population, 1993 estimated 33,875 100.0%Under 5 years 2,533 -.7.5%

- 5 to 9 years , 2,615 , 7.7%, 10 to 14 years: . 2,514 ,7.4%

15 to 19 years 2,209 6.5%Total population, aged 0-19 9,871 29.1%

20 to.64 years 20,260 59.9%65 years aha over , 3,724 11.0%

Children who are: white 9,423, 97.5%. (1992 estimated) Asian/Pacific Islander 97 1.0%

American Indian 20 0.2%African American 129 , 1 .3.()/0

..Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 6,619 100.0%

Grades'K-8 4,826 .72.9%-. Grades 9-12 ''1,793 27.1%

Priyate schogl.resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 245. 1.60.0%. Grade's K-8 29 11.8%

Grade 9-12 216 , ' _88-.2%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average , Total 112 100.0%Grades K-8 89

'Grades 9-i 2 . 23 26.5%

Adults 18 and over Who have completed high school 19,801 80.4%or equivalency, 1990

Children at or below federal poverty line, 1990 1,140 , -12.7%

Median household income,1990 . . $3'1,948.

peiSons aged 16 and 'over, ' 95-0 . ' 5.9%1994 annual average -

Women in, labor force with youngest child 262 .

. under age 6, 1990 '

Women iniabor force with youngest childaged 6-17,-1990

685 -



4 7

NuMber

Children aged 6-17 on AFbC 700in Octoher, 1995

gate or.Percent

-, 7.8%

School children receiving , Total 1,323 22.3%subsidized school lunches, Free 929 15:6%

1994,95 school-year Reduced price .-394

Children aged 0-18 participating in Medicaid, 1994 1,827 19.4%

Births to unmarried teenaged mothers who have not. 21.8 9.6:-completed 12 years of school; rate per1,000 females'

aged 10-19, fiveyear-aVerage, 1989-1993

live births,for which prenatal care began _ 397 85.9%,in the first trirnester, 1993

Low'birth-weight iniants; live births under 2500 grams 23 5.0%

, .=, Percent-Above or Below Statewide Average

== Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

Sip Bilitm I

(5.5 pOunC) as a percent of all liYe births,:1993

Infant mortality; rate per 1,000 live births, ^:five-year average, 1989-1993

Pediatricians; family practitioners, and general"Practitioners;(MDs and bbs); 4:>

rate per 1;600 childreri aged 0:19, 1994:

General, practiee dentists; H0.8

rate per:1,000 children aged 0-19, 1994

Children under .18 in,Department of:Human SerViceScare or custody; rate per 1,600 children

Linder 18, OctOber'l 99.5.

: Child-deaths; rateper 10,000 children: aged 1 -14; five-year average;'.1989-1993

:

Teen death, rate per 16,600 children'aged 1'5-19, fiye-year ayerage; 1989-1993

,Teen violent deaths; rate,per 10,000 Children,-. aged 15-19, five-year average, 1984-1993

Child suicides;-rate per 10,000 Children--aged".16-19,1ive-yearaverage, 1989-1991-

Arre4s of-children aged 10-1.7;rate per, 1,000 children1994

High school dropouts,, 1993-.1994 school year.

High school graduates planning to.attend,post-secondary schobl, 1993-94 school year

Children' with special needsas reported to the, Depart- 1,1.11 161.9ment of Education;:rate'per 1,000 students enrolled -40.

in publiC and private khools, 199.4-1995- school year:. .

The definition for this indic.ator has Changed from that used in last year's Data Back.Please see each indicator's definitiOn for the exat changes.

*ThoSe-indicators for Which comparable data were included in the.'Maine KIDS COUNT 1994:bata Book.

Maine KIDS Cot.11IT 1995-96- Data .Book 41

SOMERSET COUNTY

oe, MainèI.

I'm glad that I grew up inMaine,In Maine you Can be whoyoLI ,c3

You think about What yougive, not What you gainAnd you're not judged byyour clothes, or house, orcar....

...When away from Maine,In some place out of state,I feel a deep pain,I wish I was home again.

Courtney Marble

LINDA N. PHILLIPS

15

Number Percent

Total population, 1993 estimated 51,063 100.0%Under 5 years 3,280 6.4%5 to 9 years . 3,717 7.3%10 to 14'years 4,006, 7.8%15 to 19 years 3,923 7.7%

Total population, aged 0,19 14,926 29.2%

20 to 64 years 29,310 57.4%65 years and over 6,827 . 13.4%

Children who are: white 25,934 99.0%(1992 estimated) ,Asian/Pacific.Islander 47 0.3%

American Indian 62 0.4%African American- 40 0.3%

Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 9,086 100.0%Grades K-8 6,437 .70.8%

Grades 9-12 .- 2,649 29:2%

Private school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 712 1 ob.o%Grades K-8 141

Grades"9-12 571 80.2%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average Total 161 100.0%Grades K-8 138 85.7%

Grades 9-12. 23 14.3%

Adults 18 and over who haNie completed high schoolor equivalency,-1990

25,934 71.7%

Children at or below federal poverty line, 1990 3,244' 23.7%

Median househdd income, 1990 $22,-829


VVomeh in labor force with youngest childunder age 6, 19,90

396


995


42 Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data i4.00k

4 9

Children aged 0-17 on AFDCin October, 1995

School,children receiVing Totalsubsidized school lunches, Free

1994-95 school year Reduced price

Children aged 0-18 Participating in Medicaid, 1994

.Births to unmarried teenaged mothers who have notcompleted 1.2 years of school; rate per 1,000 females

. aged 10-19, five-year average, 1989-1993

Live births for which prenatal care beganin the first trimester, 1993

Low birth-weight infants; live births Linder.2500 grarn .

(5.5 pounds) as a-percent of all live births, 1993

Infant Mortality; rate per 1,000'livefive-year ave'rage, 1 989-1 993 7.

Pediatricians; family practitioners, and 'general'practitioners (MDs and DOs);

rate per 1,000 children aged 0-.19, 1994

. Geheral practice dentists;:.rate pei 1,000 children aged-0-19, 1994

Children under 18 in DePartment Of Human Services .

care or custody; rate per 1,000 children; undei:18, October 1995

Child deaths; rate per 1,0,000-childrenaged 1-14, five-year average, 1989-1993

: Teen deaths; rate per 10,000 children ,aged 15-19,-five-year aVerage,'1,989-1993

Teen violent deaths;'rate per 10,000 childrenaged 15-19,,five-year average, 1989-1993

Child suicides; rate per 10,000 childrenaged 10-19, five-year average, 1989-1993

- Arrests of children aged 10-17.;rate per 1,000 children,-1994

High`schbol dropOuts, .

'1993-1994 school year

High schOOl graduates-planning to attendpost-setondary school 1993-94 school year

Children with special needs as reported to the Depart- :ment Of Education; rate per.1,000 student's enrolled

Rate or .

Number Percent

2,070 15.5%

3,745 ,38.8%3,133 32.5%

612 6.3%.

'5,421 '38.4%

48.0 12.8

462 821%


Percent Change from MiineKIDS.COUNT-1994 Data Book*

111151:01MVABIZIbAlSilififfili-56 -40 -30 -20 -10

EtwilingEOMMINEIBII.+10 +20 +30 +40 50

38.4

2.52

33. 5.9%-

.119 8.9,

10 0.7

3.4 3.3

3.8-- 9.8..' ...

3.2 8.3

6.0

24

,- 9.2

1.6

1.2 1.6

302

105 3.2%

339 49.1%

1,388 141-.7.

-36A 1

.-36.9

, -25 7

.

in,public and priVate schools, 1994-1.995 school year. .. ... .

*The definition for this indicator has changed from that used in.

last year's Data !JockPlease See each 'indicator's definition for the exact changes.

..

34.3

I 39.6

32.0

46.0

I 21.9

13-2'9

39.3

143.1

91.4

* ThOse indicatOrs for Which comparable data Were included in theMaine KIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book.

'Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book 43

WALDO COUNTY

LEIGH KELLY

CirOUNTY PAROFIL174;

- Number Peicent.

Total population, 1993 estimated ' . . 34,704 - 100.0%Under 5 years - 2,344 , 6.8%5 fo 9 years 2,503 7.2%10 to 14 years 2,739, ,. 7.9%.,15 io 19.

.

years 2,542 , 7.3%Total population, aged 0-19 10,128 29.2%

20. to 64 years . -19,820 57.1%.65 years and over 4;756 13.7%

Children who 'are: white 9,77.4 98.9%(1992 estimated) . .Asian/Pacific Islander 31 0.3%

' '.. American Indian .36 0.4%.. African American 16 0.2%

., . .

Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total; 5,803 100.0%Grades K-8 4,461

. . Grades 9-12 1,342,76.9%23.1%.

Private school resident enrollmel'it, October'1994 Total 29 100.0% -

,Grades K-8 -29 100.0%

Grades 9-1,2. 0 -. 0.0%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average T'otal 105 -100.0%.'Grades K-8 91* 86.7%

. Grades 9-12 . 14 13.3%

Adults 18 and over who have completed high..schoolor et..iivalency, 1990

,18,661 77.5'ci)

Children a't or below federal poverty line;1990: 2,122 23.7%

Median household iricome, 1990 $23,148 .

'Unemployed persons aged 16 and over, 1,,6601994 annu.al average :

.

Women in labor force with youngest child 2.08under age 6, 1990 ' . .

Women in labor'force with*youngest child 578aged 6-17, 1990 . . .

-

Domestic assaults reported to police, 1994 . 47


,

Children agedin

School children receiving'sUbsidized schoOl lunches,

- 1.994-95 school year.

Children aged 0-18 particiPating-in

Births io'unmarried teenaged mothercoMpleted 12'yearof school; rate pe

aged 10-19; fite,year aver


; Low, birth-weight infants; live births un(5.5 pounds.) as a percent of all li

'Infant Mortality; rate per 1,000:five:year average,

Pediatricians, farnily Practitioners, a- praaitioners (MDs

. rate per 1,000 children aged

General p-rate per 1,000 children a


under 18

Child deaths; rate per 1aged 1-14, five:year aver

Teen deaths; rate per-1aged 15-19, five-year aver

Teen' violent deaths; rate per 1aged 15-1,9, fiVe-yearaver

Child suicideS; rate per 1aged 10-19, five-year aver

Arrests of childrate per 1,000

High,s1993-1

High 'school graduates plpost-secOndary school, 1993

Children with special_needs'as reported to-tment of Education; rate.per 1,000 stude

iri public and priyate.schools,1994;1995.

,.

The definition for this indicator has changeci from that used in last year's.Dta Book.Please-see each indicator's definition for the exict Changes.

Rate orNumber Percent -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 +10


NM= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

+20 +30 +40 +50


1,254 13.7%B..

122.3

- Total ,Free.

.13educed price

.2,5032,027

:476 ..

43.1%34.9% ,'8.2% .

j39.o

144.2

120.6 ,

1edicaid,.1994 3,400 -- 35-.3% . ,1284

3 who kave.noti ,000 'females' .

ge,. I 989-1993

, 31.8

.

13.4 ., -4.3

38.1,

aial care,begantriMester, 1993

368 86.4% -1.o

ier-2500.gramsve births, 1.993,

27- - . 6:3%.. .

16.7'

23.5

live births,..989-1993.

3.2 .7..0 ILI

nd generaland'DOs); *)-19, 1994- .

13 i.3 '.

,

.-3v.6I

...-actice dentists-,'ged 0-1.9, 1994-

-0-6 .' -45.51

luman Services -

1,000 children, October 1995,

52 5.7 - -21.9.

0,000 children -

ige, 1989-1993.1.6 ,2.3 - -7.;

13.5 ;

0,000 children ,ige, 1989-1993

1-.4 5.8-32.6

.-17 7

0,000 childrenige,1989-1993

1%2 ,5.0 -13.81-

0,060 Children .

Ige,. i 989-1993.0.6

,

1.2 .

5

2.6

'.4

en aged 10-17;children, 1994

154 3.8 1

-12.7

:hool dropouts,194 scl-iool. year -

42* 3.1% .

-26.5.6.9

.


. 156 53.1%' 9.1

10.6

he Depart-. '

ts enrolled .0,-chool year

911 1562 1198

. ,* Those indicators for which comparable data were incluiled in the

Maine kIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book.

Maine.KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data BoOk-'45

WASHINGTON COUNTY

POLLY CAMPBELL

Growing Up in Maine

think the people uri here in Maine are more gentlandrilOre:Under-standing that in any other state beeause it's quiet and an all natural-plicd...-:

,

Melissa Cray, Portland, Maine-

Ia.

,Number Percent

Total populaiion, 1993 estimated 36,033 100.0% ,Under 5 years5 to 9 years

2,123 ,2,464

5.9%v6.8%

16 to 14 years 2,750 7.6%15 to 19 years 2,658 7.4%

Total population, aged 0-19_ . 9,995 27.7%

20 to 64 years 20,04265 years and over 5,996 16.6%

Children who are: white 9,246 93.0%(1992 estimated) Asian/Pacific Islander 24 0.2%

American Indian . 634 6.4%African American 36 0.4%

Public sChool resident enrollment, October 1994 .Total 6,184. 100.0%Grades K-8 4,518 73.1%

Grades-9-12 1,666 26.9%.

Private school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 362 100.0%Grades K-8 d 0.0%

- Grades 9-12 362 100.0%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annuaf average Total 96 100.0%.Grades K-8 82 85.4%.Grades 9-12 i 4 14.6%

Adults 18 and over who have completed high schoolor equivalency, 1990.

19,228 73.2%


'Median household income, 1990.

$19,993

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over, 2,150 13.0%1994 annual average .

Women in labor force with youngest childunder age '6, 1990

196

Women-in labor force with youngest childaged 6-17, 1990 .

558



5 3

Children agedin

School children reteivingsubsidiied school lunches,

1994-95 school year

Children aged 0-18 partitipating in

Births to unmarried teenaged mothercompleted_12 years of school; rate pe


Live births for-which prenin the first

Low birth-weight infthlts; live births un(5.5 pounds) as a percent of all, Ii

Infant mortality; rate per 1,000five-year average,





under 18

Child deaths; rate per 1aged 1-14, fiYe-year aver




Arrests of childrrate per-1,000

High s'1993-1

High school graduates pla'post-secondary school, 1993

Children with special needs'as reported to tment of Education; rate per 1,000 studen

in public and private schools, 1994-1995,s

_NumberRate orPercent -so


111111= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

!!.16,tifekikIll7TrCj-40 -30 -20 -10 +10 +20 +30 +40 +50


1;513 . 16.9% 15(

-8.2

TotalFree,

Reduced price

2,9302,268 -.

662

47.5%36.7%10.7%

-

l

I

;

Aedicaid, 1994 3,991 42.0%-

.

s who b'aVe not1,000 females'

ge, 1989-1993

26, 10.7 .

.

' 4.1

1.9 .

atal Care begantrimester, 1993

364 81.6%....

-6.5

1.

iel-- 2500 gramsve births, 1993

.26 5..8%.

.

-20.5

.

7 4

live births989,1993 ..'

3.4 7.9 125.4

nd generaland DOs); 41!1-19, 1994

i 9. 1.9

.

0.0,

'actice. dentists;3ea, 0-19, 1994

7 0.7 :36.4.

1

Iuman Services1,000:children

, October 1995

162 ' 18.1

;

,

0,000 childrenige, 1989-1993

2.2 3.141:4:

26.4

0,000 childrentge, 1989-1993

2.6 10.0.

.' 142.3

5.6

0,000 childrenge, 1989-1993

2.2 . 8.5 146.9

0,000 childrenIge, 1989-1993

0.6 1.1

.

.

139.5

. .,-

en aged 10-17;children, 1994 :

- 314 71.4 .

-39.2

-5 6

:hool droOouts,194 school year

76,

3.7% 2

..

127.6-2.6

nning to attend94' school year.

232 58.1% '. -0..5 113,7

le Depart- , 976 . 149.1 114.3'

ts enrolled 0rhonl year

0 The definition for this indicator ha's changed from that used iftlast year's.Data Book.Please see each indiCator's definition for the exact changes.

*Those indicators for which comparable data-were included in the-Maine KIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book.

Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96-Data Book - 47

.o

53.2

1.7

57.3

52.7

YORK COUNTY

I like growing up in Maine

Maine is a great state,because You caii get away,froth all thatCrime andhate.

Maine's envirantnent issomething tb thihk aboot,because it's the best ivith-out a doubt.

Maine's the only state thatlives up to its name,Vacationland, has broughtus a lot of fame.

like Maine,just simply because,' there's no hassle or pain.

Maine's four seasons are,just the best,so don't even think aboutheading west.

