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Maternal Problem with High Blood Pressure?*
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 14,152 85.1 82.6 - 87.2 15.0 12.8 - 17.4
Age              
<20 years 1,135 90.8 79.1 - 96.3 9.2 3.7 - 20.9
20-24 years 3,580 84.9 79.6 - 89.0 15.1 11.0 - 20.4
25-34 years 7,399 86.2 83.0 - 88.9 13.8 11.1 - 17.0
35+ years 2,037 78.2 70.5 - 84.4 21.8 15.6 - 29.5
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 84.8 82.3 - 87.0 15.2 13.0 - 17.7
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 88.5 68.2 - 96.5 11.5 3.5 - 31.8
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 85.1 82.6 - 87.2 14.9 12.8 - 17.4
Education              
< High School 1,526 91.8 82.7 - 96.3 8.2 3.7 - 17.3
High School 4,759 84.2 79.6 - 87.9 15.9 12.1 - 20.4
> High School 7,786 84.2 80.9 - 87.0 15.8 13.0 - 19.1
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 85.3 82.2 - 87.8 14.8 12.2 - 17.8
Other 5,216 84.7 80.4 - 88.3 15.3 11.7 - 19.6
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,812** 84.2 79.0 - 88.3 15.8 11.7 - 21.0
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 81.4 73.2 - 87.6 18.6 12.5 - 26.8
$25,000-49,999 3,133** 84.0 78.8 - 88.2 16.0 11.8 - 21.2
$50,000 or more 4,747** 87.8 84.0 - 90.8 12.3 9.3 - 16.1
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,385** 85.6 82.5 - 88.2 14.4 11.8 - 17.5
Yes 5,065** 84.0 79.7 - 87.6 16.0 12.4 - 20.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,211** 86.9 83.8 - 89.5 13.1 10.5 - 16.2
Yes 6,292** 82.9 78.9 - 86.3 17.1 13.7 - 21.1
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 70.0 66.8 - 73.0 30.0 27.0 - 33.2
2500 grams or more 13,184 86.0 83.4 - 88.3 14.0 11.7 - 16.6
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
  high Blood Pressure, hypertension (including pregnancy induced), preclampsia, or toxemia
** 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