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Maternal Problem with Vaginal Bleeding?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,546 83.5 81.1 - 85.9 16.5 14.1 - 18.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 86.4 78.2 - 94.5 13.6 5.5 - 21.8
20-24 years 3,364 80.5 75.0 - 85.9 19.5 14.1 - 25.0
25-34 years 7,149 85.2 82.2 - 88.3 14.8 11.7 - 17.8
35+ years 1,886 79.1 71.6 - 86.7 20.9 13.3 - 28.4
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 84.0 81.5 - 86.4 16.0 13.6 - 18.5
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 69.7 46.1 - 93.2 30.4 6.8 - 53.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 83.3 80.9 - 85.8 16.7 14.2 - 19.1
Education                  
< High School 1,427 79.8 70.9 - 88.6 20.2 11.4 - 29.1
High School 4,772 83.7 79.6 - 87.8 16.3 12.2 - 20.4
> High School 7,277 84.7 81.7 - 87.8 15.3 12.2 - 18.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 83.2 80.2 - 86.1 16.9 13.9 - 19.8
Other 4,417 84.2 79.9 - 88.5 15.8 11.5 - 20.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 83.3 78.1 - 88.4 16.7 11.6 - 21.9
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 87.6 81.5 - 93.6 12.4 6.4 - 18.5
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 83.6 77.6 - 89.6 16.4 10.4 - 22.4
$40,000 or more 5,632** 82.6 78.9 - 86.3 17.4 13.7 - 21.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 82.4 79.4 - 85.3 17.7 14.7 - 20.6
Yes 4,223** 85.9 81.8 - 90.0 14.1 10.0 - 18.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 82.7 79.6 - 85.8 17.3 14.2 - 20.4
Yes 5,080** 84.7 80.8 - 88.6 15.3 11.4 - 19.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 68.7 65.4 - 71.9 31.4 28.1 - 34.6
2500 grams or more 12,688 84.4 81.8 - 87.0 15.6 13.0 - 18.2
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?
  c. Vaginal bleeding
** 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