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Total Number of Stressful Events in Mom's Life*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    Estimated 1-2 Stressors 3-5 Stressors 6-13 Stressors
Demographic Groups Population^ % 95% CI % 95% CI % 95% CI
Total 9,819 56.6 52.9 - 60.4 34.2 30.6 - 37.8 9.2 6.9 - 11.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,027 38.6 25.8 - 51.5 43.2 30.2 - 56.3 18.1 7.9 - 28.4
20-24 years 2,787 45.9 38.9 - 52.9 37.9 31.1 - 44.8 16.2 10.9 - 21.5
25-34 years 4,900 63.8 58.8 - 68.9 31.3 26.4 - 36.2 4.9 2.6 - 7.1
35+ years 1,104 68.7 58.3 - 79.0 28.8 18.7 - 38.9 2.5 0.0 - 6.2
Mother's Race                          
White 9,597 56.2 52.4 - 60.0 34.4 30.8 - 38.1 9.4 7.0 - 11.7
African American 55 # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other Minorities 163 86.4 68.5 - 100.0 13.6 0.0 - 31.5 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                          
Yes 66 # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 9,730 56.9 53.1 - 60.7 33.8 30.2 - 37.4 9.3 7.0 - 11.6
Education                          
< High School 1,219 41.3 29.3 - 53.3 37.1 25.4 - 48.9 21.6 11.7 - 31.5
High School 3,726 47.1 41.0 - 53.2 41.7 35.6 - 47.8 11.2 7.3 - 15.0
>High School 4,754 68.4 63.5 - 73.2 27.9 23.2 - 32.5 3.8 1.8 - 5.8
Marital Status                        
Married 6,194 67.1 62.7 - 71.5 28.6 24.3 - 32.8 4.3 2.4 - 6.3
Other 3,624 38.7 32.6 - 44.9 43.7 37.4 - 50.0 17.6 12.6 - 22.5
Income                            
$15,999 or less 2,950 36.0 29.2 - 42.8 40.9 33.9 - 47.9 23.1 17.0 - 29.1
$16,000-24,999 1,455 41.2 31.4 - 51.0 49.9 39.9 - 59.8 9.0 3.4 - 14.5
$25,000-39,999 2,034 65.9 58.1 - 73.7 32.6 24.9 - 40.4 1.5 0.0 - 3.4
$40,000 or more 3,078 77.8 72.2 - 83.3 21.0 15.6 - 26.3 1.3 0.0 - 2.9
Enrolled in WIC                          
No 6,054 66.2 61.7 - 70.7 29.4 25.1 - 33.7 4.4 2.3 - 6.5
Yes 3,743 40.9 34.7 - 47.2 42.0 35.8 - 48.3 17.1 12.3 - 21.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                        
No 5,443 69.5 64.9 - 74.1 27.0 22.5 - 31.4 3.5 1.6 - 5.5
Yes 4,375 40.6 34.9 - 46.4 43.1 37.3 - 48.9 16.3 11.9 - 20.6
Infant's birth weight                          
<2500 grams 515 51.4 47.4 - 55.4 36.3 32.4 - 40.1 12.4 9.5 - 15.2
2500 gms or more 9,297 56.9 52.9 - 60.9 34.1 30.3 - 37.9 9.0 6.7 - 11.4
NOTES:
^ Population size for groups in this table are estimates from PRAMS based on weighted numbers
for women reporting stressful events in their lives.
* Recoded responses to Survey Question 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have
happened during the 12 months before your new baby was born.
# 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