Did Mother Receive Counseling on Birth Defects Screening?*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,750	9.3	7.3	-	11.2	90.7	88.8	-	92.7
Age
	<20 years	1,215	17.7	8.0	-	27.4	82.3	72.6	-	92.0
	20-24 years	3,376	7.7	4.2	-	11.3	92.3	88.7	-	95.8
	25-34 years	7,248	10.0	7.3	-	12.6	90.0	87.4	-	92.7
	35+ years	1,909	4.0	0.6	-	7.4	96.0	92.6	-	99.4
Mother's Race
	White	13,231	9.3	7.3	-	11.2	90.7	88.8	-	92.7
	Black	153	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	354	10.2	0.0	-	26.6	89.8	73.4	-	100.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,555^	9.2	7.3	-	11.1	90.8	88.9	-	92.7
Education
	< High School	1,424	18.3	9.6	-	26.9	81.7	73.1	-	90.4
	High School	4,918	9.1	5.9	-	12.3	90.9	87.7	-	94.1
	> High School	7,278	7.6	5.3	-	9.9	92.4	90.1	-	94.7
Marital Status
	Married	9,387	9.3	7.0	-	11.6	90.7	88.4	-	93.0
	Other	4,359	9.3	5.8	-	12.8	90.7	87.2	-	94.2
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,234**	13.3	8.6	-	17.9	86.7	82.1	-	91.4
	$16,000-24,999	1,821**	9.4	4.2	-	14.6	90.6	85.4	-	95.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,607**	6.6	2.8	-	10.4	93.4	89.6	-	97.2
	$40,000 or more	5,104**	7.0	4.5	-	9.6	93.0	90.4	-	95.5
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,872**	8.1	5.9	-	10.2	92.0	89.8	-	94.1
	Yes	4,237**	11.9	8.0	-	15.8	88.1	84.2	-	92.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	8,181**	7.9	5.7	-	10.1	92.1	89.9	-	94.3
	Yes	4,981**	11.5	7.9	-	15.1	88.5	84.9	-	92.1
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	831	10.3	8.0	-	12.5	89.7	87.5	-	92.0
	2500 grams or more	12,909	9.2	7.1	-	11.2	90.8	88.8	-	92.9
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 22: During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
	about any of the things listed below?			h. Doing tests to screen for birth defects or diseases that
	run in your family
** 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 2001 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