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Maternal Problems with Placenta?*          
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,750 95.0 93.6 - 96.3 5.0 3.7 - 6.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 96.5 92.8 - 100.0 3.5 0.0 - 7.2
20-24 years 3,376 93.5 90.5 - 96.5 6.5 3.5 - 9.5
25-34 years 7,248 95.3 93.5 - 97.1 4.7 2.9 - 6.5
35+ years 1,909 95.4 92.0 - 98.7 4.7 1.3 - 8.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 94.9 93.6 - 96.3 5.1 3.7 - 6.4
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 99.1 97.9 - 100.0 0.9 0.0 - 2.1
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 94.9 93.6 - 96.3 5.1 3.7 - 6.4
Education                  
< High School 1,424 91.7 86.1 - 97.3 8.3 2.7 - 13.9
High School 4,918 95.4 93.2 - 97.5 4.6 2.5 - 6.8
> High School 7,278 95.3 93.6 - 97.0 4.7 3.0 - 6.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 94.8 93.2 - 96.4 5.2 3.6 - 6.8
Other 4,359 95.5 93.2 - 97.9 4.5 2.1 - 6.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 96.3 94.2 - 98.4 3.7 1.6 - 5.8
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 95.0 91.4 - 98.5 5.1 1.5 - 8.6
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 94.1 90.7 - 97.5 5.9 2.5 - 9.3
$40,000 or more 5,104** 95.5 93.6 - 97.4 4.5 2.6 - 6.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 95.1 93.5 - 96.6 4.9 3.4 - 6.5
Yes 4,237** 94.8 92.3 - 97.3 5.2 2.7 - 7.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 95.2 93.5 - 96.8 4.9 3.2 - 6.5
Yes 4,981** 94.7 92.4 - 97.0 5.3 3.0 - 7.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 79.6 76.8 - 82.4 20.4 17.6 - 23.2
2500 grams or more 12,909 95.8 94.4 - 97.2 4.2 2.8 - 5.6
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
d. Problems with the placenta (such as abruptio placentae, placenta previa)
** 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