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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