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Of Mothers Who Reported Problems During Pregnancy, Were Mothers Hospitalized During Pregnancy?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 8,375** 50.9 46.8 - 55.0 49.1 45.0 - 53.2
Age                    
<20 years 826** 40.6 26.8 - 54.5 59.4 45.5 - 73.2
20-24 years 2251** 40.4 32.4 - 48.3 59.7 51.7 - 67.6
25-34 years 4305** 57.8 52.4 - 63.3 42.2 36.7 - 47.6
35+ years 991** 53.3 41.8 - 64.8 46.7 35.2 - 58.2
Mother's Race                  
White 8128** 51.2 47.1 - 55.4 48.8 44.6 - 52.9
Black 46** # # - # # # - #
Other 177** 42.2 14.2 - 70.2 57.8 29.8 - 85.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 28** # # - # # # - #
No 8309** 51.1 47.0 - 55.2 48.9 44.8 - 53.0
Education                  
< High School 1136** 38.6 26.2 - 51.0 61.4 49.0 - 73.8
High School 3291** 50.0 43.3 - 56.6 50.0 43.4 - 56.7
>High School 3877** 55.6 50.1 - 61.2 44.4 38.8 - 49.9
Marital Status                  
Married 5317** 54.7 49.7 - 59.7 45.3 40.3 - 50.3
Other 3057** 44.3 37.3 - 51.3 55.7 48.7 - 62.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 2375** 44.5 36.5 - 52.5 55.5 47.5 - 63.5
$16,000-24,999 1032** 46.3 34.6 - 58.0 53.7 42.0 - 65.4
$25,000-39,999 1375** 54.9 45.1 - 64.7 45.1 35.3 - 54.9
$40,000 or more 3157** 57.8 51.4 - 64.1 42.3 35.9 - 48.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 5291** 54.9 50.0 - 59.9 45.1 40.1 - 50.0
Yes 3063** 43.6 36.6 - 50.6 56.4 49.4 - 63.4
 
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                  
No 4666** 56.5 51.2 - 61.7 43.5 38.3 - 48.8
Yes 3708** 43.9 37.5 - 50.2 56.1 49.8 - 62.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 642** 22.2 19.0 - 25.3 77.9 74.7 - 81.0
2500 grams or more 7729** 53.3 48.9 - 57.7 46.7 42.3 - 51.1
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.
*Recoded variables for Survey Question 25:  Did you do any of the following things because of these problems?
I went to the hospital or emergency room and stayed less than 1 day, I went to the hospital and stayed 1 to 7 days,
I went to the hospital and stayed more than 7 days
^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.
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
CI = 95% Confidence Interval