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Mother Had a Dental Problem and Needed to See a Dentist*

2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,929	74.7	71.6	-	77.5	25.4	22.5	-	28.4
Age
	<20 years	1,102	60.0	47.0	-	71.7	40.0	28.3	-	53.0
	20-24 years	3,427	66.8	60.0	-	72.9	33.3	27.1	-	40.0
	25-34 years	7,434	78.8	74.9	-	82.2	21.3	17.8	-	25.1
	35+ years	1,961	81.9	73.8	-	87.9	18.1	12.2	-	26.2

Mother's Race
	White	13,340	74.4	71.3	-	77.3	25.6	22.7	-	28.7
	Black	224	64.5	34.2	-	86.4	35.5	13.6	-	65.8
	Other	343	92.6	67.2	-	98.7	7.4	1.3	-	32.8

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,722^	74.8	71.7	-	77.6	25.2	22.4	-	28.3

Education
	< High School	1,424	61.3	49.1	-	72.3	38.7	27.7	-	50.9
	High School	4,823	67.4	62.0	-	72.4	32.6	27.6	-	38.0
	> High School	7,600	82.0	78.4	-	85.1	18.0	14.9	-	21.7

Marital Status
	Married	9,208	79.4	76.0	-	82.4	20.6	17.6	-	24.0
	Other	4,721	63.9	57.7	-	69.7	36.1	30.3	-	42.3

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,480**	62.0	55.4	-	68.2	38.0	31.9	-	44.7
	$15,000-24,999	1,753**	65.1	55.7	-	73.5	34.9	26.5	-	44.3
	$25,000-49,999	2,262**	75.8	69.8	-	80.9	24.2	19.1	-	30.2
	$50,000 or more	5,227**	87.5	83.3	-	90.8	12.5	9.2	-	16.7

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,691**	82.3	78.9	-	85.2	17.7	14.8	-	21.1
	Yes	4,493**	60.6	54.8	-	66.1	39.4	33.9	-	45.2

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,586**	84.7	81.2	-	87.6	15.4	12.4	-	18.8
	Yes	5,658**	62.1	57.0	-	67.0	37.9	33.0	-	43.0

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	891	70.0	66.5	-	73.3	30.0	26.7	-	33.5
	2500 grams or more	13,028	75.0	71.7	-	77.9	25.1	22.1	-	28.3

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.
	a. I needed to see a dentist for a problem
** 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