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Health Care Worker Told Mother About the Affects of Mercury

2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,110	22.8	20.1	-	25.8	77.2	74.2	-	79.9
Age
	<20 years	1,122	23.1	12.8	-	38.0	76.9	62.0	-	87.2
	20-24 years	3,506	17.4	12.9	-	23.1	82.6	76.9	-	87.1
	25-34 years	7,467	24.1	20.4	-	28.2	75.9	71.8	-	79.6
	35+ years	2,013	28.3	21.4	-	36.5	71.7	63.5	-	78.6

Mother's Race
	White	13,467	22.7	19.9	-	25.6	77.4	74.4	-	80.1
	Black	259	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	358	16.7	4.4	-	46.9	83.3	53.1	-	95.6

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	179^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,905^	22.6	19.9	-	25.5	77.5	74.5	-	80.2

Education
	< High School	1,539	21.8	13.9	-	32.5	78.2	67.5	-	86.1
	High School	4,747	23.3	18.5	-	29.0	76.7	71.0	-	81.5
	> High School	7,783	22.9	19.6	-	26.2	77.1	73.4	-	80.5

Marital Status
	Married	9,182	24.2	20.9	-	27.8	75.8	72.2	-	79.2
	Other	4,922	20.3	16.0	-	25.4	79.7	74.6	-	84.0

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,704**	24.8	19.4	-	31.1	75.2	68.9	-	80.6
	$15,000-24,999	1,762**	22.3	15.2	-	31.4	77.7	68.6	-	84.8
	$25,000-49,999	3,580**	22.0	17.1	-	28.0	78.0	72.1	-	82.9
	$50,000 or more	4,501**	22.1	18.0	-	27.0	77.9	73.0	-	82.0

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,572**	21.6	18.4	-	25.1	78.5	74.9	-	81.6
	Yes	4,878**	24.8	20.1	-	30.2	75.2	69.9	-	79.9

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,062**	21.5	18.1	-	25.4	78.5	74.7	-	81.9
	Yes	6,485**	24.4	20.3	-	29.0	75.6	71.0	-	79.7

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	963	23.4	20.3	-	26.7	76.6	73.3	-	79.7
	2500 grams or more	13,140	22.8	20.0	-	25.9	77.2	74.1	-	80.1

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 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