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. 2019 Oct 29;19:390. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2486-1

Table 4.

Descriptive summary of economic indicators before and during recession periods in WA and FL (Total Study Population)

FL baseline FL Period 1 FL Period 2 WA baseline WA Period 1 WA Period 2 Total baseline Total Period 1 Total Period 2
Mother Enrolled in WIC while pregnant n (%) 94,590 (45.25) 72,677 (49.88) 69,921 (53.21) 24,915 (37.91) 20,706 (38.79) 19,078 (38.78) 119,505 (43.49) 93,383 (46.91) 88,999 (49.28)
Medicaid birthsn (%) 90,375 (42.53) 64,495 (43.76) 62,501 (47.06) 25,769 (34.72) 19,811 (34.45) 18,688 (35.11) 116,144 (40.51) 84,306 (41.14) 81,189 (43.64)
LHD Expenditures: Avg. Total $ (SD)
Avg. Total (per capita) LHD expenditures $46.77 (21.64) $46.16 (22.13) $46.30 (21.82) $57.89 (30.21) $56.29 (29.02) $54.38 (29.71) $49.64 (24.63) $49.00 (24.68) $48.50 (24.53)
Avg. 2 MCH (per capita) expendituresNote: FL has July start FY $8.79 (5.67) $8.18 (5.53) $7.84 (5.11) $11.01 (9.06) $10.46 (9.36) $9.85 (9.47) $9.37 (6.79) $8.82 (6.90) $8.41 (6.72)
Avg. Family Planning (per capita) expenditures $3.58 (2.25) $3.19 (1.80) $3.08 (1.77) $2.40 (2.66) $2.00 (2.48) $1.72 (2.29) $3.28 (2.42) $2.86 (2.08) $2.69 (2.03)
Avg. MICA (per capita) expenditures $5.21 (4.44) $4.99 (4.51) $4.76 (4.10) $8.56 (6.75) $8.42 (7.19) $8.12 (7.49) $6.07 (5.34) $5.95 (5.62) $5.72 (5.51)
Avg. WIC (per capita) expenditures $4.64 (1.79) $5.37 (1.96) $5.99 (2.13) $2.57 (1.70) $ 2.48 (1.70) $ 2.60 (2.03) $4.10 (1.98) $4.55 (2.30) $5.02 (2.60)
Un-employment rate 3.64%(0.56) 7.39% (2.28) 11.02%(1.41) 5.14%(0.94) 6.61% (2.20) 9.71% (1.54) 4.02% (0.95) 7.17% (2.29) 10.65% (1.56)
Percent voting Republican 2004: 51.97% (10.24) 2008: 47.50% (10.14) 2008: 47.50%(10.14) 2004: 46.80% (10.56) 2008: 41.51% (10.67) 2008: 41.51%(10.67) 2004:50.56%(10.58) 2008:45.86 (28.60) 2008:45.86 (28.60)
Per Capita MDs Family Medicine and General Practitioners 20,050.03 (0.01) 2008 0.03 (0.01) 20,100.03 (0.01) 20,050.04 (0.01) 2008 0.04 (0.01) 2010.0.04 (0.01) 2005 0.03 (0.01) 2008 0.03 (0.01) 2010 0.03 (0.01)

See methods section for explanation of FY: FL has July start FY

Abbreviations (in order of appearance in table from top to bottom): WA: State of Washington; FL: State of Florida; WIC: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; LHD: Local health department; SD: Standard deviation; 2MCH: combined FP and MICA expenditures; FY: Fiscal year; MICA: Maternal, infant, child, and adolescent (service line composite LHD expenditures); MD: medical doctor; GP: general practitioner; FM: family medicine