Eric Descharnbault

MARK S. MCCALL

'" -COU601: P RO Pi 10E ,.. ,

. Number- Percent

Totalpopulation, 1993 estimated 167,485 100.0°A,' ._ Under 5 years 11,837 7:1%

5 tO 9 yew's 12,391 : 7.4%10 to 14 years 12,323 7.4%15 to 19 Years 11,162 6.7%

,Total population, aged 0-19 47,713 28.5%

'20 to 64 years 97,611- . 58.3%65 years and over 22,161 13.2%

Children who are:, white. ,

45,602 98.2%(1992 estimated) : .ASian/Pacific Islander 503 1.1%

American Indian 101 0.2%African American . 250, 0:5%

Public-school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total. 29,77.3 '. 100.0%S'Grades K-8 23,015 . 77.3%

'Grades 9,1Z. 6,758. .22.7%

Private school .resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 2,379 100.0%., Gr:ades K-8 . 1-,-295 544%

,. .Grades 9-12 - 1,084 - 45.6%

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average .Total 402 100.0%Grades 'K-8

. ,

Grades 9-12,

.

318,.84

. ,

79.1%

Adults 18 and over who have coMpleted.high schooldr equiyalency, 1990

96,545 ..79.5%

Children at or beloW federal poverty line, 1990 . 4,541 , 10.5%.

Median household income, 1990,

$32,432,

Unemployed peVsons aged:16 and ove:, 6,110 7.0%1994 'annual average : - .:

..

Women in labor force with youngest child 1,048under,age 6, .1990 , ..

Women in:labor forte with:Youngest childaged.6-17, 1990

3,053

Domestic assaults reported to police, 1994, 647

48 Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 DataBook 55

..

Rite or,Number Percent -so

I I = Percent Above or,BeIow Statewide Ax;erage

PerCent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994.Data Book*

Children aged 0-17 on AFDC, 3,928 9:1%.in October,1995

-40 . :30 -10

Nr-rj10 +20 -f,40

School children receiving Total 7,414 , 25.0%stibsidized school, lthiches; Free 5462 18-.40/p

1994-95 school year Reduced,price 1,952 , 6.6%

Children-aged 0-18 partiCipating in.Medicaid, 1994 10,535 23.2% ,

Births to unmarried teenaged mothers who haye nOt' 103.8' :9:4. completed 12 years-of schoor; rate per 1;13613 females

aged 10-19, fiye7year'ayerage; 1989-1993

Live births for whith,prenatal care began 1,895,in the firsttrin-iester, 1993.

86.7°k

Low birth-weight infants; live births under 2500 grams 11'7. 5.3%(5.5 pounds) as a perCent of all live births, 1993_,

,,

Infant mOrtality;,rate Peri ,000 live births, -.A. 14.4 5.9five-year average, 1989.1993'

PediatricidnS, family practitioners', and gene'ialpractitioners (MDs and DOs);

rate per1,000 children'agedi0-19,-1994

General Practice dentists;, 49 1:0' rate per 1;000 children aged 0-19; 1994

Children under 18 in'Department of Human Services . 287 6.6:Care or cuStody; rate per.1,000 Children

under 18; October 1995

ChilddeathS; rate.per 10,000 children 7.2:aged 1-14, five::year average, 1989-1993

Teen deaths; rate Per 10;600 children 6.6 . 6:0. aged 15-19, five7year average, 1989-1993

Teeri'violent deaths; rate per 10,000 childrenaged 1 5,719five-year average, 198,9-1993

; Child Liicides; rate per 10,00e childrenaged 10-19, five-year average, 1989-1.993

Arrests of children aged 10-17;rate per:1,000 children, 1994'

.

High school,dropouts,1993-1994 'school year..

High school' graddates-planning to attendpost-secondary'school, 1993-94 schOol year

Children with.specialneeds as reported tO the .Depart-.1.. pent Of:Education; rate per 1,000 students enrolled . :

in`pUbliC and private'schools,.19.910.995 school year'

The definition for this indicato'r haS dianged frorn that uSed in last year's Data:Book., Please see-each indicator's definition for' ihe exact changeS,

. 1..

5.4 4.9

,

0:8

1,957 102.6

-208 .4.3%

1,089 57.5%

4,045. -125.8

I 35.7

*TkOse'iriclicators for Which comparable.data were'included in the:Maine KIPS COUNT 1994 .Oa&i Book.

Maine KIDS COLII\l'T'199S-96: Data Bob.k.'.

STATE OF MANE

Fishin'

I wake up'put on my draws,grab my rod, and leave"there ain't no fish OWhere" I sez to rhyielfas I'm walkih'down ,to the crickI plunk da line in andwhoa Nellie Igot me a keepashe pulled so hardI swear da rod wasbent in a loopI hauled her out andput her in a bucketshe just sat there lookin'like this here worldwere Comin' to an end

don't blame herseein' she was gonnabe my dinha...

Jason Perry.

71,

-ANGELA CLEGG-.

-nen:P R011 L E '' ; 1 4144V,;4' NM*Number Percent

Total population, 1993 estimated 1,239,779 ' 100.0%Under 5 years , ' 80,696 6.5%5 to 9 years 87,368 . 7.0%1.0 to 14 years 86,908 - 7.0%15 to 19 years 84,107 6.8%

Total population, aged 0-19 . 341,079 27.3%.

,20 to 64 years ., 728,142 58.7%

.65 years and over , 170,558 13.8%

Children who are:- , white. 332,525 .97.9%, (1992 estimated) Asian/Pacific Islander 2,797 0.8%

American Indian 2,267 0.7%- African-American 1,989

. ,

Public school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total_ . .

-213,825 100.0%Grades K-8 156,601 73.2%

, Grades 9-12 , 57,224 26.8%

Private school resident enrollment, October 1994 Total 13,446, 100.0%Grades K-8 6,179 46.0%

Grades'9-12 7,267 54.0%

1:lome-schOoled students, 1994 annual average Total , 2,759 100.0%. Grades K-A 2,262 82.0%

Grades-9212 497 18.0%

Adults 18-and over who'have completed-high school 725,423 79.0%or equivalency, 1990


Median household income, 1990 $29,140,

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over, 45,000 . 7.4%1994 annual average

, .

.

Women in labor force with youngest childunder age 6, 1990 ,.

45,592 -62.6%

WoMen in labor force with youngest child 67,938 . 78.4%aged 6-17., 1990 .

._

Domestic assaults reported to police, 1994 4,106

0, Maine kIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book 57

Children agedin

-School children receivingsubsidized school lunches,

1994-95 school year

Children aged 0-18 p.articipating in


aged'10-19, five-year aver


Low birth-weight infants; live births un(5.5 pounds) as a percent of all I

.Infant mortality; rate per 1,000five-Oar average,



-General prate per 1,600 children'a


under. 18



Teen violent deaths; rate per 1aged 15-19,live-year.aver

Child suicides; rate per 1aged 10-19, five-year _aver

, 4

ArrestS of childrrate per 1,000

High s1993-1

High school graduates plapost-secondary school, 1993

Children with special needs a's reported to tment of Education; rate per 1,000 studen


Rate orNumber Percent

OM= Percent Change from MaineKIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book*

-50 -46 -30 -20 -10 +30 +20 +30 +40 +50

0-17 on AFDCOctober; 1995

34,470 11*.2%-6.7

.

Total 64,940Free 50,736

Reduced price 14,204

. 31.0%.24.2%

. 6.8%,

Aedicaid, 1994 89,137 , 27.5%

s who have not1,000.females

Ige, 1989-1993

820.6..

9.7 .

-2.0

atal care began.trimester, 1993_

13,144.

87.3% ,

ler 2500 gramsVe births, 1993

812 5.4%8.0'

live births,...989-1993 - 'v

104.6 .. 6.3

nd generaland DOs); 0)-19, 1994

650

_

.

1.9 .

-actice dentists;ged.0-19, 1994

387 1.1

lurnan Service1,000 chiidren, October 1995

. 2,239, 7.3 ,

0,000 childrenrge, 1989-1993

, 59.4 2.5

0,000 childrenIge, 1989-199.3

-620 7.1 -4.7

0,000 childrense, 1989-1993

5118 - 5.8 '

0,000 childrenige, 1989-1993.

.14.0 0.8-

.

.

en aged 10-17;,children, 1994

10,538

.

75.6.

_.

9.9

.

:hool dropouts,94 school year

- 1,867' ,'

' 2.9% ..


7,825.

: 58..4%, _

' 1 9

le Del5art-ts enrolled 0chool year.

29,632 130.4.

"<> The definition for this indicator has changed from that, used in last year's Data BoOk:Please see each indicator's definition for the exact changes.

58

* Those indicators for which comparable data were included in theMaine KIDS COUNT 1994 Data Book.

-

Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 Data Book 51.

CONNITIONS

Adolescent female heads of, households on AFDC inJanuary, 1995.The number of female heads of.households (case holders)under the age of 18 receiving Aid for Families with Depen-dent Children in january, 1995..Percent is this numberdivided by the total number of female heads of household onAFDC in January, 1995.

