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Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
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Population |
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CI |
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CI |
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Total |
13,604 |
71.8 |
68.9 |
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74.7 |
28.2 |
25.3 |
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31.1 |
| Age |
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<20 years |
1,322 |
56.7 |
46.5 |
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66.9 |
43.3 |
33.1 |
- |
53.5 |
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20-24 years |
3,313 |
58.3 |
51.8 |
- |
64.8 |
41.7 |
35.2 |
- |
48.2 |
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25-34 years |
7,236 |
77.8 |
74.2 |
- |
81.5 |
22.2 |
18.5 |
- |
25.8 |
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35+ years |
1,733 |
83.7 |
77.1 |
- |
90.3 |
16.3 |
9.7 |
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22.9 |
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White |
13,198 |
71.7 |
68.7 |
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74.6 |
28.3 |
25.4 |
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31.3 |
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Black |
105 |
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Other |
270 |
99.1 |
97.8 |
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100.0 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
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2.2 |
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Origin |
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Yes |
134^ |
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No |
12,771^ |
71.9 |
68.9 |
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74.9 |
28.1 |
25.1 |
- |
31.1 |
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< High School |
1,474 |
61.1 |
51.8 |
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70.4 |
38.9 |
29.6 |
- |
48.2 |
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High School |
5,093 |
63.9 |
58.9 |
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69.0 |
36.1 |
31.0 |
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41.1 |
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>High School |
6,936 |
80.2 |
76.6 |
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83.8 |
19.8 |
16.2 |
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23.4 |
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Married |
9,354 |
78.9 |
75.8 |
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82.1 |
21.1 |
17.9 |
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24.2 |
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Other |
4,250 |
56.2 |
50.4 |
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61.9 |
43.8 |
38.1 |
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49.6 |
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$15,999 or less |
3,593** |
49.9 |
43.8 |
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56.0 |
50.1 |
44.0 |
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56.2 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,786** |
59.8 |
51.2 |
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68.3 |
40.3 |
31.7 |
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48.8 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,670** |
74.4 |
68.2 |
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80.6 |
25.6 |
19.4 |
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31.8 |
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$40,000 or more |
4,684** |
91.4 |
88.4 |
- |
94.4 |
8.6 |
5.6 |
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11.6 |
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No |
8,842** |
80.5 |
77.4 |
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83.6 |
19.5 |
16.4 |
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22.6 |
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Yes |
4,153** |
52.7 |
47.0 |
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58.4 |
47.3 |
41.6 |
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53.0 |
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| Medicaid
Recipient |
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No |
8,545** |
82.1 |
79.1 |
- |
85.2 |
17.9 |
14.8 |
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20.9 |
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Yes |
4,476** |
52.0 |
46.5 |
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57.5 |
48.0 |
42.5 |
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53.5 |
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weight |
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<2500 grams |
822 |
67.2 |
63.9 |
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70.5 |
32.8 |
29.5 |
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36.1 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,776 |
72.1 |
69.1 |
- |
75.1 |
27.9 |
24.9 |
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30.9 |
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size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital
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Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations. |
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| * Survey
Question 30: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened
during the 12 months before you |
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delivered your new baby. |
i. You had a lot of bills you couldn't pay |
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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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percent is not reported. |
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Confidence Interval |
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