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Teeth Cleaned During Most Recent Pregnancy
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 55.1 51.6 - 58.6 44.9 41.5 - 48.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,122 73.6 57.8 - 85.0 26.4 15.0 - 42.2
20-24 years 3,506 75.1 68.5 - 80.7 24.9 19.3 - 31.5
25-34 years 7,467 48.0 43.3 - 52.7 52.0 47.3 - 56.7
35+ years 2,013 37.3 29.5 - 45.9 62.7 54.1 - 70.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,467 54.9 51.4 - 58.4 45.1 41.6 - 48.6
Black 259 # # - # # # - #
Other  358 49.3 21.6 - 77.4 50.7 22.6 - 78.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 179^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,905^ 55.0 51.5 - 58.4 45.0 41.6 - 48.6
Education                  
< High School 1,539 82.3 71.0 - 89.8 17.7 10.2 - 29.0
High School 4,747 65.9 59.2 - 72.0 34.1 28.0 - 40.8
> High School 7,783 44.5 40.3 - 48.8 55.5 51.2 - 59.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,182 44.6 40.4 - 48.8 55.4 51.2 - 59.6
Other 4,922 74.8 69.0 - 79.8 25.2 20.2 - 31.0
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,704** 76.9 70.1 - 82.6 23.1 17.4 - 29.9
$15,000-24,999 1,762** 70.8 60.3 - 79.4 29.2 20.6 - 39.7
$25,000-49,999 3,580** 58.1 51.2 - 64.7 41.9 35.4 - 48.8
$50,000 or more 4,501** 32.8 27.9 - 38.2 67.2 61.8 - 72.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,572** 44.8 40.6 - 49.0 55.2 51.0 - 59.4
Yes 4,878** 75.6 69.7 - 80.6 24.4 19.4 - 30.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,062** 36.6 32.3 - 41.1 63.4 58.9 - 67.7
Yes 6,485** 78.5 73.6 - 82.7 21.5 17.3 - 26.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 963 64.4 60.8 - 67.9 35.6 32.1 - 39.2
2500 grams or more 13,140 54.5 50.8 - 58.2 45.5 41.8 - 49.2
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 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