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               Did Mother Receive Counseling on Getting Tested for HIV?*  
                                                     2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,590 21.2 18.5 - 23.9 78.8 76.1 - 81.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 9.0 2.3 - 15.6 91.0 84.4 - 97.7
20-24 years 3,351 19.0 13.5 - 24.4 81.0 75.6 - 86.5
25-34 years 7,088 22.0 18.3 - 25.6 78.1 74.4 - 81.7
35+ years 1,875 30.7 22.6 - 38.7 69.3 61.3 - 77.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 21.2 18.5 - 23.8 78.9 76.2 - 81.5
Black 112 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 26.6 5.6 - 47.6 73.4 52.4 - 94.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 21.6 18.8 - 24.3 78.5 75.7 - 81.2
Education                  
< High School 1,471 12.4 5.4 - 19.4 87.6 80.6 - 94.6
High School 4,894 14.4 10.5 - 18.3 85.6 81.7 - 89.5
> High School 7,065 28.5 24.5 - 32.5 71.5 67.5 - 75.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 23.4 20.1 - 26.6 76.6 73.4 - 79.9
Other 4,192 16.2 11.6 - 20.9 83.8 79.1 - 88.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 13.5 9.1 - 18.0 86.5 82.0 - 90.9
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 18.3 10.7 - 26.0 81.7 74.0 - 89.3
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 17.6 12.1 - 23.0 82.5 77.0 - 87.9
$40,000 or more 4,811** 30.3 25.5 - 35.1 69.7 64.9 - 74.5
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 23.6 20.3 - 26.9 76.4 73.1 - 79.7
Yes 4,275** 16.4 12.0 - 20.8 83.6 79.2 - 88.0
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 25.4 21.8 - 28.9 74.6 71.1 - 78.2
Yes 4,998** 14.4 10.5 - 18.2 85.7 81.8 - 89.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 23.9 20.9 - 26.8 76.2 73.2 - 79.1
2500 grams or more 12,761 21.1 18.3 - 23.9 78.9 76.1 - 81.7
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?  j. Getting your blood tested for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS)
** 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