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At Pregnancy Were Mothers Trying to Conceive?
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 47.3 44.1 - 50.6 52.7 49.4 - 55.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 83.8 74.5 - 93.1 16.2 6.9 - 25.5
20-24 years 3,376 66.2 60.0 - 72.5 33.8 27.5 - 40.0
25-34 years 7,248 36.6 32.3 - 40.8 63.5 59.2 - 67.7
35+ years 1,909 32.4 24.2 - 40.7 67.6 59.3 - 75.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 47.5 44.2 - 50.8 52.5 49.2 - 55.8
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 48.6 21.5 - 75.7 51.4 24.3 - 78.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 47.3 44.0 - 50.5 52.7 49.5 - 56.0
Education                  
< High School 1,424 77.6 68.2 - 87.1 22.4 12.9 - 31.8
High School 4,918 54.9 49.5 - 60.4 45.1 39.6 - 50.5
> High School 7,278 35.7 31.6 - 39.9 64.3 60.1 - 68.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 33.1 29.5 - 36.8 66.9 63.2 - 70.5
Other 4,359 80.4 75.6 - 85.3 19.6 14.7 - 24.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 74.1 68.1 - 80.0 26.0 20.0 - 31.9
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 63.8 55.2 - 72.3 36.3 27.7 - 44.8
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 43.8 36.6 - 51.1 56.2 48.9 - 63.4
$40,000 or more 5,104** 24.7 20.3 - 29.1 75.3 70.9 - 79.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 35.5 31.7 - 39.2 64.6 60.8 - 68.3
Yes 4,237** 71.5 66.2 - 76.8 28.5 23.2 - 33.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 32.4 28.6 - 36.2 67.6 63.8 - 71.4
Yes 4,981** 71.9 67.0 - 76.7 28.1 23.3 - 33.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 52.9 49.5 - 56.2 47.2 43.8 - 50.5
2500 grams or more 12,909 47.0 43.6 - 50.4 53.0 49.6 - 56.4
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 11: When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you trying to become pregnant?
** 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