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Maternal Problem with Premature Labor?* | ||||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 14,110 | 80.5 | 77.8 | - | 83.0 | 19.5 | 17.0 | - | 22.2 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,176 | 75.2 | 63.5 | - | 84.1 | 24.8 | 15.9 | - | 36.5 | |||
20-24 years | 3,620 | 77.2 | 71.1 | - | 82.3 | 22.8 | 17.7 | - | 28.9 | |||
25-34 years | 7,307 | 82.4 | 78.7 | - | 85.5 | 17.7 | 14.5 | - | 21.3 | |||
35+ years | 2,007 | 83.5 | 76.3 | - | 88.8 | 16.5 | 11.2 | - | 23.7 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 13,392 | 80.4 | 77.6 | - | 82.9 | 19.6 | 17.1 | - | 22.4 | |||
Black | 330 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 373 | 97.5 | 93.8 | - | 99.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 | - | 6.3 | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 208^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 13,871^ | 80.7 | 78.0 | - | 83.2 | 19.3 | 16.8 | - | 22.0 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 1,490 | 75.4 | 63.5 | - | 84.4 | 24.6 | 15.7 | - | 36.6 | |||
High School | 4,761 | 78.2 | 73.2 | - | 82.5 | 21.8 | 17.5 | - | 26.8 | |||
> High School | 7,798 | 83.1 | 79.7 | - | 86.0 | 16.9 | 14.0 | - | 20.3 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 8,592 | 82.5 | 79.2 | - | 85.3 | 17.5 | 14.7 | - | 20.8 | |||
Other | 5,515 | 77.7 | 72.8 | - | 81.9 | 22.3 | 18.1 | - | 27.2 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$15,999 or less | 3,840** | 73.9 | 67.9 | - | 79.1 | 26.1 | 20.9 | - | 32.1 | |||
$16,000-24,999 | 1,811** | 76.7 | 68.3 | - | 83.5 | 23.3 | 16.5 | - | 31.7 | |||
$25,000-39,999 | 3,169** | 83.9 | 78.5 | - | 88.2 | 16.1 | 11.8 | - | 21.5 | |||
$40,000 or more | 4,750** | 85.8 | 81.6 | - | 89.1 | 14.2 | 10.9 | - | 18.4 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 8,403** | 82.1 | 78.8 | - | 85.0 | 17.9 | 15.0 | - | 21.2 | |||
Yes | 5,063** | 78.2 | 73.3 | - | 82.4 | 21.8 | 17.6 | - | 26.7 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 7,252** | 85.2 | 81.7 | - | 88.0 | 14.8 | 12.0 | - | 18.3 | |||
Yes | 6,319** | 76.3 | 72.0 | - | 80.1 | 23.7 | 19.9 | - | 28.0 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 892 | 52.8 | 49.3 | - | 56.3 | 47.2 | 43.8 | - | 50.7 | |||
2500 grams or more | 13,207 | 82.2 | 79.3 | - | 84.8 | 17.8 | 15.2 | - | 20.7 | |||
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? | ||||||||||||
i. Labor pains more than 3 weeks before your baby was due (preterm or early labor) | ||||||||||||
** 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 |