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Was Family Member Hospitalized?*    
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 73.3 70.5 - 76.2 26.7 23.8 - 29.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 68.7 59.1 - 78.2 31.3 21.8 - 40.9
20-24 years 3,313 74.2 68.4 - 80.0 25.8 20.0 - 31.6
25-34 years 7,236 73.7 69.8 - 77.5 26.4 22.5 - 30.2
35+ years 1,733 74.0 66.1 - 81.9 26.0 18.1 - 33.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 72.7 69.8 - 75.6 27.3 24.4 - 30.2
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 99.1 97.8 - 100.0 0.9 0.0 - 2.2
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 73.2 70.3 - 76.2 26.8 23.8 - 29.7
Education                  
< High School 1,474 67.8 58.8 - 76.7 32.2 23.3 - 41.2
High School 5,093 76.7 72.2 - 81.1 23.3 18.9 - 27.8
>High School 6,936 72.0 68.0 - 76.0 28.0 24.0 - 32.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 73.7 70.2 - 77.1 26.3 22.9 - 29.8
Other 4,250 72.6 67.5 - 77.8 27.4 22.2 - 32.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 72.3 66.7 - 77.8 27.8 22.2 - 33.3
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 75.4 67.9 - 82.9 24.6 17.1 - 32.1
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 70.4 63.9 - 76.8 29.6 23.2 - 36.1
$40,000 or more 4,684** 75.4 70.8 - 80.1 24.6 19.9 - 29.2
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 74.0 70.6 - 77.5 26.0 22.5 - 29.4
Yes 4,153** 71.7 66.5 - 76.8 28.4 23.2 - 33.5
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 73.7 70.2 - 77.2 26.3 22.8 - 29.8
Yes 4,476** 72.6 67.7 - 77.5 27.4 22.5 - 32.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 76.3 73.3 - 79.3 23.7 20.7 - 26.7
2500 grams or more 12,776 73.2 70.2 - 76.2 26.8 23.8 - 29.8
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 30: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before you
delivered your new baby. a. A close family member was very sick and had to go into the hospital
** 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