Mother Went to the Hospital and Stayed More than 7 Days - Division of Public Health Systems

Mother Went to the Hospital and Stayed More than 7 Days
(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	7,438**	95.6	94.0	-	96.9	4.4	3.1	-	6.0
Age
	<20 years	600**	98.0	96.1	-	99.0	2.0	1.1	-	4.0
	20-24 years	2,128**	93.3	88.5	-	96.2	6.7	3.8	-	11.5
	25-34 years	3,772**	96.5	94.4	-	97.8	3.5	2.2	-	5.6
	35+ years	937**	96.0	91.2	-	98.2	4.0	1.8	-	8.8

Mother's Race
	White	7,145**	95.5	93.7	-	96.7	4.5	3.3	-	6.3
	Black	110**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	181**	100.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	60**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	7,378**	95.7	94.0	-	96.9	4.3	3.1	-	6.0

Education
	< High School	999**	98.3	97.1	-	99.1	1.7	1.0	-	2.9
	High School	2,484**	92.1	87.7	-	95.0	8.0	5.1	-	12.3
	> High School	3,952**	97.3	95.5	-	98.4	2.7	1.6	-	4.5

Marital Status
	Married	3,992**	96.5	94.7	-	97.7	3.5	2.3	-	5.4
	Other	3,445**	94.7	91.5	-	96.7	5.3	3.3	-	8.5

Income
	$14,999 or less	2,551**	94.5	90.6	-	96.9	5.5	3.1	-	9.4
	$15,000-24,999	996**	93.7	86.4	-	97.2	6.3	2.8	-	13.6
	$25,000-49,999	1,696**	98.3	97.5	-	98.8	1.7	1.2	-	2.5
	$50,000 or more	2,193**	95.8	92.7	-	97.6	4.2	2.4	-	7.3

Enrolled in WIC
	No	4,143**	95.9	93.8	-	97.3	4.1	2.8	-	6.2
	Yes	3,275**	95.3	92.2	-	97.2	4.7	2.8	-	7.8

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	3,427**	96.1	94.0	-	97.5	3.9	2.5	-	6.0
	Yes	4,010**	95.2	92.5	-	97.0	4.8	3.0	-	7.5

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	653**	76.9	73.5	-	79.9	23.1	20.1	-	26.5
	2500 grams or more	6,784**	97.5	95.4	-	98.6	2.5	1.4	-	4.6

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 26. I went to the hospital and stayed more than 7 days
** 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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