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Did Someone Close Die?*      
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups   Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,604 84.6 82.3 - 86.9 15.4 13.1 - 17.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 81.3 73.4 - 89.3 18.7 10.7 - 26.6
20-24 years 3,313 84.0 79.2 - 88.8 16.0 11.2 - 20.8
25-34 years 7,236 84.6 81.5 - 87.8 15.4 12.2 - 18.5
35+ years 1,733 88.0 82.4 - 93.6 12.0 6.4 - 17.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 84.5 82.1 - 86.8 15.5 13.2 - 17.9
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 92.4 80.1 - 100.0 7.6 0.0 - 19.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 84.4 82.0 - 86.8 15.6 13.2 - 18.0
Education                  
< High School 1,474 83.7 76.7 - 90.7 16.3 9.3 - 23.3
High School 5,093 83.7 79.9 - 87.6 16.3 12.4 - 20.1
>High School 6,936 85.6 82.5 - 88.8 14.4 11.2 - 17.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 86.3 83.7 - 89.0 13.7 11.0 - 16.3
Other 4,250 80.8 76.3 - 85.3 19.2 14.7 - 23.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 83.6 79.1 - 88.0 16.4 12.0 - 20.9
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 85.5 79.5 - 91.5 14.5 8.5 - 20.5
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 81.7 76.2 - 87.1 18.3 12.9 - 23.8
$40,000 or more 4,684** 87.5 84.0 - 91.1 12.5 8.9 - 16.0
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 85.0 82.3 - 87.8 15.0 12.2 - 17.7
Yes 4,153** 83.5 79.3 - 87.7 16.5 12.3 - 20.7
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 85.6 82.8 - 88.4 14.4 11.6 - 17.2
Yes 4,476** 82.7 78.6 - 86.8 17.3 13.2 - 21.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 79.0 76.1 - 81.8 21.1 18.2 - 23.9
2500 grams or more 12,776 84.9 82.5 - 87.3 15.1 12.7 - 17.5
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 30: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before you
delivered your new baby. m. Someone very close to you died
** 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