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Has Mother Had a Previous Live Birth?*    
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 43.3 40.1 - 46.6 56.7 53.4 - 59.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 84.0 74.6 - 93.5 16.0 6.5 - 25.4
20-24 years 3,376 53.1 46.5 - 59.7 46.9 40.3 - 53.5
25-34 years 7,248 36.3 32.1 - 40.4 63.7 59.6 - 67.9
35+ years 1,909 27.9 20.2 - 35.5 72.2 64.5 - 79.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 43.5 40.2 - 46.7 56.5 53.3 - 59.8
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 37.8 11.6 - 63.9 62.2 36.1 - 88.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 43.3 40.1 - 46.5 56.7 53.5 - 59.9
Education                  
< High School 1,424 48.3 37.0 - 59.6 51.7 40.4 - 63.0
High School 4,918 38.6 33.2 - 44.0 61.4 56.0 - 66.8
> High School 7,278 45.6 41.3 - 49.9 54.4 50.1 - 58.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 38.7 35.0 - 42.4 61.3 57.6 - 65.0
Other 4,359 54.3 48.2 - 60.4 45.7 39.6 - 51.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 41.7 35.1 - 48.4 58.3 51.6 - 64.9
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 40.4 31.7 - 49.1 59.6 50.9 - 68.3
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 38.9 31.9 - 46.0 61.1 54.0 - 68.1
$40,000 or more 5,104** 47.1 42.0 - 52.2 52.9 47.8 - 58.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 45.7 41.8 - 49.6 54.3 50.4 - 58.2
Yes 4,237** 38.6 32.8 - 44.4 61.4 55.6 - 67.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 45.3 41.3 - 49.3 54.7 50.7 - 58.7
Yes 4,981** 40.1 34.7 - 45.5 59.9 54.5 - 65.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 58.2 54.8 - 61.6 41.8 38.4 - 45.2
2500 grams or more 12,909 42.6 39.2 - 45.9 57.5 54.1 - 60.8
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 7: Before your new baby, did you every have any other babies who were born alive?
** 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