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Prenatal Care as Early as Wanted

2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

			No				Yes				Did Not Want Prenatal Care
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	14,110	13.6	11.4	-	16.2	86.1	83.6	-	88.4	0.2	0.1	-	1.0
Age
	<20 years	1,122	28.3	16.9	-	43.5	71.7	56.5	-	83.1	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	20-24 years	3,506	19.0	14.3	-	24.9	80.4	74.5	-	85.3	0.5	0.1	-	3.4
	25-34 years	7,467	10.6	8.1	-	13.7	89.3	86.1	-	91.8	0.2	0.0	-	1.3
	35+ years	2,013	8.3	4.5	-	14.6	91.8	85.4	-	95.5	0.0	0.0	-	0.0

Mother's Race
	White	13,467	13.9	11.7	-	16.5	86.0	83.8	-	88.2	0.1	0.0	-	0.7
	Black	259	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	358	3.5	1.5	-	8.1	86.8	56.9	-	96.8	9.7	1.5	-	43.8

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	179^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,905^	13.7	11.5	-	16.2	86.1	83.5	-	88.3	0.3	0.1	-	1.0

Education
	< High School	1,539	29.2	20.1	-	40.3	70.9	59.7	-	79.9	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	High School	4,747	18.3	14.1	-	23.6	81.3	76.0	-	85.6	0.4	0.1	-	2.7
	> High School	7,783	7.7	5.8	-	10.2	92.1	89.6	-	94.0	0.2	0.0	-	1.2

Marital Status
	Married	9,182	9.3	7.1	-	12.0	90.3	87.6	-	92.5	0.4	0.1	-	1.5
	Other	4,922	21.3	16.9	-	26.5	78.7	73.5	-	83.1	0.0	0.0	-	0.0

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,704**	23.1	17.9	-	29.3	76.9	70.7	-	82.1	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	$15,000-24,999	1,762**	19.1	12.7	-	27.6	79.9	71.2	-	86.4	1.1	0.2	-	6.9
	$25,000-49,999	3,580**	9.8	6.4	-	14.5	90.3	85.5	-	93.6	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	$50,000 or more	4,501**	6.8	4.5	-	10.1	92.9	89.5	-	95.3	0.3	0.1	-	2.0

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,572**	11.7	9.2	-	14.8	88.1	85.1	-	90.6	0.2	0.0	-	1.1
	Yes	4,878**	17.2	13.3	-	22.0	82.4	77.6	-	86.4	0.4	0.1	-	2.6

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,062**	8.2	6.0	-	11.1	91.6	88.7	-	93.8	0.2	0.0	-	1.3
	Yes	6,485**	19.5	15.8	-	23.9	80.2	75.8	-	83.9	0.3	0.0	-	2.0

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	963	16.1	13.6	-	19.0	83.9	81.0	-	86.4	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	2500 grams or more	13,140	13.5	11.1	-	16.2	86.3	83.6	-	88.6	0.3	0.1	-	1.0

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 17: Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted?

** 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 2005 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