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Did Someone Close Die?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,590 81.7 79.1 - 84.3 18.3 15.7 - 20.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 75.5 65.5 - 85.5 24.5 14.5 - 34.5
20-24 years 3,351 76.2 70.3 - 82.1 23.8 17.9 - 29.7
25-34 years 7,088 83.4 80.0 - 86.7 16.6 13.3 - 20.0
35+ years 1,875 89.2 83.9 - 94.5 10.8 5.5 - 16.1
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 81.9 79.3 - 84.5 18.1 15.5 - 20.7
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 76.8 57.3 - 96.3 23.2 3.7 - 42.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 81.4 78.8 - 84.0 18.6 16.0 - 21.2
Education                  
< High School 1,471 73.5 64.1 - 82.8 26.5 17.2 - 35.9
High School 4,894 80.5 76.1 - 84.8 19.5 15.2 - 23.9
> High School 7,065 84.4 81.2 - 87.7 15.6 12.3 - 18.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,368 82.3 79.3 - 85.3 17.7 14.7 - 20.7
Other 4,192 80.4 75.5 - 85.4 19.6 14.6 - 24.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 78.9 73.5 - 84.3 21.1 15.7 - 26.5
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 78.9 70.8 - 87.0 21.1 13.0 - 29.2
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 81.2 75.5 - 87.0 18.8 13.0 - 24.5
$40,000 or more 4,811** 85.3 81.6 - 89.0 14.7 11.0 - 18.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,652** 84.1 81.1 - 87.0 16.0 13.0 - 18.9
Yes 4,275** 76.5 71.4 - 81.5 23.5 18.5 - 28.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,054** 84.1 81.1 - 87.1 15.9 12.9 - 18.9
Yes 4,998** 77.8 73.2 - 82.5 22.2 17.5 - 26.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 80.9 78.1 - 83.6 19.1 16.4 - 21.9
2500 grams or more 12,761 81.8 79.0 - 84.5 18.3 15.5 - 21.0
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. m. Someone very close to you died
** 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