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Mother received a Mercury in Fish Brochure and Safe Eating Guidelines
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,110 27.6 24.7 - 30.8 72.4 69.2 - 75.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 28.6 18.1 - 42.0 71.5 58.0 - 81.9
20-24 years 3,620 28.2 22.4 - 34.9 71.8 65.1 - 77.7
25-34 years 7,307 28.7 24.7 - 33.1 71.3 66.9 - 75.3
35+ years 2,007 22.6 16.2 - 30.6 77.4 69.4 - 83.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 27.2 24.2 - 30.4 72.8 69.6 - 75.8
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 33.6 15.1 - 59.1 66.4 40.9 - 85.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 27.4 24.4 - 30.6 72.6 69.4 - 75.6
Education                  
< High School 1,490 39.0 27.2 - 52.2 61.0 47.8 - 72.8
High School 4,761 28.5 23.4 - 34.3 71.5 65.7 - 76.6
> High School 7,798 25.0 21.4 - 28.9 75.0 71.1 - 78.6
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 25.8 22.3 - 29.6 74.3 70.4 - 77.7
Other 5,515 30.6 25.5 - 36.3 69.4 63.7 - 74.5
Income                    
$14,999 or less 4,090** 35.3 28.3 - 43.1 64.7 57.0 - 71.7
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 33.9 25.5 - 43.3 66.2 56.7 - 74.5
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 27.3 21.6 - 33.9 72.7 66.1 - 78.4
$50,000 or more 4,547** 20.8 16.7 - 25.7 79.2 74.3 - 83.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,149** 24.8 21.3 - 28.6 75.2 71.4 - 78.7
Yes 5,221** 32.5 27.2 - 38.2 67.6 61.8 - 72.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,485** 21.2 17.6 - 25.2 78.8 74.8 - 82.4
Yes 7,027** 33.9 29.4 - 38.8 66.1 61.2 - 70.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 29.8 26.6 - 33.2 70.2 66.8 - 73.4
2500 grams or more 13,207 27.5 24.4 - 30.9 72.5 69.1 - 75.6
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 Q67. At any time during your prenatal care, did a doctor, nurse
or other health care worker give you a brochure about mercury levels in fish and safe eating guidelines to protect you 
and 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