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Maternal Problem with Water Breaking More Than Three Weeks Before Due Date?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,546 93.9 92.5 - 95.3 6.1 4.7 - 7.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 90.9 84.5 - 97.4 9.1 2.6 - 15.5
20-24 years 3,364 93.7 90.8 - 96.7 6.3 3.3 - 9.2
25-34 years 7,149 94.4 92.6 - 96.1 5.6 3.9 - 7.4
35+ years 1,886 94.1 90.1 - 98.1 5.9 1.9 - 9.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 93.8 92.3 - 95.2 6.2 4.8 - 7.7
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 94.0 92.6 - 95.4 6.0 4.6 - 7.4
Education                  
< High School 1,427 88.9 82.1 - 95.6 11.1 4.4 - 17.9
High School 4,772 92.8 90.2 - 95.3 7.2 4.7 - 9.8
> High School 7,277 95.7 94.3 - 97.1 4.3 2.9 - 5.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 94.2 92.5 - 95.9 5.8 4.1 - 7.5
Other 4,417 93.2 90.7 - 95.8 6.8 4.2 - 9.3
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 91.3 87.8 - 94.9 8.7 5.1 - 12.2
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 95.7 93.2 - 98.1 4.3 1.9 - 6.8
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 93.9 90.6 - 97.2 6.1 2.8 - 9.4
$40,000 or more 5,632** 95.8 94.1 - 97.5 4.2 2.5 - 5.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 94.4 92.7 - 96.0 5.6 4.0 - 7.3
Yes 4,223** 93.0 90.3 - 95.7 7.0 4.3 - 9.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 94.5 92.8 - 96.1 5.5 3.9 - 7.2
Yes 5,080** 93.0 90.5 - 95.5 7.0 4.5 - 9.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 64.7 61.3 - 68.0 35.4 32.0 - 38.7
2500 grams or more 12,688 95.6 94.2 - 97.1 4.4 2.9 - 5.9
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
  h. Water broke more than 3 weeks before your baby was due (premature rupture of membranes, PROM)
** 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