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Total Number of Stressful Events in Mom's Life*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    Estimated 1-2 Stressors 3-5 Stressors 6-13 Stressors
Demographic Groups Population^ % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
Total 9,499 57.1 53.3 - 60.9 34.8 31.2 - 38.6 8.1 6.2 - 10.5
Age                      
<20 years 1,138 35.3 25.1 - 47.1 49.2 37.8 - 60.7 15.5 8.9 - 25.6
20-24 years 2,709 46.0 38.7 - 53.3 39.4 32.4 - 46.8 14.7 10.1 - 20.8
25-34 years 4,605 64.9 59.4 - 70.0 31.5 26.6 - 36.9 3.6 2.0 - 6.5
35+ years 1,045 75.7 65.0 - 83.9 21.8 14.0 - 32.2 2.6 0.6 - 10.6
Mother's Race                          
White 9,208 57.3 53.4 - 61.2 34.4 30.7 - 38.2 8.3 6.3 - 10.8
African American 22 # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other Minorities 263 54.3 30.8 - 76.0 45.7 24.0 - 69.2 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                        
Yes 1 # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 9,366 57.0 53.1 - 60.8 35.0 31.4 - 38.9 8.0 6.1 - 10.5
Education                          
< High School 1,430 40.9 30.6 - 52.1 40.2 30.0 - 51.5 18.9 11.7 - 29.1
High School 3,864 50.6 44.6 - 56.7 40.4 34.6 - 46.5 9.0 6.1 - 13.0
>High School 4,130 68.8 63.3 - 73.7 27.6 22.9 - 32.9 3.6 2.0 - 6.6
Marital Status                          
Married 6,041 69.3 64.8 - 73.6 28.3 24.2 - 32.8 2.4 1.3 - 4.4
Other 3,458 35.8 29.8 - 42.3 46.1 39.7 - 52.7 18.1 13.5 - 23.8
Income                            
$15,999 or less 3,312 34.0 27.9 - 40.7 47.2 40.5 - 54.0 18.8 14.0 - 24.7
$16,000-24,999 1,125 49.5 38.5 - 60.5 46.5 35.7 - 57.6 4.1 1.4 - 11.7
$25,000-39,999 1,921 66.9 58.5 - 74.4 30.2 23.0 - 38.6 2.9 1.1 - 7.5
$40,000 or more 2,790 80.0 73.9 - 84.9 19.2 14.4 - 25.2 0.8 0.2 - 4.5
Enrolled in WIC                          
No 5,572 71.0 66.3 - 75.3 26.1 22.0 - 30.7 2.9 1.6 - 5.2
Yes 3,852 36.9 31.1 - 43.0 47.5 41.3 - 53.7 15.7 11.6 - 20.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                        
No 5,123 75.9 71.2 - 80.0 22.1 18.2 - 26.7 2.0 0.9 - 4.3
Yes 4,376 35.2 29.8 - 41.0 49.6 43.8 - 55.5 15.2 11.4 - 19.9
Infant's birth weight                          
<2500 grams 509 51.7 47.6 - 55.7 35.8 32.0 - 39.8 12.5 10.1 - 15.5
2500 gms or more 8,987 57.4 53.3 - 61.4 34.8 31.0 - 38.8 7.8 5.8 - 10.5
NOTES:
* Recoded responses to Survey Question 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have
happened during the 12 months before your new baby was born.
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this
group, therefore percent is not reported.
^Estimated population size is made through PRAMS.
CI = 95% Confidence Interval