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Maternal Problem with Diabetes Started During Pregnancy?*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 14,110 89.6 87.4 - 91.5 10.4 8.5 - 12.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 94.4 85.3 - 98.0 5.6 2.0 - 14.8
20-24 years 3,620 93.1 88.8 - 95.8 6.9 4.2 - 11.2
25-34 years 7,307 89.0 85.6 - 91.6 11.0 8.4 - 14.4
35+ years 2,007 82.5 75.1 - 88.0 17.5 12.0 - 24.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 89.7 87.4 - 91.6 10.3 8.4 - 12.6
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 83.4 55.6 - 95.3 16.6 4.7 - 44.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 89.6 87.3 - 91.5 10.4 8.5 - 12.7
Education                  
< High School 1,490 86.5 75.5 - 93.0 13.6 7.0 - 24.5
High School 4,761 91.5 87.6 - 94.2 8.5 5.8 - 12.5
> High School 7,798 89.1 86.2 - 91.5 10.9 8.5 - 13.8
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 89.6 86.7 - 91.9 10.5 8.1 - 13.3
Other 5,515 89.7 85.8 - 92.6 10.3 7.4 - 14.2
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,840** 91.8 87.4 - 94.7 8.3 5.3 - 12.7
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 88.6 81.5 - 93.3 11.4 6.8 - 18.6
$25,000-49,999 3,169** 85.8 80.1 - 90.0 14.2 10.0 - 19.9
$50,000 or more 4,750** 90.6 86.9 - 93.4 9.4 6.6 - 13.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,403** 90.3 87.5 - 92.5 9.7 7.5 - 12.5
Yes 5,063** 88.4 84.3 - 91.6 11.6 8.4 - 15.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,252** 89.1 85.8 - 91.7 10.9 8.3 - 14.2
Yes 6,319** 90.1 86.8 - 92.6 9.9 7.4 - 13.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 88.4 86.0 - 90.4 11.6 9.6 - 14.0
2500 grams or more 13,207 89.7 87.3 - 91.7 10.3 8.3 - 12.7
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 during 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