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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 | |||||||||||||