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2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,152	14.6	12.4	-	17.1	85.4	82.9	-	87.7
Age
	<20 years	1,135	20.7	10.6	-	36.3	79.3	63.7	-	89.4
	20-24 years	3,580	16.2	11.8	-	21.9	83.8	78.1	-	88.2
	25-34 years	7,399	12.3	9.7	-	15.4	87.7	84.6	-	90.3
	35+ years	2,037	17.2	11.7	-	24.5	82.9	75.5	-	88.3

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	14.5	12.2	-	17.1	85.5	82.9	-	87.8
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	19.7	8.6	-	39.0	80.4	61.0	-	91.4

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	14.2	12.0	-	16.8	85.8	83.2	-	88.0

Education
	< High School	1,526	16.7	9.2	-	28.3	83.3	71.7	-	90.8
	High School	4,759	15.5	11.7	-	20.3	84.5	79.8	-	88.3
	> High School	7,786	13.7	11.0	-	16.8	86.3	83.2	-	89.0

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	13.8	11.3	-	16.8	86.2	83.2	-	88.8
	Other	5,216	15.7	12.0	-	20.4	84.3	79.6	-	88.1

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,785**	21.3	16.2	-	27.4	78.7	72.7	-	83.8
	$15,000-24,999	1,811**	9.0	5.0	-	15.5	91.0	84.5	-	95.0
	$25,000-49,999	3,150**	9.5	6.3	-	14.1	90.5	85.9	-	93.7
	$50,000 or more	4,750**	14.7	11.3	-	19.0	85.3	81.0	-	88.7

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,397**	14.5	11.8	-	17.6	85.5	82.4	-	88.2
	Yes	5,013**	15.0	11.2	-	19.6	85.1	80.4	-	88.8

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,232**	14.8	12.0	-	18.2	85.2	81.8	-	88.3
	Yes	6,264**	14.3	11.0	-	18.3	85.7	81.7	-	89.0

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	14.8	12.6	-	17.4	85.2	82.6	-	87.4
	2500 grams or more	13,184	14.5	12.2	-	17.2	85.5	82.8	-	87.8

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.
* Question 59: Are you or your partner doing anything now to keep from getting pregnant?

** 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 2006 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

						Maine Department of Health and Human Services
						Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics