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AUGUSTA - The state's efforts to improve the well-being of its children got mixed reviews again this year with the release Tuesday of the 12th annual Kids Count Data Book.
On the plus side, for example, the report indicated Maine continues to be a leader in insuring its children, with all but about 19,000 children under 18 having health care coverage in 2004. The number of babies born to teenage girls is still declining, from 14.6 births per 1,000 girls under 18 in 1990 down to 7.7 births per 1,000 in 2002, the most recent year for which the state has accurate data.See the full content of this document
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Data Mixed On Well-Being of Maine Kids
But more Maine children were living in poverty in 2002 than in any year since 1997. The rates of domestic assault on juveniles and of hospitalization for mental health and substanc...
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