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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