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Was Infant Gestation Status Preterm or Full Term?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        Preterm!       Term!    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 7.8 6.5 - 9.1 92.2 90.9 - 93.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 9.0 3.7 - 14.2 91.0 85.8 - 96.3
20-24 years 3,376 6.6 4.4 - 8.8 93.4 91.2 - 95.6
25-34 years 7,248 8.2 6.3 - 10.2 91.8 89.8 - 93.7
35+ years 1,909 7.4 4.0 - 10.8 92.6 89.2 - 96.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 7.8 6.5 - 9.1 92.2 90.9 - 93.5
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 4.8 0.0 - 8.6 95.2 91.4 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 7.7 6.4 - 8.9 92.3 91.1 - 93.6
Education                  
< High School 1,424 9.0 4.0 - 14.0 91.0 86.0 - 96.0
High School 4,918 6.6 4.8 - 8.5 93.4 91.5 - 95.2
> High School 7,278 8.4 6.5 - 10.3 91.6 89.7 - 93.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 7.6 6.0 - 9.2 92.4 90.8 - 94.0
Other 4,359 8.2 5.9 - 10.5 91.8 89.5 - 94.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 6.4 4.6 - 8.2 93.6 91.8 - 95.4
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 8.2 3.7 - 12.6 91.8 87.4 - 96.3
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 7.1 4.1 - 10.0 92.9 90.0 - 95.9
$40,000 or more 5,104** 9.0 6.7 - 11.4 91.0 88.6 - 93.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 7.9 6.3 - 9.6 92.1 90.4 - 93.7
Yes 4,237** 7.5 5.3 - 9.8 92.5 90.2 - 94.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 8.2 6.4 - 10.0 91.8 90.0 - 93.6
Yes 4,981** 7.1 5.2 - 9.0 92.9 91.0 - 94.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 73.0 69.9 - 76.1 27.0 23.9 - 30.1
2500 grams or more 12,909 4.2 2.8 - 5.6 95.8 94.4 - 97.2
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.
*Data for this table reflect gestational age from the birth certificate.
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
! Preterm = <37 weeks, Term = 37 weeks or more
^ 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