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Was Previous Birth a Low Birth Weight Baby? *
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 6,860** 92.8 90.5 - 95.1 7.2 4.9 - 9.5
Age                    
<20 years 171** 86.9 63.8 - 100.0 13.1 0.0 - 36.2
20-24 years 1,454** 90.0 84.1 - 95.8 10.1 4.2 - 15.9
25-34 years 4,238** 93.5 90.7 - 96.3 6.5 3.7 - 9.3
35+ years 996** 94.7 90.4 - 99.0 5.3 1.0 - 9.6
Mother's Race                  
White 6,689** 92.6 90.2 - 95.0 7.4 5.0 - 9.8
Black 46** # # - # # # - #
Other 124** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 63** # # - # # # - #
No 6,780** 92.7 90.4 - 95.0 7.3 5.0 - 9.6
Education                  
< High School 677** 83.8 72.1 - 95.5 16.2 4.5 - 27.9
High School 2,559** 89.5 85.1 - 93.9 10.5 6.1 - 14.9
>High School 3,597** 96.8 94.8 - 98.7 3.2 1.3 - 5.2
Marital Status                  
Married 5,072** 93.8 91.3 - 96.2 6.2 3.8 - 8.7
Other 1,788** 89.9 84.5 - 95.2 10.1 4.8 - 15.5
Income                    
$15,999 or less 1,541** 88.5 82.5 - 94.6 11.5 5.4 - 17.5
$16,000-24,999 815** 92.6 85.8 - 99.4 7.4 0.6 - 14.2
$25,000-39,999 1,150** 93.1 87.7 - 98.4 7.0 1.6 - 12.3
$40,000 or more 3,124** 95.0 92.3 - 97.8 5.0 2.2 - 7.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 4,681** 92.3 89.4 - 95.2 7.7 4.8 - 10.6
Yes 2,161** 93.7 90.0 - 97.4 6.3 2.6 - 10.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 4,153** 94.7 92.3 - 97.2 5.3 2.8 - 7.7
Yes 2,706** 89.8 85.4 - 94.1 10.2 5.9 - 14.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 310** 70.2 65.2 - 75.1 29.8 24.9 - 34.8
2500 grams or more 6,546** 93.8 91.4 - 96.2 6.2 3.8 - 8.6
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 8:  Did the baby just before your new one weigh 5 pounds, 8 ounces or less at birth?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
# 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