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Teeth Cleaned Before Most Recent Pregnancy
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 14.8 12.5 - 17.5 85.2 82.5 - 87.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,122 7.8 2.8 - 20.1 92.2 79.9 - 97.2
20-24 years 3,506 24.2 18.7 - 30.8 75.8 69.2 - 81.3
25-34 years 7,467 12.7 9.9 - 16.2 87.3 83.8 - 90.1
35+ years 2,013 7.6 4.1 - 13.7 92.4 86.3 - 95.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,467 14.7 12.3 - 17.4 85.3 82.6 - 87.7
Black 259  # # - # # # - #
Other  358 24.9 6.9 - 59.5 75.1 40.5 - 93.1
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 179^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,905^ 15.0 12.6 - 17.7 85.0 82.3 - 87.4
Education                  
< High School 1,539 26.3 17.3 - 37.8 73.7 62.3 - 82.7
High School 4,747 21.6 16.8 - 27.3 78.4 72.7 - 83.2
> High School 7,783 8.9 6.7 - 11.6 91.1 88.4 - 93.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,182 12.5 9.9 - 15.6 87.5 84.4 - 90.1
Other 4,922 19.1 14.8 - 24.3 80.9 75.7 - 85.2
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,704** 21.7 16.3 - 28.1 78.4 71.9 - 83.7
$15,000-24,999 1,762** 20.6 13.8 - 29.6 79.4 70.4 - 86.2
$25,000-49,999 3,580** 14.8 10.6 - 20.3 85.2 79.7 - 89.5
$50,000 or more 4,501** 7.6 5.0 - 11.2 92.5 88.8 - 95.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,572** 12.3 9.7 - 15.5 87.7 84.6 - 90.3
Yes 4,878** 19.8 15.3 - 25.1 80.2 74.9 - 84.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,062** 10.0 7.5 - 13.2 90.1 86.9 - 92.5
Yes 6,485** 20.4 16.5 - 24.9 79.6 75.1 - 83.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 963 15.6 13.0 - 18.7 84.4 81.4 - 87.0
2500 grams or more 13,140 14.8 12.3 - 17.7 85.2 82.3 - 87.7
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 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 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