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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Medicines Safe To Take During Pregnancy?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 6.7 5.1 - 8.4 93.3 91.6 - 94.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 9.1 3.1 - 15.0 90.9 85.0 - 96.9
20-24 years 3,313 10.6 6.4 - 14.7 89.4 85.3 - 93.6
25-34 years 7,236 4.9 3.0 - 6.8 95.1 93.2 - 97.0
35+ years 1,733 5.3 1.3 - 9.4 94.7 90.6 - 98.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 6.7 5.0 - 8.3 93.3 91.7 - 95.0
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 13.5 0.0 - 30.5 86.5 69.5 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 6.9 5.2 - 8.6 93.1 91.4 - 94.8
Education                  
< High School 1,474 8.4 3.1 - 13.6 91.6 86.4 - 96.9
High School 5,093 8.9 5.8 - 11.9 91.1 88.1 - 94.2
>High School 6,936 4.8 2.9 - 6.7 95.2 93.3 - 97.1
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 6.3 4.4 - 8.2 93.7 91.8 - 95.6
Other 4,250 7.6 4.5 - 10.7 92.4 89.3 - 95.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 7.9 4.5 - 11.2 92.2 88.8 - 95.5
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 7.7 3.0 - 12.4 92.3 87.6 - 97.0
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 8.1 4.2 - 12.0 91.9 88.0 - 95.8
$40,000 or more 4,684** 4.8 2.5 - 7.0 95.2 93.0 - 97.5
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 5.3 3.6 - 7.1 94.7 92.9 - 96.4
Yes 4,153** 9.5 6.1 - 12.8 90.5 87.2 - 93.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 5.6 3.7 - 7.4 94.4 92.6 - 96.3
Yes 4,476** 9.0 5.2 - 12.7 91.0 87.9 - 94.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 7.2 5.4 - 9.0 92.8 91.0 - 94.6
2500 grams or more 12,776 6.7 5.0 - 8.4 93.3 91.6 - 95.0
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? g. The kinds of medicines that were safe to take 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