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Mother Talked to About Care of Teeth and Gums*
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,929 60.2 56.9 - 63.4 39.8 36.6 - 43.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,102 58.3 45.3 - 70.3 41.7 29.7 - 54.7
20-24 years 3,427 70.5 63.9 - 76.3 29.6 23.7 - 36.1
25-34 years 7,434 58.8 54.3 - 63.1 41.3 37.0 - 45.7
35+ years 1,961 47.6 38.9 - 56.4 52.4 43.6 - 61.1
Mother's Race                  
White 13,340 59.8 56.4 - 63.0 40.3 37.0 - 43.6
Black 224 66.4 35.4 - 87.7 33.6 12.3 - 64.6
Other 343 71.5 46.2 - 88.0 28.5 12.0 - 53.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,722^ 60.1 56.8 - 63.3 39.9 36.7 - 43.2
Education                  
< High School 1,424 66.8 54.7 - 77.1 33.2 22.9 - 45.3
High School 4,823 68.7 63.2 - 73.6 31.4 26.4 - 36.8
> High School 7,600 53.1 48.8 - 57.5 46.9 42.5 - 51.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,208 55.7 51.8 - 59.5 44.3 40.5 - 48.3
Other 4,721 70.6 64.5 - 76.0 29.5 24.1 - 35.5
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,480** 69.7 63.2 - 75.5 30.3 24.5 - 36.8
$15,000-24,999 1,753** 71.7 62.6 - 79.4 28.3 20.6 - 37.4
$25,000-49,999 2,262** 61.4 55.0 - 67.4 38.6 32.6 - 45.0
$50,000 or more 5,227** 47.4 41.9 - 52.9 52.6 47.1 - 58.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 53.6 49.6 - 57.7 46.4 42.4 - 50.5
Yes 4,493** 72.4 66.9 - 77.3 27.6 22.7 - 33.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 49.3 45.0 - 53.7 50.7 46.3 - 55.0
Yes 5,658** 73.9 69.1 - 78.2 26.1 21.8 - 30.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 891 64.6 61.1 - 67.9 35.4 32.1 - 38.9
2500 grams or more 13,028 59.9 56.4 - 63.3 40.1 36.7 - 43.6
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.
c. Dental or other health care worker talked with me about how to care for teeth and gums
** 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