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Maternal Problem with High Blood Pressure?*        
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,590 77.8 75.1 - 80.5 22.2 19.5 - 24.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 75.2 65.3 - 85.2 24.8 14.8 - 34.7
20-24 years 3,351 75.4 69.6 - 81.2 24.6 18.8 - 30.4
25-34 years 7,088 78.0 74.3 - 81.7 22.0 18.3 - 25.7
35+ years 1,875 83.2 76.9 - 89.5 16.8 10.5 - 23.1
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 77.8 75.1 - 80.5 22.2 19.5 - 24.9
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 79.3 62.1 - 96.6 20.7 3.4 - 37.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 77.7 74.9 - 80.4 22.3 19.6 - 25.1
Education                  
< High School 1,471 80.8 72.5 - 89.0 19.3 11.0 - 27.5
High School 4,894 73.4 68.6 - 78.2 26.6 21.8 - 31.4
> High School 7,065 80.0 76.4 - 83.5 20.0 16.5 - 23.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 78.7 75.5 - 81.8 21.4 18.2 - 24.5
Other 4,192 75.9 70.6 - 81.1 24.1 18.9 - 29.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 78.1 72.8 - 83.4 21.9 16.6 - 27.2
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 67.3 58.1 - 76.5 32.7 23.5 - 41.9
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 79.1 73.3 - 85.0 20.9 15.0 - 26.7
$40,000 or more 4,811** 79.7 75.5 - 83.9 20.3 16.1 - 24.5
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 79.0 75.8 - 82.2 21.0 17.8 - 24.2
Yes 4,275** 75.4 70.3 - 80.5 24.6 19.5 - 29.7
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 79.7 76.5 - 83.0 20.3 17.0 - 23.5
Yes 4,998** 74.7 69.9 - 79.5 25.3 20.5 - 30.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 69.6 66.5 - 72.8 30.4 27.2 - 33.5
2500 grams or more 12,761 78.3 75.4 - 81.1 21.8 18.9 - 24.6
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
b. High blood pressure (including preeclampsia or toxemia) or retained water (edema)
** 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