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