.Source: Maine Department of Human Services, Bureau of IncomeMaintenance. ..

See also: AFDC and Food Stamp benefits as.a percent ofpo\./erty line in 1994; Children aged 0-17 on AFDC inOctober 1995; Mean monthly,number of children'on AFDCin calendar 1994.

Adults aged.18 and over who have Completed highSchool or equiValency, 1990.Includes.persons,whose highest degree was a high schOoldiplorria or its equivalent, persons who attended college orprofessional khool, and persons-who received a.college,'university, or professional degree. Persons who reportedcornpleting the 12th grade but not receiving a diploma arenot included. Percent calculated using a.denominator of..1990 Census data for adults aged 18 and ovef.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census,'September 1992. Table P60,1990 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape File 3a.

See also: High school-completion results.

.AFDC and Food-Stamp benefitS as a percent of povertyline in 1994,The percentage of the prior year's U.S. poverty threshold i_or'aone-Parent family of four persons covered by the combinationof current-year state AFDC (Aid to Families with DependentChildren) and Food Stamp benefits. For such a'family, thepoverty th'reshold in 1,993 was.$14,800.

Source: Data are provided by the:CongressionarResearch Service,Eclucation.and Public Welfare Division, Library of Congress, as,shown in theAnnie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Data Book:State Profiles of Child Well-Being, 1995.

See alio: Adolescent fernale-heads of households an AFDC; ..Children aged 0-17 on AFDC; Mean monthly number, of -children aged 0-17 on AFDC.

MGICE OP OZZA

Alcobol-related license suspensions and arrestsfor drivers 20 and under; rate per 1,000 licenseddrivers aged 20 and under,1994.

Number of license suspensions and arrests for drivers 20 andunder with a Blood Alcohol Count of..02+, during 1994. Rateis that number divided by the total number of licensed.driversage 20 and under in 1994. Note that an individual may have

'been arrested more than once. The indicatory' the 1994Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book showed drivers aged 1,9 andunder; comparable numbers were unavailable this'year.,

Source: Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, 1994 Maine' HighwayFactsipage 41. .

See also: OUI convictions for drivers aged-20 and under.

Alcohol use, see: Children aged 0-14 using seryices oflicensed alcohol and drug abuse.treatment proViders;

:Students reporting alcohol use in a given month.

Arrests of children aged 10-17; rate per 1,000children, aged 10-17, 1994.Total number ofarrests for crimes including manslaughter,rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor,vehicle theft, forgery and counterfeiting;fraud, stolenproperty, vandalism,'possession of a weapon, prostitution,sex offenses, drug and alcohol eelated.offenses, violation of ,liquor laws, driving.under the influence, drunkenness,disorderly conduct, and curfew and loitering law iiolation's:

:The.anniial arrest data include all arrests of youth for offenses.'during the year, including sePeated offenses by the sameindividual. Crimes invokiing Weapons do not include huntingviolations. Rate is the number of arrests divided by theestimatecFnumber of children aged,10-1-7 for 19.93 developed.by the Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics. -

Source: Maine Department of Public Safety, Uniform CrimeReports, 1994; Office of Juyenile Justice and DeliniuencyPrevention, Juvenile Offenders and Victims: A National Report,1995, page 100.

See also: Violent crime arrests of children aged 10-17..

Birihs.to mariied teens as a percent of total live births,1993..

The percentage of total live births to married women underage 20-in calendar year 1993. Births are reported by themother's place of residence at the time of birth. ,

Source: Maine Department of Human Services, Office of D'ata,,Research, and Vital Statistics.

Se'e also: Teen pregnancy rate.

<> The definition for this indicator has changed from That.used in last year's Data Book.

52 Maine KIDS COUNT 1995-96 ,Data Book5 9

Births to single*teens as apercent of total live births,1993.

The percentage:Of total-live births to unmarried' WOmen underage 20 in calendar year 1993. Births are reported by'themother's place of residence atthe time of birth.

Source: Maine D,epartment of Human Services,.0ffice of Data,Research, and Vital Statistics.

Births to untharried teen-aged .mothers who. have not.coMpleted 12 years Of school;:rate per 1,000 females

'aged 10-19ifive-year average; 1989-1993. .

Births to unmarried females aged 10 through 19 who have'either not completed high school and are still in'school, or ,

Who have dropped out of school. The data reflect themother's place of residence at thetime of' birth. They are

. averaged over a five-year peribd (1989:1993) to smooth out'annual fluctuations, and as a rate per 1,000 female aged 10through 19 residing in the area during the five-year perioclPopulation data Used in the denominators to calculate the

-rates are based on the 1990 U.S. Census, with estimates forearlier and later years developed by the Office of Data,:'Research, and Vital-Statistics.T Source: Special tabulations by the Maine Department of Human

Services, Office of Data,.Research, and Vtal Statistics, Novernber1995.

.

Child abuse, see: Substantiated child abuseand neglect .

victims.

Child deaths; rate per 100,600 children aged1-14,-five-year aVerage,.1989,1993.

.DeathS froth all cauSes to 'children frOrn ages 1-,througk 14 per100,000 children in this age range: The data are reported bythe child's place of residence, not the place of death. They

, are averaged over a five-year period (1989-1993) to smoothout annual fluctuations. Population data used in the denomi-nators to calculate the rates are based on the 1990 U.S.Census, with estimates for earlier and.later years developedby the Office of.Data, Research; and Vital.Statistics. Rates a'recalculated per.100,000 af the'state level to be-consistent with.standard mortalitY data reporting practices..

Source: Special tabulatiOns by the.Maine Department of HumanSei'vices, Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics, November'1995.

.-See also: Infant mortality; Teen deaths; Teen violent deaths.'

Child suicides; rate per 100,000 children aged10-19, five-year average, 1989-1.993. .

Deaths of children aged:10 through 19 for which siiiicide waslisted as the cause.,The data .are reported by thechild's placeof residence, not the pike of death. They are averaged over a,five-year period (1989.21993) to smooth out annual fluctua- .

tions and to preserve confidentialitY. Population data used inthe denominators to calculate the rates are based on the 1990U.S. Census, with estimates fo( earlier and later yearsdeveloped by the Office of Data, Researck, and VitalStatistics. Rates are calculated per 100,600 at the state levelto be consistent with standa(d mbrtality data reportingpractiCes..

SourCe: Special,tabulations by ihe Maine Department of HumanServices, Office of pata,,Research and Vital Statistics, November1995.

See also:; H igh school students reporting at least one suicideattempt in the last year.

Children.aged 0-14 using services Of licensed AlcOholand drug abuse treatment providers; rate per 1,000children aged 0-14;1994. .

The number Of indiv,idual children aged bi(th through 14using services provided by.Maine alcohol and drug abuse..treatment facilities With Office of Substance Abuse, funding,Driver Education Evaluation Program certification, orCertification tO dispenSe methadone,dUring,calendar year1994..Population'data used:in the denominator to,Calculaterates are 1993, estimates developed by the Office of. Data,Research, ancl.Vital 'Statistics.

.Sour.ce: Maine AddictiOn Treatment System, Maine OffiCe OfSubstanCe AbuSe.

See aiso?Children aged 15-19 using services Of licens.edalcoholand drug abuse treatment proViders; Students .

reporting alcohol.use in a given month.

Children aged 0-17 on AFDC. in October,1995.The total number of children aged 0 through 17 who'were

. included on Aid to Families witk Dependent Children grantS.in October .1995. Percent is the number-of children on AFDC:in October 1995 divided by'the eStimated number of childrenaged 0717 iriMaine in11993 developed.by theOffice'of Data;Research, and vital Statistics.

Sourcei Maine Departrnerit of HuMan_Services, Bureau-6f InconieMaintenance

See also:Adolescent female headsbf.nousehOlds on AFDC in-January, 1965; AFDC and Food Starnp benefits.as a percent of'.,poVe(ty line.in 1994; Mean:monthly number of,children onAFDC in calendar 1994.

0.The definition for this ihdicator has changed from that used in last year!s Data Book:

Maine KIDS COUIIT 1995-6 Data' Book 53 `:

DEM ITIONS MO =WEE CO OM

Children aged 0-18 participating in Medicaidprograms as a percent of children aged 0-18, 1994;The number of individual children aged birth through 18 forwhom at least one claim for Medicaid reimbursement wasfiled during state fistal,year 1994. The data are reported bythe child's place of residence at the time the service wasreceived. PopulatiOn data used in the denominator tocalculate percents are 1993 estimates developed by theOffice of Data, Research, and Vital Statisti.cs.

Source: Special data run of Maine Department of HumanSerrices, Bureau of Medical Services daia by'Muskie Institute.

