Mother's History of Previous Live Births*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				None				Normal/Term				LBW/Term				Preterm				LBW/Preterm
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		95% CI
	Total	13,604	43.7	40.5	-	46.9	48.8	45.6	-	52.0	1.3	0.6	-	1.9	3.1	2.0	-	4.2	3.1	2.1	-	4.2
Age
	<20 years	1,322	79.6	71.3	-	87.9	17.0	9.1	-	24.8	0.2	0.0	-	0.5	0.2	0.0	-	0.3	3.1	0.0	-	6.4
	20-24 years	3,313	53.4	46.9	-	59.9	37.2	30.8	-	43.6	1.8	0.1	-	3.5	3.4	1.0	-	5.8	4.2	1.7	-	6.8
	25-34 years	7,236	38.9	34.7	-	43.1	53.4	49.0	-	57.7	1.2	0.3	-	2.1	3.8	2.1	-	5.5	2.8	1.4	-	4.1
	35+ years	1,733	16.9	10.7	-	23.1	77.1	69.9	-	84.2	1.1	0.0	-	3.0	2.2	0.0	-	4.9	2.7	0.1	-	5.4
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	43.3	40.1	-	46.5	49.1	45.9	-	52.4	1.3	0.6	-	2.0	3.2	2.0	-	4.3	3.1	2.0	-	4.1
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	69.6	46.4	-	92.8	29.5	6.3	-	52.7	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.9	0.0	-	2.1	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	43.7	40.4	-	46.9	48.9	45.5	-	52.2	1.3	0.6	-	2.0	2.9	1.8	-	4.0	3.2	2.1	-	4.3
Education
	< High School	1,474	57.4	47.9	-	67.0	34.5	25.3	-	43.6	1.1	0.0	-	3.1	3.7	0.1	-	7.2	3.4	0.4	-	6.3
	High School	5,093	40.3	35.1	-	45.5	50.9	45.6	-	56.2	1.5	0.4	-	2.6	2.6	1.0	-	4.3	4.7	2.6	-	6.8
	>High School	6,936	43.2	38.9	-	47.6	50.4	45.9	-	54.9	1.1	0.2	-	2.1	3.4	1.7	-	5.0	1.9	0.8	-	3.0
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	38.0	34.3	-	41.7	55.3	51.4	-	59.1	0.9	0.2	-	1.6	3.3	1.9	-	4.8	2.4	1.3	-	3.5
	Other	4,250	55.9	50.2	-	61.6	34.8	29.3	-	40.4	1.9	0.4	-	3.4	2.7	0.8	-	4.5	4.7	2.3	-	7.1
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	46.6	40.5	-	52.7	42.3	36.2	-	48.4	2.3	0.6	-	4.0	3.8	1.4	-	6.2	5.0	2.4	-	7.5
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	43.2	34.5	-	51.9	52.1	43.3	-	60.8	0.1	0.0	-	0.2	1.1	0.0	-	2.9	3.5	0.5	-	6.5
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	41.4	34.4	-	48.3	52.6	45.5	-	59.6	0.8	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	0.6	-	5.3	2.3	0.3	-	4.3
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	42.3	37.1	-	47.5	51.8	46.5	-	57.2	0.8	0.0	-	1.8	2.9	1.1	-	4.8	2.1	0.7	-	3.5
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	43.1	39.3	-	47.0	50.4	46.5	-	54.3	0.7	0.1	-	1.3	3.1	1.8	-	4.5	2.7	1.5	-	3.9
	Yes	4,153**	44.5	38.8	-	50.2	45.8	40.1	-	51.5	2.5	0.8	-	4.1	3.1	1.2	-	5.1	4.2	2.1	-	6.2
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	42.9	39.0	-	46.8	51.0	47.0	-	55.0	0.7	0.1	-	1.3	2.6	1.3	-	3.9	2.7	1.5	-	3.9
	Yes	4,476**	45.1	39.7	-	50.6	44.6	39.2	-	50.1	2.3	0.7	-	3.8	4.1	1.9	-	6.2	4.0	2.0	-	5.9
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	56.6	53.1	-	60.0	22.2	19.3	-	25.0	4.7	3.1	-	6.2	4.5	3.0	-	6.0	12.1	9.8	-	14.4
	2500 grams or more	12,776	43.0	39.6	-	46.3	50.3	46.9	-	53.7	1.1	0.4	-	1.8	3.1	1.9	-	4.2	2.6	1.5	-	3.7
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 Questions 1, 2, 3: Before your new baby, did you ever have any other babies who were born alive?
	Did the baby just before your new one weigh 5 pounds, 8 ounces or less at birth?
	Was the baby just before your new one born more than 3 weeks before its due date?
** 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