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Health Care Worker Told Mother About the Effects of Mercury
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,929 27.1 24.3 - 30.2 72.9 69.8 - 75.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,102 26.6 16.3 - 40.2 73.5 59.8 - 83.8
20-24 years 3,427 28.5 22.6 - 35.2 71.5 64.8 - 77.4
25-34 years 7,434 26.3 22.6 - 30.4 73.7 69.6 - 77.4
35+ years 1,961 28.2 20.9 - 36.9 71.8 63.1 - 79.1
Mother's Race                  
White 13,340 26.9 24.0 - 30.0 73.1 70.0 - 76.0
Black 224 23.2 6.8 - 55.5 76.8 44.5 - 93.2
Other 343 44.5 23.0 - 68.3 55.5 31.7 - 77.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,722^ 27.4 24.5 - 30.5 72.6 69.5 - 75.6
Education                  
< High School 1,424 30.8 20.0 - 44.1 69.2 55.5 - 80.0
High School 4,823 26.8 22.0 - 32.1 73.3 67.9 - 78.0
> High School 7,600 27.2 23.5 - 31.3 72.8 68.7 - 76.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,208 26.7 23.4 - 30.3 73.3 69.7 - 76.6
Other 4,721 28.1 22.7 - 34.3 71.9 65.7 - 77.3
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,480** 27.3 21.7 - 33.7 72.7 66.3 - 78.3
$15,000-24,999 1,753** 30.0 22.0 - 39.4 70.1 60.6 - 78.1
$25,000-49,999 2,262** 26.8 21.3 - 33.0 73.2 67.0 - 78.7
$50,000 or more 5,227** 26.3 21.8 - 31.4 73.7 68.6 - 78.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 27.4 23.9 - 31.2 72.6 68.8 - 76.1
Yes 4,493** 26.9 22.0 - 32.5 73.1 67.5 - 78.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 26.2 22.5 - 30.1 73.8 69.9 - 77.5
Yes 5,658** 28.4 23.9 - 33.5 71.6 66.6 - 76.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 891 26.0 22.9 - 29.4 74.0 70.7 - 77.1
2500 grams or more 13,028 27.2 24.2 - 30.5 72.8 69.5 - 75.8
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: Variable developed from Q66. At any time during your prenatal care, did a doctor, nurse, or other health
care worker talk with you about how eating fish containing high levels of mercury could affect your baby?
** 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