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Mother Had a Dental Problem and Needed to See a Dentist*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 75.4 72.3 - 78.3 24.6 21.8 - 27.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 60.6 47.5 - 72.4 39.4 27.6 - 52.5
20-24 years 3,620 72.3 65.8 - 78.0 27.7 22.0 - 34.2
25-34 years 7,307 77.8 73.6 - 81.5 22.2 18.5 - 26.4
35+ years 2,007 81.5 73.7 - 87.3 18.5 12.7 - 26.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 76.0 72.9 - 78.9 24.0 21.1 - 27.1
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 58.7 33.4 - 80.1 41.4 19.9 - 66.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 75.3 72.1 - 78.1 24.8 21.9 - 27.9
Education                  
< High School 1,490 64.3 51.5 - 75.4 35.7 24.6 - 48.5
High School 4,761 71.0 65.3 - 76.1 29.0 23.9 - 34.7
> High School 7,798 80.2 76.4 - 83.4 19.9 16.6 - 23.6
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 81.3 77.8 - 84.4 18.7 15.6 - 22.2
Other 5,515 66.6 61.0 - 71.8 33.4 28.2 - 39.0
Income                    
$14,999 or less 4,090** 60.6 53.1 - 67.7 39.4 32.4 - 46.9
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 70.2 61.0 - 78.0 29.8 22.0 - 39.1
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 78.0 71.8 - 83.2 22.0 16.8 - 28.3
$50,000 or more 4,547** 87.5 83.4 - 90.8 12.5 9.2 - 16.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,149** 79.8 76.2 - 83.1 20.2 16.9 - 23.8
Yes 5,221** 67.7 62.1 - 72.9 32.3 27.1 - 37.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,485** 83.5 79.7 - 86.7 16.5 13.3 - 20.3
Yes 7,027** 68.0 63.2 - 72.4 32.0 27.6 - 36.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 77.2 74.1 - 80.1 22.8 19.9 - 25.9
2500 grams or more 13,207 75.3 72.0 - 78.3 24.7 21.7 - 28.0
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 77.  This question is about the care of your teeth during your most recent pregnancy.
a. I needed to see a dentist for a problem
** 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