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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 |