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Has Mother Had a Previous Live Birth?*    
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 43.2 40.1 - 46.4 56.8 53.6 - 59.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 78.6 70.2 - 87.0 21.4 13.0 - 29.8
20-24 years 3,313 53.4 46.9 - 59.9 46.6 40.1 - 53.1
25-34 years 7,236 38.4 34.2 - 42.6 61.6 57.4 - 65.8
35+ years 1,733 16.6 10.5 - 22.6 83.5 77.4 - 89.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 42.8 39.7 - 46.0 57.2 54.0 - 60.3
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 69.6 46.4 - 92.8 30.4 7.2 - 53.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 43.2 39.9 - 46.4 56.8 53.6 - 60.1
Education                  
< High School 1,474 56.7 47.2 - 66.2 43.3 33.8 - 52.8
High School 5,093 39.5 34.4 - 44.6 60.5 55.4 - 65.6
>High School 6,936 43.1 38.7 - 47.5 56.9 52.5 - 61.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 37.5 33.8 - 41.2 62.5 58.8 - 66.2
Other 4,250 55.7 50.0 - 61.4 44.3 38.6 - 50.0
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 46.4 40.3 - 52.4 53.7 47.6 - 59.7
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 42.4 33.8 - 51.0 57.6 49.0 - 66.2
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 40.8 33.9 - 47.6 59.2 52.4 - 66.1
$40,000 or more 4,684** 41.8 36.7 - 47.0 58.2 53.0 - 63.3
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 42.8 39.0 - 46.6 57.2 53.4 - 61.0
Yes 4,153** 43.7 38.1 - 49.3 56.3 50.7 - 61.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 42.4 38.5 - 46.3 57.6 53.7 - 61.5
Yes 4,476** 44.7 39.3 - 50.1 55.3 49.9 - 60.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 55.8 52.3 - 59.2 44.3 40.8 - 47.7
2500 grams or more 12,776 42.5 39.2 - 45.8 57.5 54.2 - 60.8
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 1: Before your new baby, did you every have any other babies who were born alive?
** 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