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Mother Talked to About Care of Teeth and Gums*
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,152 59.7 56.3 - 62.9 40.4 37.1 - 43.7
Age              
<20 years 1,135 56.3 41.0 - 70.6 43.7 29.4 - 59.0
20-24 years 3,580 70.3 63.8 - 76.1 29.7 24.0 - 36.2
25-34 years 7,399 57.2 52.8 - 61.6 42.8 38.4 - 47.2
35+ years 2,037 50.7 42.2 - 59.2 49.3 40.8 - 57.8
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 59.3 55.9 - 62.6 40.7 37.4 - 44.1
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 66.3 44.8 - 82.6 33.7 17.4 - 55.2
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 59.8 56.5 - 63.1 40.2 36.9 - 43.5
Education              
< High School 1,526 70.9 58.3 - 80.9 29.1 19.1 - 41.7
High School 4,759 67.0 61.2 - 72.3 33.0 27.7 - 38.8
> High School 7,786 53.6 49.3 - 57.8 46.4 42.2 - 50.7
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 54.7 50.7 - 58.8 45.3 41.2 - 49.4
Other 5,216 67.1 61.4 - 72.3 32.9 27.7 - 38.6
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,788** 73.4 67.0 - 79.0 26.6 21.1 - 33.0
$15,000-24,999 1,729** 67.9 58.5 - 76.0 32.1 24.1 - 41.5
$25,000-49,999 3,018** 61.5 54.7 - 67.9 38.5 32.1 - 45.3
$50,000 or more 4,629** 44.1 38.9 - 49.5 55.9 50.5 - 61.1
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,103** 55.2 51.1 - 59.3 44.8 40.7 - 49.0
Yes 4,956** 67.1 61.4 - 72.2 32.9 27.8 - 38.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,029** 49.3 45.0 - 53.7 50.7 46.3 - 55.0
Yes 6,135** 71.5 66.6 - 75.9 28.5 24.1 - 33.4
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 59.9 56.4 - 63.2 40.1 36.8 - 43.6
2500 grams or more 13,184 59.6 56.1 - 63.1 40.4 36.9 - 43.9
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 2006 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
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics