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