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  How Long Since Mother's Teeth Were Professionally Cleaned?*
(Corrected^^)
                                                 2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      <12 months ago 1-2 years ago 2-5 years ago 5 or more years ago
Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 54.1 50.8 - 57.5 20.5 17.8 - 23.3 18.3 15.7 - 20.9 7.1 5.3 - 8.8
Age                                    
<20 years 1,272 50.5 38.6 - 62.3 29.6 18.7 - 40.6 17.8 8.8 - 26.8 2.1 0.0 - 5.7
20-24 years 3,351 37.0 30.2 - 43.9 24.0 17.8 - 30.1 31.9 25.3 - 38.5 7.1 3.6 - 10.5
25-34 years 7,088 57.5 53.0 - 62.1 19.0 15.4 - 22.6 14.6 11.3 - 17.9 8.9 6.2 - 11.6
35+ years 1,875 73.0 65.1 - 80.9 14.4 8.2 - 20.7 9.5 4.2 - 14.9 3.1 0.0 - 6.1
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,144 53.9 50.5 - 57.3 20.6 17.7 - 23.4 18.4 15.7 - 21.0 7.2 5.4 - 9.0
Black 112 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 308 62.0 37.2 - 86.7 20.7 0.3 - 41.2 17.3 0.0 - 37.4 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 54.3 50.9 - 57.7 20.6 17.9 - 23.4 18.3 15.6 - 21.0 6.8 5.0 - 8.5
Education                                  
< High School 1,471 30.7 20.5 - 40.9 35.4 24.8 - 46.0 23.3 13.8 - 32.8 10.6 3.6 - 17.6
High School 4,894 47.1 41.3 - 52.8 19.3 14.8 - 23.9 24.9 19.9 - 29.8 8.7 5.5 - 11.9
> High School 7,065 64.6 60.3 - 68.9 17.7 14.2 - 21.1 12.9 9.9 - 16.0 4.8 2.9 - 6.8
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,398 60.3 56.4 - 64.2 18.9 15.8 - 21.9 14.9 12.0 - 17.7 6.0 4.1 - 7.9
Other 4,192 39.0 32.6 - 45.3 24.7 18.9 - 30.4 26.7 20.9 - 32.5 9.7 5.8 - 13.5
Income                                  
$15,999 or less 3,654** 38.1 31.4 - 44.7 24.2 18.2 - 30.2 28.1 21.9 - 34.3 9.6 5.6 - 13.7
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 36.5 26.7 - 46.2 28.0 18.7 - 37.2 26.8 17.7 - 35.8 8.8 3.2 - 14.4
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 45.8 38.4 - 53.2 19.4 13.5 - 25.3 20.7 14.5 - 26.9 14.1 8.8 - 19.4
$40,000 or more 4,811** 74.8 70.3 - 79.4 16.5 12.6 - 20.4 7.4 4.7 - 10.1 1.3 0.1 - 2.5
WIC Recipient                                  
No 8,652** 60.9 57.0 - 64.9 18.5 15.3 - 21.6 14.6 11.7 - 17.5 6.0 4.0 - 7.9
Yes 4,275** 39.3 33.2 - 45.5 24.5 19.1 - 30.0 26.5 20.9 - 32.1 9.6 5.9 - 13.3
Medicaid Recipient                                  
No 8,054** 63.0 59.0 - 67.0 18.7 15.4 - 21.9 12.5 9.7 - 15.3 5.8 3.8 - 7.8
Yes 4,998** 38.4 32.7 - 44.1 23.8 18.8 - 28.8 28.6 23.3 - 33.8 9.3 5.9 - 12.7
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 819 48.5 44.9 - 52.0 22.4 19.4 - 25.4 20.3 17.3 - 23.2 8.9 6.8 - 10.9
2500 grams or more 12,761 54.4 50.9 - 58.0 20.4 17.5 - 23.3 18.2 15.4 - 21.0 7.0 5.1 - 8.8
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 77:  How long has it been since you had your teeth cleaned by a dentist or a dental hygienist? (months)
** 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
^^ Correction made to website table on 4/24/03