Children aged 0-19 who are white, Asian/PacificIslander, American Indian, or African American, 1992Esti Mated numbers of children aged birth through 19 who fall,into'the major race,groups recognized by the U. S. Census.Hispanic numbers arenot'included because they are alsocounted in the four major race groups. Population data.usedin the denominator to calculate percents is the 1992 esiimateoi population from the Census Bureau, which differs slightlyfrom that developed by the Office ofnata, Research, andVital Statistics.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, estimates of 'population byage, sex, and race/Hispanic origin, prepared for the Annie E.Casey Foundation by the Urban Studies Institute, UniVersity of

. Louisville.

Children aged 15-19 using services of licened alcoholand drug abuse treatment providers; rate per 1,000children aged 15-19, 1994.The number of individual children aged 15 through 19 using'services provided bY Maine alcOhOl and drug abuSe treatmentfacilities with Office of Substance Abuse funding, DriverEducation Evaluation Program certification, or.certification todispense methadone; during calendar year 1994. PoPulationdata used in the denominator to calculate rates are 1993estimate's developed by the Office of Data, Research, and .

Vital Statistics.Source: Maine Addiction Treatment System, Maine Office ofSubstance Abuse.

See also: Children aged 0-14 using 'services of.licensedalcohol and drug abuse treatment providers; Studentsreporting alcohol use in a given month.

.0. Children aged 19 and under in motor vehiclecrashes with personal injury, 1994.

All persons aged 19 and under injured.in any type of motorvehicle accident, regardless of whether or not the youth wasdriving the vehicle. The rate could not be calculated becausethe appropriate age breakdown for licensed drivers wasunavailable.

Source: Maine Bureau of Highway.Safety.

See also: Alcohol-related license suspensions and arrests fordrivers 20 and under.

Children aged.5-17 who do not speak English at home,1990.The nuMber of children aged 5 through 17 who spoke alanguage other than English at home as recorded .in the 1990Census. Children who spoke a language other than ,English athome are included in this category regardless of theirproficiency in English or the primacy of English in the chome.Rate is calculated using 1990 Census data for all 5-17.year-olds.

Source:.1990,Census data as published in The Challenge ofChange: What the _1990 Census Tells Us About Children, a rep`ortprepared by the Population Reference Bureau for the Center forthe Study of Social Policy, September 1992; Table 34.. ,

See also:Children with limited English proficiency attending-school.

Children at or below lederal poverty line, 1992.The estiMated percentage of.related chiidren under age 18who lived in families'with inComes below the U.S. poverty.threshold in 1992. In that year, the poverty threshold for afamilypf four was 514,335. Related children include the,family head's children by birth, marriage or adoptiOn, as wellas Other persons under age 18, such aS nieCes and nephews,who are related to the family head. Children'under'age 18who do not live in a household where they de related to theheadpf thehousehold are not included in this analysis. Rateis' calculated using 1992 census population estimates for all

. children 0-17:Source: Population Reference Bureau analysis of data from theU.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (Marchsupplement), 1993.

See also: Median household income; median income offamilies with children.

0 The definition for this indicator has changed from that used in last year's Data Book.

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Children in single-parent families, five-year average,1989-1993.

'The estimated percentage of related children under age 18who live in families 'headed by a male or female personwithout a spouse present in the home. Related children.include the family head's children-by birth, marriage oradoption, as well as otner persons under age 18, such asnieces or nephews, who are related to-the family head.Children under age 18 who do not live in a*household wherethey are related to the head-of the household are not includedin this arialySis. Rate is calculated using census populationestimates.

SourCe: Population Reference Bureau analysis of data from theU.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (Marchsupplement), .1989 throUgh 1993.

Children under 18 in Department of Human Servicescare or custody; rate per:1,000 children under 18, July1995.

This population includes children who are ordered into DI-IS_custody as a result of (1) a Child Protection Hearing where achild has been found to be in jeopardy, (2)-a juvenile hearingwhere it would be contrary to the juvenile's health and.welfare "to remain in the care and.custody of his parents," or(3) a divorce and/or custody hearing where neiiher parent hasbeen found able to provide a home in the best" interest of thechild. Children come into the Department's care whenparents or other legal guardians Place them voluntarily in theDepartment's care as a part of that parent's specific short-termplan to resume full care of the children. The state totalincludes 14.children whose county of origin was unknown.The rate is Calculated per 1,000 children aged Orl 7 using

, 1993 population estimates prepared by the Officeof Data,Research, and Vital Statistics.

Source: Maine Department of Human Services, Bureau of Childand Family Services, special data run, 1995.

Children-under 18 living in homeless shelters, March,1995.

An unduplicated count of children under 18 years of agestayingin one of Maine's horneless shelters during March of1995. This number may include children whose primaryresidence is out-of-state. Please note that not all of the state's'

. homeless shelters admit children.Source: Maine'State Housing Authority, Homeless Otabase,-special data run, 1995.

Children living in overcrowded housing, 1990.The estimated proportion of children living in householdswith more than one person per room. The CensUS Bureaiidefinition of "rooms" includesliying rooms, dining rooms,kitchens, bedrooms, finished recreation roams, enclosedporches suitable for year-round use'and lodgei's' rooms. The.Census files "t6p-code" the number of rooms in a hoUse atnine or more. Consequently, children living, in householdswith nine or More rooms are assumed to live in housing.that .

is not overcrowded, regakiless of the number ofpeople in thehousehold. Rate is calculated using 1990 census data.

Source: Center for Urban and Economic Research at.theUniversity of Louisville, analysis of U.S. Bureau of the.Census,'Cehsus of Population and Housing 1990, Five-Percent Public-Use"Microdaia Sample.

Children under age 18 not living with a parent,-1990.The number of children under 18 years of 'age who did'nOtlive in tbe same household with at least one of their parents,in 1990:Parenthood is determined by birth, marriage oradOKon. This figure includes children living in groLipquarters, such as residential treatmentfacilities. For a smallnumber of children, it could not bedetei'mined from Sum,mary Tape File3 tables whether or nOt they were.living witha parent. They are counted as-not living with a-parent. Rate iscalculated using 1990 census data.

Source:. Population Reference Bureau analYsis of the' U.S. Bureauof the Census, Census of Population and Housing 1990, Summary

, Tape File 3, Table P-23, P-26, and p-41.

Children under age 6 with both or only parent in Melabor force, 1990.Children-under age 6 are included in this category if they livewith only one parefit and that parent is in the labor force-(i.e..,working or looking for work), or ifthey, live with two parentsand both are in the labor 'force. Parenthood is determined bybirth, marriage or adoption. Rates are calculated using 1990census 'data.

Source: 1990 Census data as published in The Challenge of-.Change: What ihe 1990 Census Tells Us About Children, a reportprepared by, the Population Reference Bureau for the Center forthe Study of Social Policy, September 1992, Tables'21 and 23..

* The definition for this indibtor has changed from that used in last year's Data Book.

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Children under age 18 with both or only parent in thelabor force,.1990.Children under age 18 are included in this category if theylive with only one parent and that parent is in the labor force(i.e., workink or looking for work), &If they live with twoOarents and both are in the laborfOrce. Parenthood isdetermined by birth, marriage oradoptiOn. Rates are calCu-

. lated using .1990 census data.

Source: 1990 Census data as published.in The Challenge of'Change: What the 1996 Census Tells Us About Children, a repohpi-epared by the Population Reference Bureau for the Center forthe Study of Social Policy, September 1992, Tables 21 and 23'.

Children with limited English proficiency attending ,

school, 199471995 khool year, rate per 1,000 stu-dents enrolled in public and private schools.Children attending p,ublic or private school in Maine who are'determined atthe start

,

of the school year to be limited in theirability to use-English because it is not their native language.

Source: Special data run from the October.1995 pata.C011ectionRepori on Language Minority Children; Maine Department ofEducation; Federal Projects for Language Minorities.

See also: Children aged 0-19 who are white, Asian/PacificIslander, American Indian, or African American:

Children with special needs as reported to theDepartment of Education; rate per.1,000 stu7dents enrolled in public and private schools,1 994-1 995 school year.

The riumber of studentS enrolled in. schools and individualeduCation programs in Maine who are aged3 through 21 andhave disabilities requiring-the provision of special educationservices. The count is taken as Of December 1 of the schoolyear:

. .

NOTE: This is a revised definition for this indicator, thus acomparison cannot.be made with last year's rate.

Source: Maine Department of Education, DiviSion of SpecialEducation, tabulations. of December 1, 1994 data, produced July.24, 1995.

