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Teeth Cleaned Before Most Recent Pregnancy

2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,929	16.4	13.9	-	19.1	83.7	80.9	-	86.1
Age
	<20 years	1,102	25.9	15.9	-	39.3	74.1	60.8	-	84.1
	20-24 years	3,427	19.5	14.3	-	25.9	80.5	74.1	-	85.7
	25-34 years	7,434	15.8	12.7	-	19.6	84.2	80.4	-	87.3
	35+ years	1,961	7.3	3.8	-	13.6	92.7	86.5	-	96.2

Mother's Race
	White	13,340	16.0	13.5	-	18.8	84.0	81.2	-	86.5
	Black	224	35.6	12.5	-	68.1	64.4	31.9	-	87.5
	Other	343	23.2	7.3	-	53.5	76.8	46.5	-	92.7

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,722^	16.1	13.6	-	18.9	83.9	81.1	-	86.4

Education
	< High School	1,424	28.8	18.6	-	41.8	71.2	58.2	-	81.4
	High School	4,823	24.1	19.3	-	29.6	75.9	70.4	-	80.7
	> High School	7,600	9.7	7.4	-	12.7	90.3	87.3	-	92.6

Marital Status
	Married	9,208	14.1	11.4	-	17.3	85.9	82.7	-	88.6
	Other	4,721	21.4	16.6	-	27.3	78.6	72.7	-	83.5

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,480**	29.6	23.5	-	36.6	70.4	63.4	-	76.5
	$15,000-24,999	1,753**	14.3	8.6	-	22.9	85.7	77.1	-	91.4
	$25,000-49,999	2,262**	13.2	9.3	-	18.4	86.8	81.6	-	90.7
	$50,000 or more	5,227**	9.7	6.8	-	13.6	90.3	86.4	-	93.2

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,691**	11.8	9.4	-	14.8	88.2	85.2	-	90.7
	Yes	4,493**	25.4	20.3	-	31.2	74.6	68.8	-	79.7

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,586**	10.9	8.4	-	14.0	89.1	86.0	-	91.6
	Yes	5,658**	23.8	19.4	-	28.9	76.2	71.1	-	80.6

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	891	15.2	12.7	-	18.2	84.8	81.8	-	87.4
	2500 grams or more	13,028	16.4	13.8	-	19.4	83.6	80.6	-	86.2

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 79: When did you have your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist?
	Before My Most Recent Pregnancy

** 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