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Source of Prenatal Care*          
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        Hospital Clinic       Physician       RHC!       Other    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 9.3 7.4 - 11.1 78.9 76.3 - 81.6 5.9 4.4 - 7.4 5.9 4.4 - 7.4
Age                                    
<20 years 1,322 17.2 9.5 - 24.9 60.1 50.1 - 70.1 11.0 4.7 - 17.3 11.7 5.1 - 18.3
20-24 years 3,313 15.1 10.3 - 19.9 69.6 63.5 - 75.8 6.9 3.5 - 10.2 8.4 4.6 - 12.2
25-34 years 7,236 5.8 3.8 - 7.9 85.2 82.1 - 88.3 5.4 3.4 - 7.4 3.6 2.0 - 5.1
35+ years 1,733 6.4 1.9 - 10.9 84.8 78.2 - 91.3 2.3 0.0 - 5.0 6.5 2.0 - 11.0
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,198 8.9 7.1 - 10.8 79.1 76.4 - 81.8 6.1 4.5 - 7.6 5.9 4.4 - 7.4
Black 105 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 270 15.6 0.0 - 33.8 77.0 55.8 - 98.2 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 7.4 0.0 - 20.8
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 9.7 7.7 - 11.6 78.9 76.1 - 81.6 5.4 3.9 - 6.9 6.1 4.5 - 7.7
Education                                  
< High School 1,474 20.5 12.8 - 28.2 52.7 43.0 - 62.3 13.2 6.8 - 19.7 13.6 6.9 - 20.3
High School 5,093 11.2 7.9 - 1.9 75.9 71.3 - 80.4 7.7 4.8 - 10.5 5.3 3.0 - 7.6
>High School 6,936 5.3 3.3 - 7.3 87.2 84.2 - 90.2 3.0 1.4 - 4.5 4.6 2.7 - 6.5
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,354 6.0 4.2 - 7.9 85.7 82.9 - 88.4 4.0 2.5 - 5.5 4.3 2.7 - 5.9
Other 4,250 16.4 12.2 - 20.7 63.9 58.3 - 69.5 10.2 6.6 - 13.7 9.5 6.1 - 12.9
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 18.3 13.5 - 23.1 60.6 54.5 - 66.7 9.8 6.1 - 13.5 11.3 7.4 - 15.3
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 10.0 4.8 - 15.3 72.1 64.2 - 80.0 10.0 4.8 - 15.2 7.9 3.1 - 12.8
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 6.1 2.7 - 9.5 84.7 79.6 - 89.8 3.7 1.0 - 6.4 5.5 2.3 - 8.7
$40,000 or more 4,684** 3.7 1.7 - 5.8 92.4 89.6 - 95.3 2.9 1.0 - 4.7 1.0 0.0 - 1.9
WIC Recipient                                  
No 8,842** 5.1 3.3 - 6.8 86.7 84.0 - 89.3 4.3 2.7 - 5.9 4.0 2.5 - 5.5
Yes 4,153** 18.2 13.8 - 22.6 62.4 56.9 - 67.9 9.4 6.1 - 12.7 10.0 6.6 - 13.5
Medicaid Recipient                                  
No 8,545** 4.1 2.5 - 5.7 88.5 86.0 - 91.0 3.6 2.1 - 5.0 3.8 2.3 - 5.3
Yes 4,476** 19.2 14.9 - 23.5 60.4 55.0 - 65.8 10.5 7.1 - 13.9 9.9 6.6 - 13.2
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 822 12.0 9.6 - 14.4 73.8 70.7 - 76.9 6.7 5.0 - 8.5 7.5 5.6 - 9.4
2500 grams or more 12,776 9.1 7.1 - 11.1 79.2 76.5 - 82.0 5.9 4.3 - 7.5 5.8 4.2 - 7.4
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 14: Where did you go most of the time for your prenatal visits?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
! Rural Health Center
^ 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