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Was Family Member Hospitalized?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 71.1 68.1 - 74.1 28.9 25.9 - 31.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 69.2 57.8 - 80.6 30.8 19.4 - 42.2
20-24 years 3,364 71.0 64.8 - 77.3 29.0 22.7 - 35.2
25-34 years 7,149 70.6 66.7 - 74.6 29.4 25.4 - 33.3
35+ years 1,886 74.6 66.5 - 82.7 25.4 17.3 - 33.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 70.7 67.6 - 73.7 29.3 26.3 - 32.4
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 92.5 79.7 - 100.0 7.5 0.0 - 20.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 71.0 68.0 - 74.0 29.0 26.0 - 32.0
Education                  
< High School 1,427 66.3 55.8 - 76.9 33.7 23.1 - 44.2
High School 4,772 69.6 64.4 - 74.8 30.4 25.2 - 35.6
> High School 7,277 73.2 69.4 - 77.0 26.8 23.0 - 30.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 72.0 68.4 - 75.5 28.0 24.5 - 31.6
Other 4,417 69.3 63.7 - 74.8 30.8 25.2 - 36.3
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 71.7 65.4 - 77.9 28.3 22.1 - 34.6
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 61.5 51.8 - 71.3 38.5 28.7 - 48.2
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 72.9 65.7 - 80.1 27.1 19.9 - 34.3
$40,000 or more 5,632** 73.8 69.5 - 78.1 26.2 21.9 - 30.5
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 73.2 69.7 - 76.6 26.9 23.4 - 30.3
Yes 4,223** 67.0 61.3 - 72.7 33.0 27.3 - 38.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 73.4 69.8 - 77.1 26.6 22.9 - 30.2
Yes 5,080** 67.4 62.2 - 72.6 32.6 27.4 - 37.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 66.1 62.8 - 69.5 33.9 30.5 - 37.2
2500 grams or more 12,688 71.4 68.2 - 74.5 28.7 25.5 - 31.8
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born. a. A close family member was very sick and had to go into the hospital
** 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