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Nausea, Vomiting, or Dehydration Caused Hospitalization?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 2240** 77.9 71.6 - 84.2 22.1 15.8 - 28.4
Age                    
<20 years 330** 49.2 29.2 - 69.1 50.8 30.9 - 70.8
20-24 years 656** 74.6 62.3 - 86.9 25.4 13.1 - 37.7
25-34 years 1038** 86.1 78.7 - 93.6 13.9 6.4 - 21.3
35+ years 214** 92.5 79.0 - 100.0 7.5 0.0 - 21.0
Mother's Race                  
White 2199** 77.5 71.1 - 83.9 22.5 16.1 - 28.9
Black 22** # # - # # # - #
Other 18** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 0** # # - # # # - #
No 2141** 77.7 71.3 - 84.2 22.3 15.8 - 28.7
Education                  
< High School 409** 67.8 50.7 - 84.8 32.3 15.2 - 49.3
High School 950** 77.6 67.8 - 87.3 22.4 12.7 - 32.2
>High School 880** 83.0 74.1 - 92.0 17.0 8.0 - 25.9
Marital Status                  
Married 1258** 86.2 79.3 - 93.1 13.8 6.9 - 20.7
Other 982** 67.4 56.6 - 78.1 32.6 21.9 - 43.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 886** 69.0 57.7 - 80.2 31.0 19.8 - 42.3
$16,000-24,999 323** 69.3 50.8 - 87.7 30.8 12.3 - 49.2
$25,000-39,999 392** 85.7 73.1 - 98.2 14.3 1.8 - 26.9
$40,000 or more 607** 89.7 81.0 - 98.5 10.3 1.5 - 19.0
WIC Recipient                  
No 1260** 79.5 71.4 - 87.7 20.5 12.3 - 28.6
Yes 980** 75.9 66.0 - 85.7 24.2 14.3 - 34.0
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 1132** 83.8 75.9 - 91.6 16.2 8.4 - 24.1
Yes 1108** 72.0 62.2 - 81.7 28.1 18.3 - 37.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 286** 89.8 86.5 - 93.0 10.3 7.0 - 13.5
2500 grams or more 1954** 76.2 69.0 - 83.4 23.8 16.6 - 31.0
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 28: What problems caused you to stay in the hospital?
Nausea, vomiting, or dehydration
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
# 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