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Health Care Worker Told Mother About the Effects of Mercury

2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	13,929	27.1	24.3	-	30.2	72.9	69.8	-	75.8
Age
	<20 years	1,102	26.6	16.3	-	40.2	73.5	59.8	-	83.8
	20-24 years	3,427	28.5	22.6	-	35.2	71.5	64.8	-	77.4
	25-34 years	7,434	26.3	22.6	-	30.4	73.7	69.6	-	77.4
	35+ years	1,961	28.2	20.9	-	36.9	71.8	63.1	-	79.1

Mother's Race
	White	13,340	26.9	24.0	-	30.0	73.1	70.0	-	76.0
	Black	224	23.2	6.8	-	55.5	76.8	44.5	-	93.2
	Other	343	44.5	23.0	-	68.3	55.5	31.7	-	77.0

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,722^	27.4	24.5	-	30.5	72.6	69.5	-	75.6

Education
	< High School	1,424	30.8	20.0	-	44.1	69.2	55.5	-	80.0
	High School	4,823	26.8	22.0	-	32.1	73.3	67.9	-	78.0
	> High School	7,600	27.2	23.5	-	31.3	72.8	68.7	-	76.5

Marital Status
	Married	9,208	26.7	23.4	-	30.3	73.3	69.7	-	76.6
	Other	4,721	28.1	22.7	-	34.3	71.9	65.7	-	77.3

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,480**	27.3	21.7	-	33.7	72.7	66.3	-	78.3
	$15,000-24,999	1,753**	30.0	22.0	-	39.4	70.1	60.6	-	78.1
	$25,000-49,999	2,262**	26.8	21.3	-	33.0	73.2	67.0	-	78.7
	$50,000 or more	5,227**	26.3	21.8	-	31.4	73.7	68.6	-	78.2

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,691**	27.4	23.9	-	31.2	72.6	68.8	-	76.1
	Yes	4,493**	26.9	22.0	-	32.5	73.1	67.5	-	78.0

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,586**	26.2	22.5	-	30.1	73.8	69.9	-	77.5
	Yes	5,658**	28.4	23.9	-	33.5	71.6	66.6	-	76.1

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	891	26.0	22.9	-	29.4	74.0	70.7	-	77.1
	2500 grams or more	13,028	27.2	24.2	-	30.5	72.8	69.5	-	75.8

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: Variable developed from Q66. At any time during your prenatal care, did a doctor, nurse, or other health
care worker talk with you about how eating fish containing high levels of mercury could affect your baby?

** 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