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Mother Talked to About Care of Teeth and Gums*

2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,929	60.2	56.9	-	63.4	39.8	36.6	-	43.1
Age
	<20 years	1,102	58.3	45.3	-	70.3	41.7	29.7	-	54.7
	20-24 years	3,427	70.5	63.9	-	76.3	29.6	23.7	-	36.1
	25-34 years	7,434	58.8	54.3	-	63.1	41.3	37.0	-	45.7
	35+ years	1,961	47.6	38.9	-	56.4	52.4	43.6	-	61.1

Mother's Race
	White	13,340	59.8	56.4	-	63.0	40.3	37.0	-	43.6
	Black	224	66.4	35.4	-	87.7	33.6	12.3	-	64.6
	Other	343	71.5	46.2	-	88.0	28.5	12.0	-	53.9

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,722^	60.1	56.8	-	63.3	39.9	36.7	-	43.2

Education
	< High School	1,424	66.8	54.7	-	77.1	33.2	22.9	-	45.3
	High School	4,823	68.7	63.2	-	73.6	31.4	26.4	-	36.8
	> High School	7,600	53.1	48.8	-	57.5	46.9	42.5	-	51.2

Marital Status
	Married	9,208	55.7	51.8	-	59.5	44.3	40.5	-	48.3
	Other	4,721	70.6	64.5	-	76.0	29.5	24.1	-	35.5

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,480**	69.7	63.2	-	75.5	30.3	24.5	-	36.8
	$15,000-24,999	1,753**	71.7	62.6	-	79.4	28.3	20.6	-	37.4
	$25,000-49,999	2,262**	61.4	55.0	-	67.4	38.6	32.6	-	45.0
	$50,000 or more	5,227**	47.4	41.9	-	52.9	52.6	47.1	-	58.1

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,691**	53.6	49.6	-	57.7	46.4	42.4	-	50.5
	Yes	4,493**	72.4	66.9	-	77.3	27.6	22.7	-	33.1

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,586**	49.3	45.0	-	53.7	50.7	46.3	-	55.0
	Yes	5,658**	73.9	69.1	-	78.2	26.1	21.8	-	30.9

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	891	64.6	61.1	-	67.9	35.4	32.1	-	38.9
	2500 grams or more	13,028	59.9	56.4	-	63.3	40.1	36.7	-	43.6

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 77. This question is about the care of your teeth during your most recent pregnancy.
	c. Dental or other health care worker talked with me about how to care for teeth and gums
** 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 2004 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