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Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
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No |
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Population |
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CI |
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CI |
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Total |
13,604 |
81.8 |
79.3 |
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84.2 |
18.2 |
15.8 |
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20.7 |
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<20 years |
1,322 |
61.7 |
51.8 |
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71.6 |
38.3 |
28.4 |
- |
48.2 |
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20-24 years |
3,313 |
65.9 |
59.7 |
- |
72.1 |
34.1 |
27.9 |
- |
40.3 |
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25-34 years |
7,236 |
89.6 |
87.0 |
- |
92.2 |
10.4 |
7.8 |
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13.0 |
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35+ years |
1,733 |
94.2 |
90.2 |
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98.2 |
5.8 |
1.8 |
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9.8 |
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White |
13,198 |
82.2 |
79.7 |
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84.6 |
17.8 |
15.4 |
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20.3 |
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Black |
105 |
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Other |
270 |
63.5 |
39.3 |
- |
87.6 |
36.5 |
12.6 |
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60.5 |
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Origin |
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Yes |
134^ |
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No |
12,771^ |
82.2 |
79.7 |
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84.7 |
17.8 |
15.3 |
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20.3 |
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| Education |
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< High School |
1,474 |
53.8 |
44.4 |
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63.3 |
46.2 |
36.7 |
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55.6 |
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High School |
5,093 |
76.1 |
71.7 |
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80.5 |
23.9 |
19.5 |
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28.3 |
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>High School |
6,936 |
92.5 |
90.1 |
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94.8 |
7.5 |
5.2 |
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9.9 |
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Married |
9,354 |
94.5 |
92.8 |
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96.3 |
5.5 |
3.7 |
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7.2 |
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Other |
4,250 |
53.8 |
48.1 |
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59.5 |
46.2 |
40.5 |
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51.9 |
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$15,999 or less |
3,593** |
45.6 |
39.5 |
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51.7 |
54.4 |
48.3 |
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60.5 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,786** |
84.7 |
78.5 |
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90.9 |
15.3 |
9.1 |
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100.0 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,670** |
98.5 |
97.0 |
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100.0 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
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3.0 |
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$40,000 or more |
4,684** |
99.0 |
97.9 |
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100.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
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2.1 |
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| WIC Recipient |
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No |
8,842** |
94.5 |
92.8 |
- |
96.3 |
5.5 |
3.7 |
- |
7.2 |
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Yes |
4,153** |
54.4 |
48.8 |
- |
60.1 |
45.6 |
39.9 |
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51.2 |
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| Medicaid
Recipient |
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No |
8,545** |
98.5 |
97.6 |
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99.4 |
1.5 |
0.6 |
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2.4 |
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Yes |
4,476** |
49.8 |
44.4 |
- |
55.3 |
50.2 |
44.7 |
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55.6 |
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weight |
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<2500 grams |
822 |
71.4 |
68.2 |
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74.6 |
28.6 |
25.4 |
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31.8 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,776 |
82.4 |
79.8 |
- |
84.9 |
17.7 |
15.1 |
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20.2 |
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| NOTES: |
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| Population
size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital
Statistics System unless otherwise noted. |
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Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations. |
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| *Survey
Question 50: What are the sources of
your family income during the past 12 months? |
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Aid such as AFDC, welfare, public assistance,
general assistance, food stamps, or SSI |
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| ** Estimates
of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through
PRAMS. |
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| ^ Estimate of
Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 1999 birth file. |
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There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this
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| CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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