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Mother Had a Dental Problem and Needed to See a Dentist*
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,929 74.7 71.6 - 77.5 25.4 22.5 - 28.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,102 60.0 47.0 - 71.7 40.0 28.3 - 53.0
20-24 years 3,427 66.8 60.0 - 72.9 33.3 27.1 - 40.0
25-34 years 7,434 78.8 74.9 - 82.2 21.3 17.8 - 25.1
35+ years 1,961 81.9 73.8 - 87.9 18.1 12.2 - 26.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,340 74.4 71.3 - 77.3 25.6 22.7 - 28.7
Black 224 64.5 34.2 - 86.4 35.5 13.6 - 65.8
Other 343 92.6 67.2 - 98.7 7.4 1.3 - 32.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,722^ 74.8 71.7 - 77.6 25.2 22.4 - 28.3
Education                  
< High School 1,424 61.3 49.1 - 72.3 38.7 27.7 - 50.9
High School 4,823 67.4 62.0 - 72.4 32.6 27.6 - 38.0
> High School 7,600 82.0 78.4 - 85.1 18.0 14.9 - 21.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,208 79.4 76.0 - 82.4 20.6 17.6 - 24.0
Other 4,721 63.9 57.7 - 69.7 36.1 30.3 - 42.3
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,480** 62.0 55.4 - 68.2 38.0 31.9 - 44.7
$15,000-24,999 1,753** 65.1 55.7 - 73.5 34.9 26.5 - 44.3
$25,000-49,999 2,262** 75.8 69.8 - 80.9 24.2 19.1 - 30.2
$50,000 or more 5,227** 87.5 83.3 - 90.8 12.5 9.2 - 16.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 82.3 78.9 - 85.2 17.7 14.8 - 21.1
Yes 4,493** 60.6 54.8 - 66.1 39.4 33.9 - 45.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 84.7 81.2 - 87.6 15.4 12.4 - 18.8
Yes 5,658** 62.1 57.0 - 67.0 37.9 33.0 - 43.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 891 70.0 66.5 - 73.3 30.0 26.7 - 33.5
2500 grams or more 13,028 75.0 71.7 - 77.9 25.1 22.1 - 28.3
NOTES:
Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted.
Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations.
*Survey Question 77.  This question is about the care of your teeth during your most recent pregnancy.
a. I needed to see a dentist for a problem
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2004 birth file.
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question.  Data may be unreliable for describing this group, therefore
percent is not reported.
CI = 95% Confidence Interval