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Health Care Professional Told Mom She had Depression 
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,152 87.0 84.6 - 89.1 13.0 10.9 - 15.4
Age              
<20 years 1,135 88.2 75.1 - 94.9 11.8 5.1 - 24.9
20-24 years 3,580 82.4 76.6 - 87.0 17.6 13.0 - 23.4
25-34 years 7,399 88.3 85.1 - 90.9 11.7 9.1 - 14.9
35+ years 2,037 90.2 83.9 - 94.3 9.8 5.7 - 16.1
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 87.2 84.7 - 89.3 12.8 10.7 - 15.3
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 80.3 60.0 - 91.8 19.7 8.2 - 40.0
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 87.0 84.5 - 89.1 13.0 10.9 - 15.5
Education              
< High School 1,526 81.0 69.6 - 88.8 19.1 11.3 - 30.4
High School 4,759 84.2 79.4 - 88.1 15.8 11.9 - 20.6
> High School 7,786 89.9 87.1 - 92.1 10.1 7.9 - 12.9
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 90.1 87.4 - 92.3 9.9 7.7 - 12.6
Other 5,216 82.4 77.6 - 86.3 17.6 13.7 - 22.4
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,836** 79.1 73.2 - 84.1 20.9 15.9 - 26.9
$15,000-24,999 1,808** 88.3 81.2 - 92.9 11.7 7.1 - 18.8
$25,000-49,999 3,166** 87.7 82.6 - 91.4 12.3 8.6 - 17.4
$50,000 or more 4,750** 92.5 89.2 - 94.9 7.5 5.2 - 10.8
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,399** 90.3 87.6 - 92.5 9.7 7.5 - 12.4
Yes 5,058** 81.7 76.8 - 85.7 18.3 14.3 - 23.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,248** 91.1 88.3 - 93.3 8.9 6.7 - 11.7
Yes 6,314** 82.4 78.1 - 85.9 17.6 14.1 - 21.9
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 80.9 78.1 - 83.5 19.1 16.5 - 21.9
2500 grams or more 13,184 87.4 84.8 - 89.6 12.6 10.4 - 15.2
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 75: since your new baby was born, has a doctor, nurse or health care worker
told you that you had depression?
** 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