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Was the Previous Birth Delivered Premature?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 6,825** 88.3 85.4 - 87.0 11.7 8.8 - 14.6
Age                    
<20 years 171** 86.9 63.8 - 100.0 13.1 0.0 - 36.2
20-24 years 1,436** 87.7 81.2 - 94.2 12.3 5.8 - 18.8
25-34 years 4,221** 89.0 85.5 - 92.6 11.0 7.4 - 14.5
35+ years 996** 86.5 78.4 - 94.6 13.5 5.4 - 21.6
Mother's Race                  
White 6,654** 88.5 85.5 - 91.4 11.5 8.6 - 14.5
Black 46** # # - # # # - #
Other 124** 76.9 49.5 - 100.0 23.1 0.0 - 50.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 63** # # - # # # - #
No 6,745** 88.2 85.3 - 91.1 11.8 8.9 - 14.8
Education                  
< High School 677** 80.5 67.7 - 93.3 19.5 6.7 - 32.3
High School 2,542** 84.2 78.8 - 89.7 15.8 10.3 - 21.2
>High School 3,580** 92.7 89.7 - 95.7 7.3 4.3 - 10.3
Marital Status                  
Married 5,072** 90.4 87.4 - 93.4 9.6 6.6 - 12.6
Other 1,753** 82.4 75.3 - 89.5 17.6 10.5 - 24.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 1,523** 83.5 76.2 - 90.9 16.5 9.1 - 23.8
$16,000-24,999 797** 86.2 77.0 - 95.4 13.8 4.6 - 23.0
$25,000-39,999 1,150** 89.8 83.2 - 96.3 10.2 3.7 - 16.8
$40,000 or more 3,124** 91.6 88.1 - 95.2 8.4 4.8 - 11.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 4,681** 89.2 85.8 - 92.5 10.9 7.5 - 14.2
Yes 2,127** 86.4 80.8 - 92.1 13.6 7.9 - 19.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 4,153** 93.1 90.2 - 95.9 6.9 4.1 - 9.8
Yes 2,671** 81.0 75.1 - 86.8 19.0 13.2 - 24.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 310** 71.7 66.8 - 76.6 28.3 23.4 - 33.2
2500 grams or more 6,512** 89.1 86.1 - 92.1 10.9 7.9 - 13.9
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 9:  Was the baby just before your new one born more than 3 weeks before its due date?
** 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