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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