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Previous Premature Birth
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 6,977** 90.8 88.0 - 93.1 9.2 6.9 - 12.1
Age                
<20 years 78** 76.3 24.3 - 97.0 23.7 3.0 - 75.7
20-24 years 1,432** 87.3 79.2 - 92.6 12.7 7.4 - 20.9
25-34 years 4,124** 91.0 87.2 - 93.8 9.0 6.2 - 12.9
35+ years 1,342** 94.9 88.7 - 97.8 5.1 2.2 - 11.4
Mother's Race              
White 6,759** 90.6 87.6 - 92.9 9.4 7.1 - 12.4
Black 68** # # - # # # - #
Other  149** 97.4 92.2 - 99.2 2.6 0.8 - 7.8
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 42** # # - # # # - #
No 6,934** 90.8 87.9 - 93.1 9.2 6.9 - 12.1
Education              
< High School 813** 91.4 78.9 - 96.8 8.6 3.2 - 21.1
High School 2,277** 87.3 81.2 - 91.6 12.7 8.4 - 18.8
> High School 3,869** 92.8 89.2 - 95.3 7.2 4.8 - 10.8
Marital Status              
Married 4,719** 92.6 89.5 - 94.8 7.4 5.2 - 10.6
Other 2,257** 87.2 80.5 - 91.9 12.8 8.2 - 19.5
Income              
$14,999 or less 1,874** 91.0 84.9 - 94.8 9.0 5.2 - 15.1
$15,000-24,999 873** 81.9 69.5 - 90.0 18.1 10.0 - 30.5
$25,000-49,999 1658** 92.2 85.7 - 95.9 7.8 4.1 - 14.3
$50,000 or more 2,571** 95.9 88.3 - 95.7 7.2 4.3 - 11.7
Enrolled in WIC              
No 4,383** 91.7 88.2 - 94.2 8.3 5.8 - 11.8
Yes 2,558** 89.2 83.5 - 93.1 10.8 6.9 - 16.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 3,737** 93.3 89.9 - 95.7 6.7 4.3 - 10.2
Yes 3,239** 88.0 82.9 - 91.7 12.0 8.3 - 17.2
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 330** 72.9 67.9 - 77.4 27.1 22.7 - 32.2
2500 grams or more 6,646** 91.7 88.7 - 94.0 8.3 6.0 - 11.4
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 10: Was the baby just before your new one born more than 3 weeks before it's due date? 
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
# 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