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Teeth Cleaned Before Most Recent Pregnancy | |||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,152 | 12.4 | 10.3 | - | 14.8 | 87.6 | 85.2 | - | 89.7 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,135 | 2.3 | 0.3 | - | 13.9 | 97.7 | 86.1 | - | 99.7 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,580 | 16.2 | 11.7 | - | 21.9 | 83.8 | 78.1 | - | 88.3 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,399 | 12.8 | 10.0 | - | 16.2 | 87.2 | 83.8 | - | 90.0 | ||||
35+ years | 2,037 | 8.3 | 4.5 | - | 14.8 | 91.7 | 85.2 | - | 95.5 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,494 | 12.6 | 10.4 | - | 15.1 | 87.4 | 84.9 | - | 89.6 | ||||
Black | 299 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 344 | 6.7 | 1.5 | - | 25.2 | 93.3 | 74.8 | - | 98.5 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 221^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,908^ | 12.4 | 10.3 | - | 14.9 | 87.6 | 85.1 | - | 89.7 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,526 | 7.6 | 3.2 | - | 17.1 | 92.4 | 82.9 | - | 96.8 | ||||
High School | 4,759 | 21.4 | 16.7 | - | 27.0 | 78.6 | 73.0 | - | 83.3 | ||||
> High School | 7,786 | 8.7 | 6.5 | - | 11.5 | 91.3 | 88.5 | - | 93.5 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,934 | 11.2 | 8.9 | - | 14.2 | 88.0 | 84.4 | - | 90.1 | ||||
Other | 5,216 | 14.1 | 10.5 | - | 18.7 | 85.9 | 81.3 | - | 89.5 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,277** | 14.6 | 10.4 | - | 20.1 | 85.4 | 80.0 | - | 89.6 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,616** | 19.6 | 13.1 | - | 28.4 | 80.4 | 71.6 | - | 86.9 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 2,964** | 13.7 | 9.5 | - | 19.2 | 86.4 | 80.8 | - | 90.5 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,338** | 7.1 | 4.7 | - | 10.5 | 92.9 | 89.5 | - | 95.3 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 7,561** | 9.3 | 7.1 | - | 12.1 | 90.7 | 87.9 | - | 92.9 | ||||
Yes | 4,544** | 17.6 | 13.6 | - | 22.5 | 82.4 | 77.5 | - | 86.4 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 6,660** | 8.3 | 6.1 | - | 11.1 | 91.7 | 88.9 | - | 93.9 | ||||
Yes | 5,535** | 17.3 | 13.6 | - | 21.6 | 82.7 | 78.4 | - | 86.4 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 966 | 14.3 | 12.0 | - | 17.0 | 85.7 | 83.0 | - | 88.0 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,184 | 12.2 | 10.0 | - | 14.9 | 87.8 | 85.1 | - | 90.0 | ||||
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? | |||||||||||||
Before 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 |