Maternal Problem with High Blood Pressure - Division of Public Health Systems | MeCDC

Maternal Problem with High Blood Pressure?*

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%	95% CI			%	95% CI
	Total	14,152	85.1	82.6	-	87.2	15.0	12.8	-	17.4
Age
	<20 years	1,135	90.8	79.1	-	96.3	9.2	3.7	-	20.9
	20-24 years	3,580	84.9	79.6	-	89.0	15.1	11.0	-	20.4
	25-34 years	7,399	86.2	83.0	-	88.9	13.8	11.1	-	17.0
	35+ years	2,037	78.2	70.5	-	84.4	21.8	15.6	-	29.5

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	84.8	82.3	-	87.0	15.2	13.0	-	17.7
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	88.5	68.2	-	96.5	11.5	3.5	-	31.8

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	85.1	82.6	-	87.2	14.9	12.8	-	17.4

Education
	< High School	1,526	91.8	82.7	-	96.3	8.2	3.7	-	17.3
	High School	4,759	84.2	79.6	-	87.9	15.9	12.1	-	20.4
	> High School	7,786	84.2	80.9	-	87.0	15.8	13.0	-	19.1

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	85.3	82.2	-	87.8	14.8	12.2	-	17.8
	Other	5,216	84.7	80.4	-	88.3	15.3	11.7	-	19.6

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,812**	84.2	79.0	-	88.3	15.8	11.7	-	21.0
	$15,000-24,999	1,811**	81.4	73.2	-	87.6	18.6	12.5	-	26.8
	$25,000-49,999	3,133**	84.0	78.8	-	88.2	16.0	11.8	-	21.2
	$50,000 or more	4,747**	87.8	84.0	-	90.8	12.3	9.3	-	16.1

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,385**	85.6	82.5	-	88.2	14.4	11.8	-	17.5
	Yes	5,065**	84.0	79.7	-	87.6	16.0	12.4	-	20.3

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,211**	86.9	83.8	-	89.5	13.1	10.5	-	16.2
	Yes	6,292**	82.9	78.9	-	86.3	17.1	13.7	-	21.1

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	70.0	66.8	-	73.0	30.0	27.0	-	33.2
	2500 grams or more	13,184	86.0	83.4	-	88.3	14.0	11.7	-	16.6

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 Pressure, hypertension (including pregnancy induced), preclampsia, or toxemia
** 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



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