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Health Care Worker Told Mother About the Affects of Mercury | ||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||
Total | 14,110 | 21.6 | 18.9 | - | 24.5 | 78.4 | 75.5 | - | 81.1 | |
Age | ||||||||||
<20 years | 1,176 | 20.4 | 11.7 | - | 33.2 | 79.6 | 66.8 | - | 88.4 | |
20-24 years | 3,620 | 20.0 | 14.9 | - | 26.2 | 80.0 | 73.8 | - | 85.1 | |
25-34 years | 7,307 | 21.3 | 17.7 | - | 25.4 | 78.7 | 74.6 | - | 82.3 | |
35+ years | 2,007 | 25.9 | 19.0 | - | 34.1 | 74.1 | 65.9 | - | 81.0 | |
Mother's Race | ||||||||||
White | 13,392 | 21.7 | 18.9 | - | 24.7 | 78.3 | 75.3 | - | 81.1 | |
Black | 330 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
Other | 373 | 10.4 | 2.4 | - | 35.3 | 89.6 | 64.7 | - | 97.6 | |
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||
Yes | 208^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
No | 13,871^ | 18.8 | 5.6 | - | 47.6 | 81.2 | 52.4 | - | 94.4 | |
Education | ||||||||||
< High School | 1,490 | 31.5 | 20.8 | - | 44.6 | 68.5 | 55.4 | - | 79.2 | |
High School | 4,761 | 19.2 | 15.0 | - | 24.4 | 80.8 | 75.6 | - | 85.0 | |
> High School | 7,798 | 20.8 | 17.5 | - | 24.6 | 79.2 | 75.5 | - | 82.5 | |
Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married | 8,592 | 21.7 | 18.4 | - | 25.4 | 78.3 | 74.6 | - | 81.6 | |
Other | 5,515 | 21.4 | 16.9 | - | 26.6 | 78.6 | 73.4 | - | 83.1 | |
Income | ||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 4,090** | 25.6 | 19.4 | - | 32.9 | 74.5 | 67.1 | - | 80.6 | |
$15,000-24,999 | 1,821** | 19.1 | 12.9 | - | 27.4 | 80.9 | 72.6 | - | 87.1 | |
$25,000-49,999 | 3,054** | 21.1 | 16.0 | - | 27.3 | 78.9 | 72.7 | - | 84.0 | |
$50,000 or more | 4,547** | 19.0 | 15.0 | - | 23.8 | 81.0 | 76.2 | - | 85.0 | |
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||
No | 8,149** | 22.7 | 19.3 | - | 26.5 | 77.4 | 73.6 | - | 80.7 | |
Yes | 5,221** | 19.8 | 15.6 | - | 24.9 | 80.2 | 75.1 | - | 84.4 | |
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||
No | 6,485** | 19.5 | 16.1 | - | 23.5 | 80.5 | 76.5 | - | 83.9 | |
Yes | 7,027** | 23.6 | 19.6 | - | 28.1 | 76.4 | 71.9 | - | 80.4 | |
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||
<2500 grams | 892 | 19.9 | 17.2 | - | 22.9 | 80.1 | 77.1 | - | 82.9 | |
2500 grams or more | 13,207 | 21.7 | 18.8 | - | 24.8 | 78.3 | 75.2 | - | 81.2 | |
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: Variable developed from Q66. At any time during your prenatal care, did a doctor, nurse, or other health | ||||||||||
care worker talk with you about how eating fish containing high levels of mercury could affect your baby? | ||||||||||
** 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 | ||||||||||