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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Getting Tested for HIV?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 29.2 26.3 - 32.1 70.8 67.9 - 73.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 15.9 8.4 - 23.3 84.1 76.7 - 91.6
20-24 years 3,313 22.6 17.0 - 28.1 77.4 71.9 - 83.0
25-34 years 7,236 30.6 26.6 - 34.6 69.4 65.4 - 73.4
35+ years 1,733 47.0 37.8 - 56.2 53.0 43.8 - 62.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 29.2 26.3 - 32.2 70.8 67.8 - 73.7
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 30.5 6.5 - 54.6 69.5 45.4 - 93.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 30.0 27.0 - 33.1 70.0 66.9 - 73.0
Education                  
< High School 1,474 20.9 13.1 - 28.7 79.1 71.3 - 86.9
High School 5,093 23.0 18.6 - 27.4 77.0 72.6 - 81.4
>High School 6,936 35.9 31.6 - 40.2 64.1 59.8 - 68.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 35.1 31.4 - 38.9 64.9 61.1 - 68.6
Other 4,250 16.3 12.0 - 20.5 83.8 79.5 - 88.0
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 14.3 10.1 - 18.6 85.7 81.4 - 89.9
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 20.5 13.4 - 27.5 79.6 72.5 - 86.6
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 33.2 26.5 - 39.9 66.8 60.1 - 73.5
$40,000 or more 4,684** 41.4 36.1 - 46.7 58.6 53.3 - 63.9
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 34.3 30.5 - 38.0 65.8 62.0 - 69.5
Yes 4,153** 18.5 14.1 - 22.8 81.5 77.2 - 85.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 35.8 32.0 - 39.6 64.2 60.4 - 68.0
Yes 4,476** 16.7 12.6 - 20.7 83.3 79.3 - 87.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 29.1 26.0 - 32.3 70.9 67.7 - 74.0
2500 grams or more 12,776 29.2 26.1 - 32.3 70.8 67.7 - 73.9
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? l. Getting your blood tested for HIV-the virus that causes AIDS
** 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