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Was the Previous Birth Delivered Premature?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 7,228** 88.7 86.1 - 91.4 11.3 8.6 - 13.9
Age                    
<20 years 259** 84.3 68.7 - 99.9 15.7 0.1 - 31.3
20-24 years 1,441** 83.7 76.7 - 90.7 16.3 9.3 - 23.3
25-34 years 4,181** 89.4 86.0 - 92.8 10.6 7.2 - 14.0
35+ years 1,347** 92.9 88.0 - 97.8 7.1 2.2 - 12.0
Mother's Race                  
White 7,094** 88.8 86.1 - 91.4 11.2 8.6 - 13.9
Black 66** # # - # # # - #
Other 66** 97.2 92.7 - 100.0 2.9 0.0 - 7.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 16** # # - # # # - #
No 6,774** 89.0 86.2 - 91.7 11.1 8.3 - 13.8
Education                  
< High School 640** 81.4 70.7 - 92.2 18.6 7.8 - 29.3
High School 2,886** 87.7 83.4 - 92.1 12.3 7.9 - 16.6
>High School 3,680** 90.8 87.4 - 94.2 9.2 5.8 - 12.6
Marital Status                  
Married 5,449** 90.5 87.6 - 93.3 9.5 6.7 - 12.4
Other 1,779** 83.3 77.0 - 89.6 16.7 10.4 - 23.0
Income                    
$15,999 or less 1,900** 82.9 76.6 - 89.1 17.1 10.9 - 23.4
$16,000-24,999 988** 91.9 85.9 - 97.8 8.2 2.2 - 14.1
$25,000-39,999 1,551** 91.1 86.1 - 96.1 8.9 3.9 - 13.9
$40,000 or more 2,658** 91.3 87.4 - 95.2 8.7 4.8 - 12.6
WIC Recipient                  
No 4,964** 89.8 86.7 - 92.9 10.2 7.1 - 13.3
Yes 2,265** 86.3 81.2 - 91.4 13.7 8.6 - 18.8
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 4,785** 90.7 87.7 - 93.7 9.3 6.3 - 12.3
Yes 2,444** 84.8 79.8 - 89.9 15.2 10.1 - 20.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 295** 61.8 56.6 - 67.0 38.2 33.0 - 43.4
2500 grams or more 6,929** 89.9 87.1 - 92.6 10.1 7.4 - 12.9
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 3: 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.
# 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