Mother Went to the Hospital and Stayed Less Than 1 Day - Division of Public Health Systems

Mother Went to the Hospital and Stayed Less Than 1 Day
(of mothers who reported problems during pregnancy)

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	7,735**	57.7	53.3	-	62.0	42.3	38.0	-	46.7
Age
	<20 years	652**	39.8	24.2	-	57.7	60.3	42.3	-	75.8
	20-24 years	2,245**	52.0	43.6	-	60.2	48.1	39.8	-	56.4
	25-34 years	3,871**	61.3	55.3	-	67.0	38.7	33.0	-	44.7
	35+ years	964**	68.7	56.9	-	78.4	31.3	21.6	-	43.1

Mother's Race
	White	7,424**	58.1	53.6	-	62.4	42.0	37.6	-	46.5
	Black	112**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	196**	45.8	22.3	-	71.4	54.2	28.6	-	77.7

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	59**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	7,673**	57.6	53.2	-	62.0	42.4	38.0	-	46.8

Education
	< High School	1,059**	58.4	43.4	-	72.0	41.6	28.1	-	56.6
	High School	2,595**	51.6	44.3	-	58.8	48.4	41.2	-	55.8
	> High School	4,076**	61.5	55.7	-	66.9	38.6	33.1	-	44.3

Marital Status
	Married	4,105**	61.8	56.2	-	67.1	38.2	32.9	-	43.8
	Other	3,627**	53.0	46.1	-	59.9	47.0	40.1	-	53.9

Income
	$14,999 or less	2,671**	55.2	47.0	-	63.0	44.8	37.0	-	53.0
	$15,000-24,999	1,036**	46.1	34.7	-	57.9	53.9	42.1	-	65.3
	$25,000-49,999	1,757**	55.9	46.9	-	64.5	44.2	35.5	-	53.1
	$50,000 or more	2,269**	67.4	59.9	-	74.1	32.6	25.9	-	40.1

Enrolled in WIC
	No	4,283**	65.0	59.5	-	70.2	35.0	29.8	-	40.6
	Yes	3,431**	48.9	42.0	-	55.8	51.1	44.2	-	58.0

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	3,488**	67.4	61.4	-	72.8	32.6	27.2	-	38.6
	Yes	4,245**	49.7	43.5	-	56.0	50.3	44.1	-	56.5

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	674**	59.9	56.2	-	63.4	40.2	36.6	-	43.8
	2500 grams or more	7,058**	57.5	52.7	-	62.2	42.5	37.8	-	47.4

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 8: Before you got pregnant with your new baby did you ever, have any other babies who were born alive?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.

# 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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