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Was Mother Involved in a Physical Fight?*    
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 97.1 96.0 - 98.1 2.9 1.9 - 4.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 93.1 88.1 - 98.1 6.9 1.9 - 11.9
20-24 years 3,313 93.2 89.8 - 96.5 6.9 3.5 - 10.2
25-34 years 7,236 98.9 97.9 - 99.8 1.2 0.2 - 2.1
35+ years 1,733 99.9 99.7 - 100.0 0.1 0.0 - 0.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 97.2 96.2 - 98.3 2.8 1.7 - 3.8
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 92.0 77.6 - 100.0 8.0 0.0 - 22.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 97.1 96.0 - 98.2 2.9 1.8 - 4.0
Education                  
< High School 1,474 88.6 82.5 - 94.7 11.4 5.3 - 17.5
High School 5,093 97.2 95.5 - 98.9 2.8 1.1 - 4.5
>High School 6,936 98.9 98.0 - 99.8 1.1 0.2 - 2.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 99.3 98.6 - 99.9 0.8 0.1 - 1.4
Other 4,250 92.2 89.2 - 95.3 7.8 4.7 - 10.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 91.6 88.2 - 95.0 8.4 5.0 - 11.8
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 97.4 94.6 - 100.0 2.6 0.0 - 5.4
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 99.5 98.6 - 100.0 0.5 0.0 - 1.4
$40,000 or more 4,684** 100.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 97.8 96.7 - 98.9 2.2 1.1 - 3.3
Yes 4,153** 95.4 93.1 - 97.8 4.6 2.2 - 6.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 98.9 98.1 - 99.8 1.1 0.2 - 1.9
Yes 4,476** 93.5 90.8 - 96.2 6.5 3.8 - 9.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 96.7 95.4 - 98.0 3.3 2.0 - 4.6
2500 grams or more 12,776 97.1 95.9 - 98.2 2.9 1.8 - 4.1
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. j. You were involved in a physical fight
** 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