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                                     Did Mother Receive Counseling on Screening for Birth Defects/Diseases?*
                                                     2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 12.0 9.8 - 14.1 88.0 85.9 - 90.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 15.8 7.4 - 24.2 84.2 75.8 - 92.6
20-24 years 3,351 14.6 9.6 - 19.6 85.4 80.4 - 90.4
25-34 years 7,088 11.3 8.5 - 14.2 88.7 85.8 - 91.5
35+ years 1,875 7.2 2.6 - 11.7 92.8 88.3 - 97.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 11.5 9.3 - 13.7 88.5 86.3 - 90.7
Black 112 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 33.7 10.8 - 56.7 66.3 43.3 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 12.0 9.8 - 14.3 88.0 85.7 - 90.2
Education                  
< High School 1,471 19.6 11.2 - 27.9 80.4 72.1 - 88.8
High School 4,894 11.5 7.9 - 15.0 88.5 85.0 - 92.1
> High School 7,065 10.5 7.7 - 13.3 89.5 86.7 - 92.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 11.6 9.1 - 14.1 88.4 85.9 - 90.9
Other 4,192 12.8 8.6 - 17.1 87.2 82.9 - 91.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 15.1 10.4 - 19.8 84.9 80.2 - 89.6
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 16.8 9.1 - 24.4 83.2 75.6 - 90.9
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 11.1 6.5 - 15.7 88.9 84.3 - 93.5
$40,000 or more 4,811** 8.9 5.9 - 11.9 91.1 88.1 - 94.1
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 9.8 7.4 - 12.2 90.2 87.8 - 92.6
Yes 4,275** 16.3 11.8 - 20.7 83.7 79.3 - 88.2
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 10.1 7.5 - 12.6 90.0 87.4 - 92.5
Yes 4,998** 15.1 11.1 - 19.1 84.9 80.9 - 88.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 10.4 8.2 - 12.5 89.7 87.5 - 91.8
2500 grams or more 12,761 12.1 9.8 - 14.3 88.0 85.7 - 90.2
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 22:  During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
  about any of the things listed below?  h. Doing tests to screen for birth defects or diseases that run
 in your family
** 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