Children without health insurance, five-year average,1989-1993.The estimated percent of related.children under age 18 whoare not Covered,by any kind of public or private healthinsurance, including Medicaid. Related children ihclude ahousehold .head's children by birth, marriage or adoption, as

. well as any other person underage'18, Such as nieces ornephews, who are related to the household ,head. Childrenunder age 18 who do not live in a household where they arerelated to the head of the household are not included in thisanalysis. The figures shown here represent a five-year averageof estimates from 1989 throughl 993. Ratesare calculated '-using census population estimates.'

SourCe: Population Reference Bureau analysis of dafa from theU.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (March.suPplement), 1989 through 1993..

See also: Children aged 0-18 participating in Medicaid.

Core mental health professionals, rate per 1,000childien aged 0-19; .1994..Total number of psychiatrists,.psychologists; licensed clinicalsocial workers, marriage and family counselors, and psychiat-ric nurse specialists registered with the Maine Deriartment ofProfessional and Financial Regulation. Data are all'frorn 1994with the exception of psychiatric nurse specialists, which are .

from 1993. This number does not indicate how many coremental_health professionals proVide services to children. Rate'is calculated using 1993 population estimates developed bythe Office Of Data; Research, and Vital Statistics.

Source: Tabulation by Muskie Institute based on data from theMaine Department of HumanServices, Office of Data, Research,and Vital Statistics, and the Department of Professional andFinancial Regulation..

Crime, see: Arrests Of children aged 0717; Violent crimearrests of children aged 0-17.

pomestic assaults reported to police, 1994.AsSaults reported to the police which.were perpetrated byfamily-or household members who are or were, married orliving together in a romantic relationship, natural pareritS of .the samechild (whether or not the couple 'ever lived together)'or other adult family members related by blood or marriage.These are not unduplicated counts,.and may include numer-ous assaults affecting the same individuals. These numbers

..also,clo not indicate the presence of. minor children inhouseholds where the assaults are taking Olace.

Source: 'lv6ine Department of Public Safety, Uniform CrimeReports, 1994.

O The definition for this indicator has changed from that used in last year's Data Book.

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Drug abuse, see: Childreilaged 6-714 using services oflicenSed alcohol and drug al5use:treatment providers;

:Children aged-1-5-19 using services of licensed alCohol anddrug,abuSe treatrrient-proViders; Students reporting iiihalant;-'use in a given month; Students reporting marijuana _use in a.giyen Month.

Education; see: Adults aged 18 and.over wh6 have corn-Pleted high school or equiValency; Children With limited.English proficiency attending school; Children with specialneeds as reported to the Department of Education; High"school completion results;.High sChool CfropOuts; High schoolgraduates planning to attend pOt-Secondary school; Horne-,

, schooled students; Private.school reSident enrolltnent; publicschool resident enrollment

Families headed by mothers receiving-child support or.'alimony,1.992:

The estimated perceritage.of faMilies headed bY'a WoManwith no spouse present (with one 6r more own childrenunder age 18) receiying either Child support Or alimony -"PayMents-during the preyious calendar year.- ThOse catego- .

rized as,receivirig child support or alimony include-thosereCeiving Partial payment as Welj as those reCeiving full

- 'payrnent. It should also be noted that there is no childsUOport in place for many of these families. "Own C'hildren"include the family head'S children by birth, Marriage oradoption. The figures shown here,represent an average ofdata froM1990 through 1994. We refer to data collected in .

'March 1992 as .1992 data even though:it reflects 1991income. Rates:are calculated'using census poPUlationestimates:

Soufce:'PoOlation Reference Bureau analysis of data.frorri theU.S. Bureau of theCen'sus, Current Population SurVey (MarchsupPlement);1990 through 1994.,

General practice dentists, rate per-1/000 children aged:0-19, 1994.Total number of licensed dentists in active general practiceasof January 1 199,4:This,numberdoes'not indicate how, many.dentiSts Provide services to children. Rate iScalCulated using

- '190 population estimates developed by the office of Data,Research, and Vital Statistics..

Source: Maine Department of Human SerVices, Office of Data,ResearCh; and Vital StatistiCs, Maine Cooperative Health .

-ManPower Resouice Inventory .

Health insurance, See: Children without,health insurance;Cbildren aged 0-18 par6cipating in-Medicaid programs.

.

'O. High school completion resUlts, 1993-1994.Number of high school diplomas granted dUring the 19931994 school year. This doéS-nOt include persons CompletingGeneral EquivalenCy DevelopMent Certificates.(GED) or

_receiving diplomas granted through adult education center,as these figures Were not available at the time this rePort went.

. .to press. -

'2.Source: Maine Educational Facts, 1994,-Maine Departmeheof.Education, p:29.

See also.- Adults aged 18 and oyer who have comPleted.high-,

schOol or equivalency.

, , --High school'gradUates planning to attend post-:

secondary'school, 1993-1994 school yeir., High school 'gradUates who intend to or are enrolled full or

part time in,post-secondary ethication, according to a survey. -administered by the local educatiOnal unit and submitted in

the fall following graduation. Numbers include graduates..frorry.publiC highschoOls and.thiose private hign schools with-at least 60% publicly-funded students. The rate is calcUlatedas, a pefcent of all studentg gi'acluating, inclUding.regular;

otherdiplorna, high school equivalency, OrCertificate of completion during the previous school -year'orsubsequent summer schobl.

Source: Maine Department of Education, Division of,Manage-ment lnforniation.

High sChool dropouts; 1993 1994 school. year.,A "dropout" refers to any persOn under the age Of 17 w,ho,has.withdrawn or been expelled from school before graduation or .

'comPletion Of a program of5tudies arid who has not enrolled.in another eduCatiOnal institution or program:EaCh'IocaleduCational unit sUbmits a dropout report to the Departmentof Education as of-the last day of schobl, counting all studentswho dropped out during the pi7evibus Year, NUrribers include'

.dropouts from public high schbols.and tilose priVatehighschools"with at least--60% publicly-funded students: The_rateis calculated'as a' percent of all students enrolled in grades1,2 during the school year.

Source: Maine Department of Education, Division of Manage-ment Information.

* fhe definitiOn fOr this indiCat'or haS Changed from that used in last year's Data Book.

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High school siudents reporting at least one suicideAttempt in the last year, 1995.Pei=cent ofihigh sChool students responding to the spring 1995,

'Maine Youth Risk Behavior Survey who Mdicated that theyactually attempted suicide one or more times during-theprevious 12 'months. .

Source: Maine Department of Education, Bureau of Instruction,105 Maine Youth Risk Behavior Survey Report.

Home-schooled students, 1994 annual average.The number of students approved for home schooling for tke1994 calendar year as reported to,the Maine DePartment ofEducation byschool superintendents for the periods January'through June and July through December.

Source: Special tabulation frOm the Maine Department of -.

Education, Division of Management Information, August 1995.

Hospital discharges for .children's mental health,diagnoses, per1,000 children under age' 18,1994;

The number of hospital discharges with mental healthdiagnoses of patients under age 18 treated in speCialty unfts(Diagnostic Related Group-DRG:800) or for other childhoodmental disorders (DRGs 424 through 432). These data counthospitalizations, not individual children. Rates are calculated

;. using 1993 population estimates developed by the Office ofData, Research, and Vital Statistics. In the 1994 KIDSCOUNT Data Book, we defined this indicator differently,including only DRGs 432 and 800. l)Pon advice from ourdata source, this year we have chosen to make thetlefinition.more'inclysive. For reference purposes, the comparable,numbers for 1993 (which includes DRGs 424 through'432and DRG 800) are as follows: discharges for Children's -

mental health diagnoses = 1,268; rate per.1,000 using 1993population estimates = 4.1 :

Source: Maine Health Care Finance Commission, special datarun, December 1995.

Infant mortality; rate per 1,000 live-births,. five-year average, 1989-1993.

Deaths of infants under 1 year of age in comparison.to livebirths occurring during the saMe time period. The data arereported by place of residence, not place of death. They'are'averaged 'over a_five-year period (1989-1993) to-smooth outannual fluctUations. Population data used in the denomina-tors to calculate rates are based on birth records filed with theOffice of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics.

Source: Maine Department of Human -Services, Office of Data,Research and Vital Statistics, Maine Vital Statistics, 1989-1993,Table F-5.

Live births for whiCh pienatal care began in the firsttrirnester, 1993.Number of live births occurring in calendar year 1993 forwhich the mother began receiving prenatal cal'e during thefirst three months of pregnancy. Population data used in thedenominators to calculate rates are based on birth records,filed witk the Office 6f Data, Research, and Vital Statistics.This indicator is often used as a measure of atcess to prenatalcare, or to primary care in general.

