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Did Someone Close Die?*      
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,750 80.7 78.1 - 83.2 19.3 16.8 - 21.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 80.5 70.7 - 90.3 19.5 9.7 - 29.3
20-24 years 3,376 79.4 74.0 - 84.7 20.6 15.3 - 26.0
25-34 years 7,248 81.3 77.9 - 84.7 18.7 15.3 - 22.1
35+ years 1,909 80.8 73.8 - 87.8 19.2 12.2 - 26.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 80.3 77.6 - 82.9 19.7 17.1 - 22.4
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 99.2 98.2 - 100.0 0.8 0.0 - 1.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 80.5 77.9 - 83.1 19.5 16.9 - 22.1
Education                  
< High School 1,424 81.0 72.1 - 89.9 19.0 10.1 - 27.9
High School 4,918 79.9 75.5 - 84.2 20.2 15.8 - 24.5
> High School 7,278 81.1 77.7 - 84.5 18.9 15.5 - 22.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 81.7 78.7 - 84.6 18.3 15.4 - 21.3
Other 4,359 78.3 73.3 - 83.4 21.7 16.6 - 26.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 80.3 74.9 - 85.7 19.7 14.3 - 25.1
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 77.5 70.1 - 84.8 22.5 15.2 - 29.9
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 79.9 74.0 - 85.8 20.1 14.2 - 26.0
$40,000 or more 5,104** 82.5 78.6 - 86.3 17.5 13.7 - 21.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 81.1 78.1 - 84.2 18.9 15.8 - 21.9
Yes 4,237** 79.6 74.8 - 84.3 20.5 15.7 - 25.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 79.7 76.4 - 83.0 20.3 17.0 - 23.6
Yes 4,981** 82.2 78.1 - 86.4 17.8 13.6 - 21.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 79.5 76.7 - 82.3 20.5 17.7 - 23.3
2500 grams or more 12,909 80.7 78.0 - 83.4 19.3 16.6 - 22.0
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before
your new baby was born. m. Someone very close to you died
** 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