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Maternal Problem with High Blood Pressure?* | ||||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 14,110 | 86.8 | 84.4 | - | 88.8 | 13.2 | 11.2 | - | 15.6 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,176 | 87.0 | 77.3 | - | 92.9 | 13.1 | 7.1 | - | 22.7 | |||
20-24 years | 3,620 | 83.8 | 78.4 | - | 88.1 | 16.2 | 11.9 | - | 21.7 | |||
25-34 years | 7,307 | 88.4 | 85.3 | - | 90.9 | 11.6 | 9.1 | - | 14.7 | |||
35+ years | 2,007 | 86.3 | 79.7 | - | 91.0 | 13.7 | 9.0 | - | 20.3 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 13,392 | 86.9 | 84.6 | - | 89.0 | 13.1 | 11.0 | - | 15.4 | |||
Black | 330 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 373 | 77.6 | 50.3 | - | 92.2 | 22.4 | 7.8 | - | 49.7 | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 208^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 13,871^ | 86.5 | 84.2 | - | 88.6 | 13.5 | 11.4 | - | 15.8 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 1,490 | 93.8 | 86.5 | - | 97.2 | 6.3 | 2.8 | - | 13.5 | |||
High School | 4,761 | 84.6 | 79.9 | - | 88.3 | 15.4 | 11.7 | - | 20.1 | |||
> High School | 7,798 | 86.7 | 83.6 | - | 89.2 | 13.4 | 10.8 | - | 16.4 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 8,592 | 87.3 | 84.4 | - | 89.7 | 12.7 | 10.3 | - | 15.6 | |||
Other | 5,515 | 86.0 | 81.8 | - | 89.3 | 14.0 | 10.7 | - | 18.2 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,840** | 88.3 | 84.0 | - | 91.6 | 11.7 | 8.4 | - | 16.0 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,811** | 79.7 | 71.3 | - | 86.1 | 20.3 | 13.9 | - | 28.7 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,169** | 87.5 | 82.2 | - | 91.3 | 12.6 | 8.7 | - | 17.8 | |||
$50,000 or more | 4,750** | 87.8 | 84.0 | - | 90.8 | 12.2 | 9.2 | - | 16.0 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 8,403** | 86.9 | 84.0 | - | 89.4 | 13.1 | 10.6 | - | 16.1 | |||
Yes | 5,063** | 86.7 | 82.7 | - | 90.0 | 13.3 | 10.1 | - | 17.3 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 7,252** | 87.0 | 83.8 | - | 89.7 | 13.0 | 10.3 | - | 16.2 | |||
Yes | 6,319** | 86.5 | 83.0 | - | 89.4 | 13.5 | 10.6 | - | 17.0 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 892 | 66.2 | 62.9 | - | 69.4 | 33.8 | 30.6 | - | 37.1 | |||
2500 grams or more | 13,207 | 88.0 | 85.5 | - | 90.1 | 12.0 | 9.9 | - | 14.5 | |||
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 Pressure, hypertension (including pregnancy induced), preclampsia, or toxemia | ||||||||||||
** 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 |