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2003 Maine
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
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Intended! |
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Unintended! |
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Demographic Groups |
Population |
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CI |
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CI |
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Total |
13,851 |
66.5 |
63.2 |
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69.6 |
33.5 |
30.4 |
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36.8 |
Age |
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<20 years |
1,141 |
22.4 |
13.7 |
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34.6 |
77.6 |
65.4 |
- |
86.3 |
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20-24 years |
3,389 |
47.3 |
40.3 |
- |
54.4 |
52.7 |
45.6 |
- |
59.7 |
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25-34 years |
7,370 |
77.9 |
74.0 |
- |
81.4 |
22.1 |
18.6 |
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26.0 |
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35+ years |
1,950 |
79.7 |
71.8 |
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85.8 |
20.3 |
14.2 |
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28.2 |
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Mother's Race |
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White |
13,330 |
67.0 |
63.7 |
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69.5 |
33.6 |
30.5 |
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36.9 |
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Black |
182 |
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Other |
309 |
45.4 |
24.1 |
- |
68.6 |
54.6 |
31.4 |
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75.9 |
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Hispanic
Origin |
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Yes |
166^ |
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No |
13,666^ |
66.5 |
63.2 |
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69.7 |
33.5 |
30.4 |
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36.8 |
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Education |
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< High School |
1,467 |
35.7 |
25.3 |
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47.6 |
64.3 |
52.4 |
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74.7 |
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High School |
4,756 |
56.2 |
50.4 |
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61.9 |
43.8 |
38.2 |
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49.7 |
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> High School |
7,491 |
78.9 |
75.2 |
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82.1 |
21.1 |
17.9 |
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24.8 |
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Marital Status |
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Married |
9,210 |
81.7 |
78.5 |
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84.6 |
18.3 |
15.4 |
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21.5 |
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Other |
4,640 |
36.5 |
30.8 |
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42.5 |
63.5 |
57.5 |
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69.2 |
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Income |
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$15,999 or less |
3,480** |
36.4 |
30.1 |
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43.3 |
63.6 |
56.7 |
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69.9 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,753** |
59.0 |
49.6 |
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67.8 |
41.0 |
32.3 |
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50.4 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,262** |
72.4 |
64.8 |
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78.9 |
27.6 |
21.1 |
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35.2 |
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$40,000 or more |
5,227** |
86.0 |
82.1 |
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89.1 |
14.0 |
10.9 |
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17.9 |
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Enrolled in
WIC |
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No |
8,691** |
76.3 |
72.6 |
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79.6 |
23.7 |
20.4 |
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27.4 |
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Yes |
4,493** |
46.7 |
40.8 |
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52.7 |
53.3 |
47.3 |
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59.2 |
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Enrolled in
MaineCare/Medicaid |
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No |
7,586** |
82.5 |
78.9 |
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85.5 |
17.5 |
14.5 |
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21.1 |
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Yes |
5,658** |
44.9 |
39.7 |
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50.2 |
55.2 |
49.8 |
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60.4 |
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Infant's birth
weight |
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<2500 grams |
904 |
61.4 |
58.1 |
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64.6 |
38.6 |
35.4 |
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41.9 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,940 |
66.8 |
63.3 |
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70.1 |
33.2 |
29.9 |
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36.7 |
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NOTES: |
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Population
size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital
Statistics System unless otherwise noted. |
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Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations. |
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*Recoded
responses to Survey Question 10:
Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel about |
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becoming pregnant? |
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** Estimates
of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through
PRAMS. |
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! Intended pregnancies = Wanted to be pregnant sooner or
then. Unintended pregnancies = Wanted
pregnancy later or didn't |
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want pregnancy then or anytime in the
future |
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^ Estimate of
Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2003 birth file. |
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#
There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this
group, therefore |
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percent is not reported. |
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CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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