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At Pregnancy Were Mothers Trying to Conceive?
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 43.1 39.8 - 46.4 56.9 53.6 - 60.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 77.1 66.7 - 87.5 22.9 12.5 - 33.3
20-24 years 3,364 64.5 58.0 - 71.1 35.5 28.9 - 42.0
25-34 years 7,149 31.1 27.0 - 35.2 68.9 64.8 - 73.0
35+ years 1,886 30.0 21.4 - 38.6 70.0 61.4 - 78.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 43.1 39.7 - 46.4 57.0 53.6 - 60.3
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 52.6 26.4 - 78.8 47.4 21.2 - 73.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 43.4 40.1 - 46.7 56.6 53.3 - 59.9
Education                  
< High School 1,427 74.8 65.2 - 84.4 25.2 15.6 - 34.8
High School 4,772 52.6 46.9 - 58.2 47.4 41.8 - 53.1
> High School 7,277 29.9 25.9 - 33.9 70.1 66.1 - 74.1
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 25.8 22.3 - 29.3 74.2 70.7 - 77.7
Other 4,417 77.2 72.2 - 82.2 22.8 17.8 - 27.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 73.1 66.9 - 79.2 26.9 20.8 - 33.1
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 56.1 46.2 - 65.9 43.9 34.1 - 53.8
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 38.5 30.5 - 46.4 61.5 53.6 - 69.5
$40,000 or more 5,632** 21.8 17.8 - 25.8 78.2 74.2 - 82.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 31.5 27.8 - 35.1 68.5 64.9 - 72.2
Yes 4,223** 66.7 61.0 - 72.4 33.3 27.6 - 39.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 26.9 23.2 - 30.5 73.2 69.5 - 76.8
Yes 5,080** 68.4 63.3 - 73.4 31.6 26.6 - 36.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 47.3 43.8 - 50.8 52.7 49.2 - 56.2
2500 grams or more 12,688 42.8 39.3 - 46.3 57.2 53.7 - 60.7
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 11: When you got pregnant with your new baby, were you trying to become pregnant?
 
** 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