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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