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Did Someone Close Die?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,546 83.2 80.7 - 85.7 16.8 14.3 - 19.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 78.9 68.9 - 89.0 21.1 11.0 - 31.1
20-24 years 3,364 79.7 74.1 - 85.4 20.3 14.6 - 25.9
25-34 years 7,149 84.9 81.8 - 88.0 15.1 12.0 - 18.2
35+ years 1,886 85.4 78.7 - 92.0 14.7 8.0 - 21.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 83.1 80.6 - 85.6 16.9 14.4 - 19.4
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 93.1 80.3 - 100.0 6.9 0.0 - 19.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 83.1 80.6 - 85.6 16.9 14.4 - 19.4
Education                  
< High School 1,427 75.8 66.2 - 85.4 24.2 14.6 - 33.8
High School 4,772 82.2 77.9 - 86.5 17.8 13.5 - 22.1
> High School 7,277 85.4 82.3 - 88.4 14.6 11.6 - 17.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 85.2 82.4 - 88.0 14.8 12.0 - 17.6
Other 4,417 79.2 74.3 - 84.1 20.8 15.9 - 25.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 81.7 76.4 - 87.1 18.3 12.9 - 23.6
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 78.9 70.8 - 87.0 21.1 13.0 - 29.2
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 85.0 79.2 - 90.7 15.0 9.3 - 20.8
$40,000 or more 5,632** 86.6 83.3 - 89.9 13.4 10.1 - 16.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 84.9 82.1 - 87.7 15.1 12.3 - 17.9
Yes 4,223** 79.5 74.6 - 84.4 20.5 15.6 - 25.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 85.7 82.8 - 88.6 14.3 11.4 - 17.2
Yes 5,080** 79.3 74.8 - 83.7 20.7 16.3 - 25.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 80.3 77.4 - 83.1 19.8 16.9 - 22.6
2500 grams or more 12,688 83.4 80.7 - 86.0 16.7 14.0 - 19.3
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. m. Someone very close to you died
** 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