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Was Mother's Labor Induced?
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,152 80.3 77.5 - 82.8 19.7 17.2 - 22.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,135 74.4 58.9 - 85.5 25.6 14.5 - 41.1
20-24 years 3,580 75.7 69.6 - 81.0 24.3 19.0 - 30.4
25-34 years 7,399 83.3 79.7 - 86.3 16.7 13.7 - 20.3
35+ years 2,037 80.3 72.5 - 86.4 19.7 13.7 - 27.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,494 80.3 77.4 - 82.8 19.7 17.2 - 22.6
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 81.1 60.5 - 92.3 18.9 7.7 - 39.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 80.1 77.3 - 82.7 19.9 17.3 - 22.7
Education                  
< High School 1,526 82.2 70.4 - 89.9 17.8 10.1 - 29.6
High School 4,759 83.9 79.0 - 87.8 16.1 12.2 - 21.0
> High School 7,786 78.0 74.3 - 81.3 22.0 18.7 - 25.7
Marital Status                  
Married 8,934 80.9 77.5 - 83.9 19.1 16.2 - 22.5
Other 5,216 79.4 74.3 - 83.7 20.6 16.4 - 25.7
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,843** 82.3 76.5 - 87.0 17.7 13.0 - 23.5
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 81.1 72.6 - 87.4 18.9 12.6 - 27.4
$25,000-49,999 3,169** 76.7 70.6 - 81.9 23.3 18.1 - 29.4
$50,000 or more 4,750** 80.7 76.1 - 84.6 19.3 15.4 - 23.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,403** 79.6 76.1 - 82.8 20.4 17.2 - 23.9
Yes 5,065** 81.3 76.4 - 85.3 18.7 14.7 - 23.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,252** 80.4 76.7 - 83.6 19.6 16.4 - 23.3
Yes 6,321** 80.1 75.7 - 83.9 19.9 16.1 - 24.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 966 86.9 84.5 - 89.1 13.1 11.0 - 15.5
2500 grams or more 13,184 79.8 76.9 - 82.5 20.2 17.5 - 23.1
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.
*Birth Certificate Variable:  Was Labor Induced? Yes, No
** 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