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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 |