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Teeth Cleaned During Most Recent Pregnancy

2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,929	54.7	51.1	-	58.1	45.3	41.9	-	48.9
Age
	<20 years	1,102	62.8	48.6	-	75.1	37.2	25.0	-	51.4
	20-24 years	3,427	79.6	72.9	-	84.9	20.4	15.1	-	27.1
	25-34 years	7,434	47.6	43.0	-	52.3	52.4	47.8	-	57.0
	35+ years	1,961	36.9	28.6	-	46.1	63.1	53.9	-	71.5

Mother's Race
	White	13,340	54.4	50.8	-	57.9	45.7	42.1	-	49.2
	Black	224	50.5	22.1	-	78.6	49.5	21.4	-	77.9
	Other	343	76.9	44.5	-	93.3	23.1	6.7	-	55.5

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,722^	54.7	51.2	-	58.2	45.3	41.8	-	48.9

Education
	< High School	1,424	71.4	57.7	-	82.0	28.6	18.0	-	42.4
	High School	4,823	70.0	64.0	-	75.4	30.0	24.6	-	36.0
	> High School	7,600	42.7	38.4	-	47.2	57.3	52.8	-	61.7

Marital Status
	Married	9,208	46.5	42.4	-	50.5	53.6	49.5	-	57.6
	Other	4,721	75.3	68.8	-	80.8	24.7	19.2	-	31.2

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,480**	79.3	72.4	-	84.7	20.8	15.3	-	27.6
	$15,000-24,999	1,753**	71.8	61.9	-	80.0	28.2	20.0	-	38.1
	$25,000-49,999	2,262**	60.5	53.8	-	66.8	39.5	33.2	-	46.2
	$50,000 or more	5,227**	28.7	23.9	-	34.1	71.3	65.9	-	76.1

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,691**	42.8	38.7	-	47.1	57.2	52.9	-	61.3
	Yes	4,493**	78.9	73.2	-	83.7	21.1	16.3	-	26.8

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,586**	38.6	34.4	-	43.0	61.4	57.0	-	65.6
	Yes	5,658**	79.1	73.9	-	83.5	20.9	16.6	-	26.1

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	891	65.4	61.8	-	68.9	34.6	31.1	-	38.2
	2500 grams or more	13,028	54.1	50.3	-	57.7	46.0	42.3	-	49.7

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 teetch cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist?
	During 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