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| 1999 Maine
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
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Yes |
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Population |
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CI |
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Total |
13,604 |
51.4 |
48.1 |
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54.6 |
48.7 |
45.4 |
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51.9 |
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<20 years |
1,322 |
71.3 |
61.8 |
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80.8 |
28.7 |
19.2 |
- |
38.2 |
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20-24 years |
3,313 |
70.0 |
64.0 |
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76.1 |
30.0 |
23.9 |
- |
36.0 |
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25-34 years |
7,236 |
46.7 |
42.3 |
- |
51.1 |
53.3 |
48.9 |
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57.7 |
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35+ years |
1,733 |
20.5 |
13.3 |
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27.8 |
79.5 |
72.2 |
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86.7 |
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| Mother's Race |
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White |
13,198 |
51.1 |
47.8 |
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54.3 |
49.0 |
45.7 |
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52.2 |
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Black |
105 |
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Other |
270 |
47.4 |
21.5 |
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73.3 |
52.6 |
26.7 |
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78.5 |
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| Hispanic Origin |
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Yes |
134^ |
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No |
12,771^ |
50.9 |
47.5 |
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54.2 |
49.1 |
45.8 |
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52.5 |
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| Education |
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< High School |
1,474 |
82.4 |
74.9 |
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89.9 |
17.6 |
10.1 |
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25.1 |
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High School |
5,093 |
61.2 |
55.9 |
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66.4 |
38.8 |
33.6 |
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44.1 |
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>High School |
6,936 |
37.2 |
32.9 |
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41.5 |
62.8 |
58.5 |
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67.1 |
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| Marital Status |
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Married |
9,354 |
43.1 |
39.3 |
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47.0 |
56.9 |
53.0 |
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60.7 |
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Other |
4,250 |
69.9 |
64.6 |
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75.3 |
30.1 |
24.7 |
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35.4 |
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$15,999 or less |
3,593** |
72.5 |
66.9 |
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78.0 |
27.5 |
22.0 |
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33.1 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,786** |
59.1 |
50.4 |
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67.8 |
40.9 |
32.2 |
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49.6 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,670** |
44.0 |
36.9 |
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51.0 |
56.0 |
49.0 |
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63.1 |
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$40,000 or more |
4,684** |
36.0 |
30.8 |
- |
41.1 |
64.1 |
58.9 |
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69.2 |
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| WIC Recipient |
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No |
8,842** |
42.6 |
38.7 |
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46.4 |
57.5 |
53.6 |
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61.3 |
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Yes |
4,153** |
70.7 |
65.4 |
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76.0 |
29.3 |
24.0 |
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34.6 |
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Recipient |
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No |
8,545** |
41.6 |
37.7 |
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45.5 |
58.4 |
54.5 |
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62.3 |
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Yes |
4,476** |
70.5 |
65.4 |
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75.6 |
29.5 |
24.4 |
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34.6 |
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| Infant's birth
weight |
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<2500 grams |
822 |
62.9 |
59.5 |
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66.3 |
37.1 |
33.7 |
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40.5 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,776 |
50.8 |
47.3 |
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54.2 |
49.2 |
45.8 |
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52.7 |
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| NOTES: |
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| Population
size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital
Statistics System unless otherwise noted. |
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Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations. |
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| *Survey
Question 42: For how many weeks did
you breast-feed your new baby? |
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| ** Estimates of
the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through
PRAMS. |
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| ^ Estimate of
Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 1999 birth file. |
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There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this
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| CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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