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Maternal Problem with Premature Labor?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,546 78.2 75.5 - 80.9 21.8 19.1 - 24.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 74.9 64.5 - 85.3 25.1 14.7 - 35.5
20-24 years 3,364 70.6 64.4 - 76.9 29.4 23.1 - 35.6
25-34 years 7,149 81.0 77.7 - 84.4 19.0 15.6 - 22.3
35+ years 1,886 82.7 75.8 - 89.6 17.3 10.4 - 24.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 78.5 75.8 - 81.2 21.5 18.8 - 24.2
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 73.4 49.4 - 97.3 26.6 2.7 - 50.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 78.2 75.5 - 80.9 21.8 19.1 - 24.5
Education                  
< High School 1,427 64.3 53.7 - 74.9 35.7 25.1 - 46.3
High School 4,772 73.2 68.3 - 78.1 26.8 21.9 - 31.7
> High School 7,277 84.5 81.5 - 87.5 15.5 12.5 - 18.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 79.8 76.7 - 83.0 20.2 17.0 - 23.3
Other 4,417 75.0 70.0 - 80.0 25.0 20.0 - 30.0
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 69.3 62.9 - 75.6 30.7 24.4 - 37.1
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 71.4 62.6 - 80.2 28.6 19.8 - 37.4
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 74.8 67.7 - 81.8 25.3 18.2 - 32.3
$40,000 or more 5,632** 85.7 82.4 - 89.0 14.3 11.0 - 17.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 82.4 79.4 - 85.3 17.7 14.7 - 20.6
Yes 4,223** 69.7 64.1 - 75.2 30.3 24.8 - 35.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 83.3 80.3 - 86.3 16.7 13.7 - 19.7
Yes 5,080** 70.3 65.3 - 75.2 29.7 24.8 - 34.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 46.2 42.7 - 49.7 53.8 50.3 - 57.3
2500 grams or more 12,688 80.1 77.2 - 82.9 19.9 17.1 - 22.8
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?
  a. Labor pains more than 3 weeks before your baby was due (preterm or early labor)
** 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