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Maternal Problem with Water Breaking More Than Three Weeks Before Due Date?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,750 95.2 94.0 - 96.3 4.9 3.7 - 6.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 95.2 91.3 - 99.0 4.9 1.0 - 8.7
20-24 years 3,376 95.9 94.0 - 97.8 4.1 2.2 - 6.0
25-34 years 7,248 94.9 93.1 - 96.6 5.2 3.4 - 6.9
35+ years 1,909 94.9 91.6 - 98.3 5.1 1.7 - 8.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 95.1 93.9 - 96.3 4.9 3.7 - 6.1
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 95.1 93.9 - 96.3 4.9 3.7 - 6.1
Education                  
< High School 1,424 94.5 90.4 - 98.7 5.5 1.3 - 9.6
High School 4,918 95.3 93.4 - 97.2 4.7 2.8 - 6.6
> High School 7,278 95.1 93.5 - 96.7 4.9 3.3 - 6.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 95.1 93.6 - 96.5 4.9 3.5 - 6.4
Other 4,359 95.3 93.5 - 97.2 4.7 2.8 - 6.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 94.5 92.0 - 96.9 5.5 3.1 - 8.0
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 97.1 94.8 - 99.5 2.9 0.5 - 5.2
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 96.6 94.3 - 98.8 3.4 1.2 - 5.7
$40,000 or more 5,104** 94.4 92.3 - 96.4 5.7 3.6 - 7.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 95.5 94.2 - 96.9 4.5 3.1 - 5.8
Yes 4,237** 94.3 92.0 - 96.6 5.7 3.4 - 8.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 95.2 93.7 - 96.7 4.8 3.3 - 6.3
Yes 4,981** 95.1 93.2 - 96.9 5.0 3.1 - 6.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 66.4 63.2 - 69.7 33.6 30.3 - 36.8
2500 grams or more 12,909 96.7 95.5 - 97.9 3.3 2.1 - 4.5
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?
h. Water broke more than 3 weeks before your baby was due (premature rupture of membranes, PROM)
** 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