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Maternal Problem with Diabetes Started During Pregnancy?*
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 14,152 91.3 89.2 - 93.0 8.7 7.1 - 10.8
Age              
<20 years 1,135 91.0 77.1 - 96.8 9.0 3.2 - 22.9
20-24 years 3,580 91.4 87.1 - 94.4 8.6 5.6 - 13.0
25-34 years 7,399 91.7 88.9 - 93.9 8.3 6.1 - 11.1
35+ years 2,037 89.3 83.0 - 93.5 10.7 6.5 - 17.0
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 91.3 89.2 - 93.0 8.7 7.0 - 10.8
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 85.8 66.8 - 94.8 14.2 5.2 - 33.3
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 91.2 89.1 - 92.9 8.8 7.1 - 10.9
Education              
< High School 1,526 91.6 82.2 - 96.3 8.4 3.7 - 17.8
High School 4,759 88.0 83.6 - 91.4 12.0 8.6 - 16.4
> High School 7,786 92.9 90.4 - 94.7 7.1 5.3 - 9.6
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 91.4 88.9 - 93.4 8.6 6.6 - 11.1
Other 5,216 91.0 87.2 - 93.8 9.0 6.3 - 12.8
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,811** 87.4 82.3 - 91.2 12.6 8.8 - 17.7
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 89.6 82.9 - 93.8 10.5 6.2 - 17.1
$25,000-49,999 3,146** 93.6 89.6 - 96.2 6.4 3.8 - 10.4
$50,000 or more 4,749** 93.4 90.3 - 95.6 6.6 4.4 - 9.7
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,400** 93.3 91.0 - 95.0 6.7 5.0 - 9.0
Yes 5,063** 87.9 83.7 - 91.1 12.1 8.9 - 16.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,226** 93.7 91.4 - 95.5 6.3 4.5 - 8.7
Yes 6,290** 88.4 84.8 - 91.3 11.6 8.7 - 15.2
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 90.2 88.0 - 92.0 9.8 8.0 - 12.0
2500 grams or more 13,184 91.3 89.1 - 93.1 8.7 6.9 - 10.9
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
  High Blood Sugar or Diabetes that started during this 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 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