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Infant in ICU?*            
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,750 91.6 90.1 - 93.1 8.4 6.9 - 9.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 86.6 78.8 - 94.5 13.4 5.6 - 21.2
20-24 years 3,376 90.8 87.6 - 93.9 9.2 6.1 - 12.4
25-34 years 7,248 92.7 90.8 - 94.7 7.3 5.3 - 9.2
35+ years 1,909 91.8 87.8 - 95.8 8.2 4.2 - 12.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 91.6 90.1 - 93.2 8.4 6.8 - 9.9
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 88.3 69.0 - 100.0 11.7 0.0 - 31.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 91.5 90.0 - 93.1 8.5 6.9 - 10.0
Education                  
< High School 1,424 86.9 79.9 - 93.8 13.2 6.2 - 20.1
High School 4,918 91.6 89.0 - 94.2 8.4 5.8 - 11.0
> High School 7,278 92.4 90.5 - 94.3 7.6 5.7 - 9.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 92.3 90.5 - 94.0 7.7 6.0 - 9.5
Other 4,359 90.1 87.0 - 93.2 9.9 6.8 - 13.0
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 90.8 87.4 - 94.1 9.3 5.9 - 12.6
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 93.3 89.4 - 97.2 6.7 2.8 - 10.6
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 91.6 88.0 - 95.2 8.4 4.8 - 12.0
$40,000 or more 5,104** 91.3 88.8 - 93.8 8.7 6.2 - 11.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 92.8 91.1 - 94.4 7.3 5.6 - 8.9
Yes 4,237** 89.1 85.8 - 92.4 10.9 7.6 - 14.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 93.0 91.4 - 94.7 7.0 5.3 - 8.6
Yes 4,981** 89.3 86.3 - 92.2 10.8 7.8 - 13.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 43.4 40.0 - 46.8 56.6 53.2 - 60.0
2500 grams or more 12,909 94.3 92.7 - 95.9 5.7 4.1 - 7.3
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 40: After your baby was born, was he or she put in an intensive care unit?
** 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