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Was Family Member Hospitalized?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 72.3 69.3 - 75.2 27.7 24.8 - 30.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 64.0 52.9 - 75.1 36.0 24.9 - 47.1
20-24 years 3,351 68.6 62.2 - 75.0 31.4 25.0 - 37.8
25-34 years 7,088 72.2 68.2 - 76.2 27.8 23.8 - 31.8
35+ years 1,875 84.7 78.5 - 90.8 15.4 9.2 - 21.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 72.7 69.7 - 75.7 27.8 24.8 - 30.8
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 70.8 50.1 - 91.6 29.2 8.4 - 49.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 72.1 69.1 - 75.1 27.9 24.9 - 30.9
Education                  
< High School 1,471 62.6 52.3 - 72.9 37.4 27.1 - 47.7
High School 4,894 71.4 66.4 - 76.3 28.6 23.7 - 33.6
> High School 7,065 74.9 71.0 - 78.8 25.1 21.2 - 29.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,368 73.8 70.4 - 77.3 26.2 22.8 - 29.6
Other 4,192 68.7 62.8 - 74.5 31.3 25.5 - 37.2
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 66.4 60.2 - 72.6 33.6 27.4 - 39.8
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 80.8 73.2 - 88.4 19.2 11.6 - 26.8
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 70.2 63.4 - 77.0 29.8 23.0 - 36.6
$40,000 or more 4,811** 75.4 70.8 - 79.9 24.7 20.1 - 29.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,652** 76.5 73.2 - 79.9 23.5 20.1 - 26.8
Yes 4,275** 64.1 58.4 - 69.9 35.9 30.1 - 41.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,054** 75.7 72.2 - 79.2 24.3 20.8 - 27.8
Yes 4,998** 66.8 61.5 - 72.0 33.3 28.0 - 38.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 75.5 72.5 - 78.5 24.5 21.5 - 27.5
2500 grams or more 12,761 72.1 68.9 - 75.2 27.9 24.8 - 31.1
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born. 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 2000 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