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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 |