Source: Maine Department of Human Services, Office of Data,Research, and Vital Statistics, Maine Vital Statistics, 1993, Table

Low birthweight infantsf percent of all live birthsunder 2500 grams (5.5 pounds), 1993.Number of live births occurring in calendar year 1993 inwhich the neWborn weighed less than 2500 grams, as apercent of total live births. Population data used in thedenominators to calculate rates are based on birth records.filed with the Office_of Data, Research, and Vital Sfatistics.'

Source: Maine Department of Human Services, Office of Data,:Research and Vital Statistics,'Maine Vital Statistics, 1993, Table B-4.

The definition for this indicatOr has changed from that used in last year's Data Book.

58 Maine KIDS COUNt 1995,96 Data Book

Mean monthly number of children aged 0-17 on AFDCin calendar 1994 for Maine, per 1,000 children.aged

. 0-17.The number of children aged'O through 17 receiving Aid toFamilies with dependent Children for each month ofcalendar-1994, divided by 12. Percent is die mearr-number ofchildren on AFDC in 1994 divided by the estimked numberof children aged 0-17 in Maine in 1993'prepared by the,Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics.

Source: Maine Department of Human Services, Bureau of Income. Maintenance. .

See also: Adolescent female.heads of households.6n AFDC inJanuary, 1995; AFDC and Food Stamp benefits as a percent ofpoverty line in 1994; Children agedM 7 on AFDC in-October, 1995: .

,Median income of families with, children in 1992.The estimated Median annual income for familie's with relatedchildren under age 18 living in the household. Relatedchildren include the fami.ly head's children by.birth, mar--nage, or adoption, as well as other persons underrage 18,such as nieces and nephews, who are related to the familyhead-and living in-the household. The Median income is thedollar'amount whiCh divides the income diStribution'into-two.equal groups - half with income above the median and halfwith income below it.-The figures shown represent_anaverage Of estimates from 1990 to 1994, based .on 'surveys ofa.sample of Maine households. Although we refer to datacollected in March 1992 as 1992 data, they .attually reflect1991 income. Therefore, figures are exPressed,in 1991 .-

dollars. Rate is-calculated uSing censuS population estimates.Source: Population Reference Bureau analOs of the U.S1 Bureauof the Census, Current Populatio'n Survey (March supplement),

-1990 through .1994.See also:Children at or below federal poverty line.

Median household income,.190 -1993 average.The'median household income is the dollar amount whichfalls in the middle of the range of household inCorne distribu-tion. Half of households have income above the-median, theother half have income below it. This figure counts theincome from all sources of thehead of household and allother persons aged .15 and over in the household, Whetherrelated tO the head of household 'or not. Figure§ are expreSsedin 1993 dollars, and are based on estimates from a survey ofa sample of Maine hbuSeholds._ Rate is calculated usingcensus population estimates.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports,Series P60-188, Income, Poverty, and Valuation of Noncash.Benefits: 1993, Table D.

OUI convictions for drivers aged 20 and under,rate per 1,000 licensed *drivers aged 20 and "

under, 1994.Number of convictions of resident drivers age 20 and underfor Operating' Under the Influence (driving with' a bloodalcohol concentrition of .08 percent by weight).'OUI.includes being under the.influence of alcohol, a drug or drugsother than alcohol, or any coMbination of alcohol and one or-more drugs other than alcohol. The blood alcohol concentra-tion is measured as a percent by weight of alcOhol,blood. The units of measureMent are-grams per deciliter. The-Indicator, in the 1994 Maine.KIDSCOLINT Data Bookshowed drivers aged 19 and under; comparable numbers .were unavailable this year.

Source: Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, 1994 Maine HighwayFacts, page 39.

See also: Alcoholrelated license suspensions and arrests fordrivers-aged 20 and under.

Pediatricians, family practitioners, and generalpractitioners.(MDs and Dos); rate per 1,000children aged 0-19, 1994..

-

Total number of licensed pediatricians, family practitioners,and genei-al practitionerOallopaths and osteopaths) registeredwith the Maine Department of Professional and -FinancialRegulation in 1994. This number does not indicate howmany family.practitioners'and general practitioners prOvideservices to children. It is not directly comparable to last year'sindicator, which showed full-time equivalents, not individualpractitioners. This indicator has changed to individuals sothat.the numbers are comparable with those provided for core'mental health professionals and general practice dentists.,Full-time equivalents were not available for these groups atthe time'this' book went to press. Rates are calculated using1993 population estimates developed by the Office of Data,Research;and Vital Statistics.

. .

Source: Maine Department of Human Services, Office of Data,.Research, and Vital Statistics, Maine Cooperatitie HealthManpower Resource Inventory, 199.4 unfinalized data.

.

Priyate school.resident enrollment; October 1994..,Students enrolled in private schools as of October.1, asreported by the local educational unit.

SOOrce: Maine Department of Education, Diviiion'of Manage-Ment Information.

* The definition for.this indicator has changed from that used in last year's Data Book.

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Public school resident enrollment,. october 1994.Students enrolled in the public schools as of October 1,.asreported by the local educational unit.

Source: Maine Department of Education, Division of Manage-ment Information. ,

Recipients of WIC benefits, 1994.WIC (Women; Infants and Children Supplemental NutritionProgram) is a health program providing spiecific 'nutritiousfoods arid nutrition education to low income pregnant andbreast feeding women, infants and children uP to the age offiVe..RecipientS must be at or below 185% of federal povertyguidelines and be at medical or nutritional risk'.

Source: Maine Department of Hiiman Serrices, WIC Prograrn,special data run of WIC recipients, calendar year 1994.

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Requests for child abuse and neglect services,1994.Any-written or verbal requests_for Child Protectiye Servicesintervention in a family situation on behalf of a child in orderto assess or resolve problems being presented. Cases that arescreened out are those situations in which evidence of seriousfamily problems or dysfunction was.evident but the situationdid not contain an allegation of abuse or neglect. CaseSdeemed appropriate for referral meet the standards containedin 22 MRSA, §4002 as defined above under the definition for.

'Substantiated child abuse and neglect victims, 1994. Appro-priate referrals not aSsigned due to, lack 'of resources refers to.the DepartMent of Human Services' ability tO respond to,referrals Of child abuse and neglect based on factors such as,the number Of caseccrkers, the seriousness or complexity ofcases receiving services and the availability of resources..current staff resources are not sufficient for the Department toassign all of the referrals for Child Protective Services itreceives. The allegations of these referrals warrant ChildProtective Services intervention but are not,assigned because

, the office has reached the upper limits of its capacity to_investigate and assess.

-Silurce: Maine, Department of Human Services, Bureau of Childand Family Services, Child Protective Services, Anmial Report ofReferrals, 1994.

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School children receiving subsidized, school lunthes,1994-1995 school year.The National School Lunch Program is a meal entitlement-plan primarily funded through federal dollars. All elementaryand junior high schools are required to-participate in theprogram. In Maine, high schools have the option of,PartiCi-pating. Cbildren are eligible for free school lunches if theirfamily income does not exceed 130% of poverty level: Theyare eligible for reduced price school lunches if their familyincome falls between 130% and 185% of poverty level.Student-eligibility for the program is a measure of change inthe.poverty status of children between census counts. Rates ,

are calculated as a percent.of total school enrollees.Source: Maine Depahrnent of Education, School NutritionProgram.

.Students repoiting alcohol.use in a given month, 1995.In the spring of 1995, the University'of Maine conducted asurvey of students in grades 6-12. A total of 7,477 students,representing all sixteen' counties, participated in the survey.This indicator referS to the percent of students in the-surveysample who indicated, that they had had beer, wine, or hardliquor on at least one occaSion during,the past 30 days.

Source: Maine Office of Substance Abuse, State of Maine Alcoholand Other Drug Use: An Assessment of Students in Grades 6 -12,Risk and Protective Factors, 1995, Appendix C, pags 63.

Students.reporting inhalant use- in a given Month,1995.In the spring of 1995, the University of Maine conducted asurvey of students in grades 6-12. A total of 7,477 students,representing all sixteen counties, participated in the Survey.This indicator refers to the percent of students in the surveysainple who indicated that they had used-inhalants at least .

once in the past 30 days.

Source: Maine Office of Substance*Abuse, State of Maine Alcoholand Other Drug'.Use: An ASseSssment of Students-in,Grades 6-12,Risk and Protective Factors, 1995, Appendix C, page 85.

Students reporting_marijuana use in a givenmonth,1995,In the spring.of 1995, the University of Maine conducted asurvey of students in grades 6-12. A total of 7,477 students,representing all sixteeri counties, participated in .the survey.This indicator refers to the percent of students in the surveysample who indicated that they had used marijuana at leastonce in the past 30 days.

Source: Maine Office of Substance Abuse, State of Maine Alcohol.and Other Drug Use: An Assessment of Students in Grades'6-12,Risk and Protective Factors,-1995, Appendix C, page 70.

The definition for this indicator has changed from that.used in last year's Data Book.


DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES OF DATA

Students reporting cigarette smoking in a given month,

In the spring of 1995, the University of Maine COnducted a.survey:of studentsin'grades 6:12. A totalof 7,477-students;representing all sixteen counties, participated in-the survey.This indicator' refers to the percent of'students in the-surveysample Who indicated-that they had 'srnoked cigarettes.at leastorice in the past 30,days...

Source: Maine Office cif.Substance Abuse, State' of MainerAlcoholand'Other Drug Use: An Assessment of Students irt Grades 6-12,Risk and Protective FactOrs, 1995; Appendix C, page 58.

Substantiated child abUieand neglect victims;rate per 1,000 children under age 1,8, 1994.

The nuMber of individual victims of child abuse and 'neglect-in calendarYear 1994 for whorn assessment led to a findingof, "a threat to a.child'S health or welfare.by physical, Mental:or emotional injury or impairmeni, sexual abuse or,exploita-don, deprivation of essential heeds Or-lack 'oi protection fromthese by a.perSon responsible for the child" ( 22 M.R.S.A.§4002). :

Please note that in the 1994 KIDS COUNT Daia Book, thenumber of substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect was ,

- reported, in which.the average case included two children ,fromthe same household We have ChOsen to report theactual number of children repreSented: ,For coMparisonPurposeS the number Of substantiated child abuse and neglectviCtims: in 1993 was 4,921.5.TheSe numbers are affected.bythe DePartment-of Human Services' ability to respond toreferrals of Child abuse or-neglect based on factors such as

.the,number of caseworkers, the seriOusness Or comPlexity ofVtile.cases, receiving serviceS, and the ,availability of'resourCes.Current staff resOurces are not sOfficient for,the liepartment to.assign'all of the referrals for Child Protective SerViceS itreceives.

Source: Maine Department,Of Human Services, BüreaU of Childand Family./ Services, Child Protective ServiCes, Annual Report ofReferrals,

:.

Suicide, see: Child suicides.

t in the* Teens aged T6-19 mit in school and nO, labor force, 1992.

Estimated percent of all teens aged 16 through 19 Wh6are, not enrolled in sChool full or paft time, and not emplOyed fullor part time. The figures shown repreSent three-year'averages;data for 1992 represent an aNierage of data from:1990 thiough

'190. The definition of this indicator haS been Changed, bythe ,CensuS Bureau and no longer includes 16 throUgh 19. .

year-olds in the Airned Forces.or married full2time hornernak-ers as.Part of thelabbr force.

.Source::Special tabulations of Current i3'opulation Survey.microdata prepaiLed by ihe Bureau of Labor Statistics:

, Teeni, aged 16-19 not enrolled.in school and not ,high sChoot graduates', threelear'average; 1991-1993.

A reflection of educational Performance, this measure isbased on the twelve-months CbrrentPopulation SUrVey (CPS)file maintained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). EachMonth'the CPS asks respondents in about 60,000 households

--.1nati6nWide about their actiyities related to the labOr fOrte andeducation. V"' , '

For this indicat6r,a percentage waS calculated based on ninemonths of data (Septemberthrough May) for eath year.Three-yearaverages Were 'used to:reduce to redUte.randoM.fluctuation.

Sou'rCe: Special tabulationS of Current PopulatiOn Surveymia-odata prepared by the BureaU of Labdr StatiStics.

Teen deaths; rate per 100;000 children,aged 1519, fivelear average, 1989-1993.

'The 'number of deaths from all 'causes to children aged 15 .

through 19;The data:are reported by.the child's 'place of -residence,*nbtthe plaCe of. death. They are averaged over afiveyear period.(1989-1993) to smoOth.Out annual fluctua,

Populatibn data'used in the-denominafors.t,6 calculatethe rateS are baSedon2the'1990 U.S. Census, with.estimates'for earlier and later years developed by the Office cifpatd,.Research; and Vital Statistics. Rates-are calCulated per. .

100,000 at the:state level-to be consistent with 'StandardMortality data reporting practices.

Source: Special tabulation§ by the Maine Departrfient of HumanServices; Office of Data, ReSearch and Vital Statistics, NoVember1995.

The definiiion- for thiS-indicatOr has changed'from that used in last year's bata Book-.. . .

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Teen pregnaricy, rate per 1,000 females aged 10-17,1993.All reported live births, induced abortions,,and fetal deathsoccurring to females aged 10 through 1.7-during calendar.year 1993. The rate is calculated using a denominator of the1993 population of 10-17 year-old females estimated by theOffice of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics.

Source: Maine Department of Human Services, Office of Data,Research and Vital Statistics, Maine Vital Statistics, 1993, Table P-

-Teen violent deaths; rate per 100,000 childrenaged 15-19, 1989-1993.

Deaths caUsed by homicide, suicide, and accidents to teensaged 15 through 19. The data are reported by place'ofresidence, not the place where the death occurred. Popula-tion data'ued in the denominators to calculate the rates arebased on the 1990 U.S. Census, with eStimates for earlier andlater years developed by the Office of Data, Research, andVital Statistics. Rates are calculated per_100,000 at the statelevel to be consistent with standard mortality data_reportingpractices:

Source: Special tabulations, Maine Department of Human-.Services, Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statikics, NoveMber -

1995.

Total Population, 1993 estimated.. ,

Total number of individuals by age-are estiMated by extrapo- ,

lating from the 1990 census, taking into account births,deaths, ancfnet migration:

Source: Estirnates prepared by the Maine Department of HumanServices, Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics; November.1995.

Two-year-olds who were age-appropriately immu-nized, 1994.Immunization rates are estimated from retrospective surveysof five-year-olds entering a représentative-sample of MaineschOols each.year. According to_current state recommenda-tions, two-year-Olds.should have-had 4.DPT (diphtheria,tetanus', Pertussis) vaccines, 3 QPVs (oral pond. yaccines), and

MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine: For a child toreceive-these immunilations,- a minimum of 4 well-childvisits to a health care rófessional is necessary.

.Sourice: Maine Department of Human Services, ImmunizationProgram.'

Unemployed persons aged 16 and over, annualaverage, 1994:

The sum of the number of.unemployed people aged 16 andover each month of the year 1994, divided by 12. Percent isthe average number of people in-the civilian labor forcedivided bY the average number of unemployed people. Dataare not seasonally adjusted., Source: Maine Department of Labor, Division of Economic

Analysis and Research, in cociperatiorn with the US Bureau ofLabor Statistics.

Violent criMe arrests of children -aged 10-17; rate per1,000 children aged 10-17, 1994.4Total number of arrests for violent crimes including: murderand non-negligent manslaighter,_ forcible rape, robbery, andaggravated assault; does not include "other-asSaults". Theannual 'arrest data include all arrests of youth for yiolentoffenses during theyear, including repeated offenses_by thesame individual. Crimes involving'weapons do not includehunting violations. Rate is the total number of arrests forviolent crimes divided by the estimated number of 10-17year-olds in July, 1993, usinidata prepared by the Office ofData, Research and Vital Statistics. It includes repeatedoffenses by the same individual.

.Souice: Maine Department of.Public Safety, Uniform Crime .Reports, 1994; the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Kids Count Da't-aBook: State Profiles.of Child Well-being, 1995.

Women in labor force with youngest child under.age6, 1-990.

The number of women aged 16 and over (regardlesS ofmarital status) whose youngestchild is under age 6, and whoare in the paid labor force..Rates,are calculated as a percentof all women aged 16 and over whose youngest child isunder age 6, using census population data.

Source: 1990 CensUs data as published in, The Challenge ofChange:.What the 1990 Census Tells Us'About Children, a reportprepared by the Population Reference Bureau for thesCenter forthe Study of Social Policy, September 1492, Tables 17 and 18.

Women in labor force with youngest child ages 6 to17, 1990. .

The numberof.wornen aged 16,-and over (regardless ofmarital status) whcise.youngest child is between ages 6 and17, and who are-in the paid labor force. Rates are calculatedas a percent of all-women aged 16 and over whose Youngestchild is between the ages of 6 and 17.

- Source: 1990 Census data as-published in The Challenge ofChange: What the 1990 Census Tells Us About Children, a report,prepared by the Population Reference Bureau for the Center forthe Study of Scicial Policy, September 1992, Tables 17 and 18.

O The definition for thR indicator has changed frorn that uSed in last year's Data Book.


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