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Maternal Problem with Placenta?*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 14,110 94.5 92.9 - 95.8 5.5 4.2 - 7.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 95.6 87.0 - 98.6 4.4 1.4 - 13.0
20-24 years 3,620 98.2 96.2 - 99.2 1.8 0.8 - 3.8
25-34 years 7,307 93.3 90.7 - 95.2 6.7 4.8 - 9.3
35+ years 2,007 91.6 85.8 - 95.1 8.5 4.9 - 14.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 94.5 92.8 - 95.8 5.5 4.2 - 7.2
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 100.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 94.5 92.8 - 95.7 5.6 4.3 - 7.2
Education                  
< High School 1,490 91.8 82.0 - 96.5 8.3 3.5 - 18.1
High School 4,761 96.8 94.7 - 98.1 3.2 1.9 - 5.3
> High School 7,798 93.8 91.5 - 95.5 6.2 4.6 - 8.5
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 93.4 91.1 - 95.1 6.6 4.9 - 8.9
Other 5,515 96.2 93.6 - 97.8 3.8 2.2 - 6.4
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,840** 95.4 91.9 - 97.4 4.6 2.6 - 8.1
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 99.4 98.9 - 99.7 0.6 0.3 - 1.1
$25,000-49,999 3,169** 93.8 90.2 - 96.1 6.2 3.9 - 9.8
$50,000 or more 4,750** 92.3 88.8 - 94.7 7.7 5.3 - 11.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,403** 92.8 90.4 - 94.6 7.2 5.4 - 9.6
Yes 5,063** 97.2 94.9 - 98.5 2.8 1.5 - 5.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,252** 92.6 89.9 - 94.6 7.4 5.4 - 10.1
Yes 6,319** 96.3 94.2 - 97.7 3.7 2.3 - 5.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 81.9 79.1 - 84.5 18.1 15.6 - 20.9
2500 grams or more 13,207 95.3 93.5 - 96.6 4.7 3.4 - 6.5
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?
  Problems with the placenta such as abruptio placentae or placenta previa
** 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