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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Baby's Growth and Development?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 8.7 6.9 - 10.6 91.3 89.4 - 93.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 10.1 3.8 - 16.3 90.0 83.7 - 96.2
20-24 years 3,313 8.5 4.8 - 12.2 91.5 87.8 - 95.2
25-34 years 7,236 8.0 5.6 - 10.4 92.0 89.6 - 94.4
35+ years 1,733 11.1 5.3 - 16.9 88.9 83.1 - 94.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 8.7 6.8 - 10.5 91.3 89.5 - 93.2
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 7.4 0.0 - 20.8 92.6 79.2 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 8.6 6.7 - 10.5 91.4 89.5 - 93.3
Education                  
< High School 1,474 7.8 2.6 - 13.0 92.2 87.0 - 97.4
High School 5,093 10.3 7.1 - 13.6 89.7 86.4 - 92.9
>High School 6,936 7.7 5.3 - 10.1 92.3 89.9 - 94.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 9.5 7.2 - 11.7 90.6 88.3 - 92.8
Other 4,250 7.1 4.1 - 10.1 92.9 89.9 - 95.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 8.0 4.6 - 11.4 92.0 88.6 - 95.4
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 7.9 3.2 - 12.6 92.1 87.4 - 96.8
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 11.2 6.6 - 15.7 88.8 84.3 - 93.4
$40,000 or more 4,684** 7.9 5.0 - 10.7 92.1 89.3 - 95.0
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 8.9 6.6 - 11.1 91.1 88.9 - 93.4
Yes 4,153** 8.1 4.9 - 11.2 91.9 88.8 - 95.1
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 9.1 6.8 - 11.4 90.9 88.6 - 93.2
Yes 4,476** 8.0 5.0 - 11.1 92.0 88.9 - 95.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 8.4 6.4 - 10.3 91.6 89.7 - 93.6
2500 grams or more 12,776 8.7 6.8 - 10.7 91.3 89.3 - 93.2
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 16: During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
about any of the things listed below? i. How your baby grows and develops during your pregnancy
** 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 1999 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