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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Birth Defects Screening?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 9.6 7.6 - 11.5 90.5 88.5 - 92.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 13.5 5.0 - 22.1 86.5 77.9 - 95.0
20-24 years 3,364 11.4 6.8 - 16.0 88.6 84.0 - 93.2
25-34 years 7,149 8.8 6.3 - 11.2 91.2 88.8 - 93.7
35+ years 1,886 6.5 1.7 - 11.3 93.5 88.7 - 98.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 9.8 7.7 - 11.8 90.2 88.2 - 92.3
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 100.0 100.0 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 9.3 7.3 - 11.2 90.7 88.8 - 92.7
Education                  
< High School 1,427 17.9 9.1 - 26.7 82.1 73.3 - 91.0
High School 4,772 10.2 6.8 - 13.6 89.8 86.4 - 93.2
> High School 7,277 7.4 5.1 - 9.7 92.6 90.3 - 94.9
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 7.3 5.2 - 9.4 92.7 90.6 - 94.8
Other 4,417 14.1 9.8 - 18.3 85.9 81.7 - 90.2
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 12.2 7.5 - 16.9 87.8 83.1 - 92.5
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 12.9 5.9 - 19.8 87.1 80.2 - 94.1
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 8.6 4.1 - 13.2 91.4 86.8 - 95.9
$40,000 or more 5,632** 6.8 4.4 - 9.3 93.2 90.7 - 95.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 7.0 5.0 - 9.0 93.0 91.0 - 95.0
Yes 4,223** 14.8 10.4 - 19.1 85.2 80.9 - 89.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 6.6 4.5 - 8.6 93.4 91.4 - 95.5
Yes 5,080** 14.2 10.3 - 18.1 85.8 81.9 - 89.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 9.9 7.7 - 12.0 90.2 88.0 - 92.3
2500 grams or more 12,688 9.5 7.4 - 11.7 90.5 88.3 - 92.6
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 22:  During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
  about any of the things listed below?  h. Doing tests to screen for birth defects or diseases that
run in your family
** 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 2002 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