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Maternal Problem with High Blood Pressure?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,546 79.0 76.3 - 81.7 21.0 18.3 - 23.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 78.4 68.6 - 88.1 21.6 11.9 - 31.4
20-24 years 3,364 73.6 67.4 - 79.8 26.4 20.2 - 32.6
25-34 years 7,149 81.5 78.1 - 84.8 18.5 15.2 - 21.9
35+ years 1,886 79.0 71.4 - 86.6 21.0 13.4 - 28.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 78.7 76.0 - 81.4 21.3 18.6 - 24.0
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 93.1 80.3 - 100.0 6.9 0.0 - 19.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 78.9 76.2 - 81.6 21.1 18.4 - 23.8
Education                  
< High School 1,427 76.4 66.9 - 85.9 23.6 14.1 - 33.1
High School 4,772 74.7 69.8 - 79.6 25.3 20.4 - 30.2
> High School 7,277 82.3 79.1 - 85.6 17.7 14.4 - 20.9
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 80.6 77.4 - 83.7 19.4 16.3 - 22.6
Other 4,417 76.0 70.9 - 81.1 24.0 18.9 - 29.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 76.1 70.1 - 82.0 23.9 18.0 - 29.9
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 87.4 80.9 - 93.9 12.6 6.1 - 19.1
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 75.3 68.4 - 82.1 24.7 17.9 - 31.6
$40,000 or more 5,632** 80.7 76.9 - 84.5 19.3 15.5 - 23.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 79.7 76.6 - 82.9 20.3 17.1 - 23.4
Yes 4,223** 77.6 72.5 - 82.7 22.4 17.3 - 27.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 80.4 77.2 - 83.7 19.6 16.3 - 22.8
Yes 5,080** 76.8 72.2 - 81.5 23.2 18.5 - 27.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 69.3 66.1 - 72.5 30.7 27.5 - 33.9
2500 grams or more 12,688 79.6 76.8 - 82.4 20.4 17.6 - 23.2
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
  b. High blood pressure (including preeclampsia or toxemia) or retained water (edema)
** 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