Calculate confidence interval for difference in proportions

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A town well in Woburn was contaminated by industrial chemicals. During the period that residents drank water from this well, there were 16 birth defects among 414 births. In years when the contaminated well was shut off and water was supplied from other wells, there were 3 birth defects among 228 births. The plaintiffs suing the firm responsible for the contamination claimed that these data show that the rate of birth defects was higher when the contaminated well was in use.

Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the difference in the proportions of birth defects when the contaminated well was in use and when the contaminated well was not in use. (use 3 decimal places in your answers.

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