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Maternal Problem with Diabetes Before Pregnancy?*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 14,110 98.3 97.1 - 99.0 1.7 1.0 - 2.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 97.5 88.1 - 99.5 2.5 0.5 - 11.9
20-24 years 3,620 97.6 94.2 - 99.0 2.4 1.0 - 5.8
25-34 years 7,307 98.3 96.7 - 99.2 1.7 0.8 - 3.3
35+ years 2,007 99.7 99.3 - 99.9 0.3 0.2 - 0.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 98.5 97.5 - 99.2 1.5 0.8 - 2.5
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 92.1 61.9 - 98.8 7.9 1.2 - 38.1
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 98.2 97.0 - 98.9 1.8 1.1 - 3.0
Education                  
< High School 1,490 96.0 87.3 - 98.8 4.0 1.2 - 12.7
High School 4,761 98.3 95.9 - 99.3 1.7 0.7 - 4.1
> High School 7,798 98.7 97.3 - 99.3 1.4 0.7 - 2.7
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 98.6 97.2 - 99.3 1.5 0.7 - 2.8
Other 5,515 97.8 95.3 - 99.0 2.2 1.0 - 4.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,840** 97.6 94.5 - 99.0 2.4 1.0 - 5.5
$16,000-24,999 1,811** 97.2 92.1 - 99.0 2.8 1.0 - 7.9
$25,000-39,999 3,169** 98.8 95.9 - 99.6 1.2 0.4 - 4.2
$40,000 or more 4,750** 98.9 97.0 - 99.6 1.1 0.4 - 3.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,403** 98.5 96.9 - 99.2 1.5 0.8 - 3.1
Yes 5,063** 97.9 95.7 - 99.0 2.1 1.0 - 4.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,252** 98.7 97.1 - 99.5 1.3 0.6 - 2.9
Yes 6,319** 97.8 95.9 - 98.9 2.2 1.1 - 4.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 97.6 96.2 - 98.5 2.4 1.5 - 3.8
2500 grams or more 13,207 98.3 97.1 - 99.0 1.7 1.0 - 3.0
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
  High Blood Sugar or Diabetes that started before this 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 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