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                                             Loaded Guns in Home?*          
                                                                   2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,590 97.7 96.7 - 98.6 2.4 1.4 - 3.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 98.2 95.4 - 100.0 1.8 0.0 - 4.6
20-24 years 3,351 98.5 96.8 - 100.0 1.5 0.0 - 3.2
25-34 years 7,088 97.1 95.7 - 98.6 2.9 1.4 - 4.3
35+ years 1,875 97.9 95.4 - 100.0 2.1 0.0 - 4.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 97.7 96.8 - 98.7 2.3 1.3 - 3.2
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 94.6 84.5 - 100.0 5.5 0.0 - 15.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 97.6 96.6 - 98.6 2.4 1.4 - 3.4
Education                  
< High School 1,471 99.9 99.7 - 100.0 0.1 0.0 - 0.3
High School 4,894 97.4 95.6 - 99.2 2.6 0.8 - 4.4
> High School 7,065 97.3 95.8 - 98.7 2.7 1.3 - 4.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 97.3 96.0 - 98.5 2.7 1.5 - 4.0
Other 4,192 98.5 97.1 - 100.0 1.5 0.0 - 2.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 98.5 97.0 - 100.0 1.5 0.0 - 3.0
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 99.9 99.7 - 100.0 0.2 0.0 - 0.3
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 96.7 94.1 - 99.3 3.3 0.7 - 5.9
$40,000 or more 4,811** 96.7 94.8 - 98.5 3.3 1.5 - 5.2
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 97.5 96.3 - 98.7 2.5 1.3 - 3.7
Yes 4,275** 98.0 96.3 - 99.6 2.1 0.4 - 3.7
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 97.3 96.0 - 98.6 2.7 1.4 - 4.0
Yes 4,998** 98.2 96.8 - 99.7 1.8 0.3 - 3.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 96.4 95.0 - 97.7 3.7 2.3 - 5.0
2500 grams or more 12,761 97.7 96.7 - 98.7 2.3 1.3 - 3.3
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 78: There are loaded guns, rifles, or other firearms in my home
** 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