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Did Mother Receive Counseling on What To Do If Labor Started Early?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 12.1 10.0 - 14.1 87.9 85.9 - 90.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 14.6 7.4 - 21.9 85.4 78.1 - 92.6
20-24 years 3,313 14.1 9.6 - 18.7 85.9 81.3 - 90.4
25-34 years 7,236 11.4 8.6 - 14.1 88.6 85.9 - 91.4
35+ years 1,733 9.0 3.8 - 14.2 91.0 85.8 - 96.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 12.2 10.1 - 14.4 87.8 85.6 - 89.9
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 6.2 0.0 - 17.5 93.9 82.5 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 11.5 9.4 - 13.6 88.5 86.4 - 90.6
Education                  
< High School 1,474 13.2 6.8 - 19.6 86.8 80.4 - 93.2
High School 5,093 13.3 9.8 - 16.9 86.7 83.1 - 90.2
>High School 6,936 10.6 7.9 - 13.4 89.4 86.6 - 92.1
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 11.8 9.4 - 14.3 88.2 85.7 - 90.6
Other 4,250 12.5 8.8 - 16.2 87.5 83.8 - 91.2
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 8.8 5.5 - 12.1 91.2 87.9 - 94.5
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 15.2 8.9 - 21.4 84.8 78.6 - 91.1
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 13.9 9.1 - 18.8 86.1 81.2 - 90.9
$40,000 or more 4,684** 11.8 8.4 - 15.3 88.2 84.7 - 91.6
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 12.1 9.5 - 14.6 87.9 85.4 - 90.5
Yes 4,153** 11.8 8.2 - 15.4 88.2 84.6 - 91.8
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 12.0 9.5 - 14.6 88.0 85.4 - 90.5
Yes 4,476** 12.1 8.6 - 15.6 87.9 84.4 - 91.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 20.2 17.4 - 23.0 79.8 77.0 - 82.6
2500 grams or more 12,776 11.6 9.4 - 13.8 88.4 86.2 - 90.6
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? j. What to do if your labor starts early
** 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