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2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,110 12.5 10.4 - 14.8 87.5 85.1 - 89.6
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 9.0 4.1 - 18.6 91.0 81.4 - 95.9
20-24 years 3,620 13.0 9.1 - 18.3 87.0 81.7 - 90.9
25-34 years 7,307 11.7 9.0 - 15.0 88.3 85.0 - 91.0
35+ years 2,007 16.2 10.7 - 23.7 83.8 76.3 - 89.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 12.6 10.5 - 15.1 87.4 84.9 - 89.5
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 13.4 3.5 - 39.7 86.6 60.3 - 96.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 12.3 10.3 - 14.7 87.7 85.3 - 89.8
Education                  
< High School 1,490 14.2 7.6 - 25.1 85.8 75.0 - 92.4
High School 4,761 13.0 9.5 - 17.6 87.0 82.5 - 90.5
> High School 7,798 11.6 9.1 - 14.6 88.4 85.5 - 90.9
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 12.1 9.6 - 15.1 87.9 84.9 - 90.4
Other 5,515 13.0 9.7 - 17.3 87.0 82.8 - 90.3
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,956** 11.7 7.8 - 17.3 88.3 82.7 - 92.2
$15,000-24,999 1,803** 13.7 8.6 - 21.2 86.3 78.9 - 91.4
$25,000-49,999 3,017** 12.9 9.0 - 18.2 87.1 81.8 - 91.0
$50,000 or more 4,513** 10.7 7.7 - 14.6 89.3 85.4 - 92.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,096** 12.7 10.1 - 15.9 87.3 84.2 - 89.9
Yes 5,050** 12.3 9.1 - 16.4 87.7 83.6 - 90.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,430** 11.5 8.9 - 14.8 88.5 85.2 - 91.2
Yes 6,859** 13.3 10.4 - 17.0 86.7 83.0 - 89.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 13.6 11.4 - 16.2 86.4 83.8 - 88.6
2500 grams or more 13,207 12.4 10.2 - 14.9 87.6 85.1 - 89.8
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.
* Question 59: Are you or your partner doing anything now to keep from getting pregnant?
** 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 2007 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