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Teeth Cleaned After Most Recent Pregnancy
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,152 70.7 67.3 - 73.8 29.3 26.2 - 32.7
Age              
<20 years 1,135 83.0 66.8 - 92.2 17.0 7.8 - 33.2
20-24 years 3,580 85.6 79.9 - 89.9 14.4 10.1 - 20.1
25-34 years 7,399 65.2 60.4 - 69.6 34.8 30.4 - 39.6
35+ years 2,037 57.1 47.7 - 66.1 42.9 33.9 - 52.3
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 70.3 66.9 - 73.6 29.7 26.5 - 33.1
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 80.1 56.0 - 92.7 19.9 7.3 - 44.0
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 70.7 67.3 - 73.8 29.3 26.2 - 32.7
Education              
< High School 1,526 87.5 73.9 - 94.5 12.6 5.5 - 26.1
High School 4,759 80.8 75.2 - 85.3 19.2 14.7 - 24.8
> High School 7,786 63.1 58.6 - 67.3 36.9 32.7 - 41.4
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 61.3 56.9 - 65.5 38.7 34.5 - 43.1
Other 5,216 85.2 80.3 - 89.1 14.8 10.9 - 19.7
Income              
$14,999 or less 2,871** 85.5 79.3 - 90.0 14.5 10.0 - 20.7
$15,000-24,999 1,466** 81.5 72.5 - 88.1 18.5 11.9 - 27.5
$25,000-49,999 2,743** 72.8 66.0 - 78.6 27.2 21.4 - 34.0
$50,000 or more 4,054** 54.9 49.1 - 60.6 45.1 39.5 - 50.9
Enrolled in WIC              
No 6,964** 62.2 57.8 - 66.4 37.8 33.6 - 42.2
Yes 4,100** 84.6 79.6 - 88.5 15.5 11.5 - 20.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 6,187** 58.5 53.8 - 63.0 41.5 37.0 - 46.2
Yes 4,947** 86.0 81.6 - 89.5 14.0 10.6 - 18.4
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 76.3 73.0 - 79.2 23.7 20.8 - 27.0
2500 grams or more 13,184 70.3 66.8 - 73.7 29.7 26.3 - 33.2
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 79: When did you have your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist? After my most recent pregnancy
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2006 birth file.
# 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