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Previous Premature Birth
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 6,746** 89.8 86.7 - 92.3 10.2 7.7 - 13.3
Age                    
<20 years 157** 98.5 93.4 - 99.7 1.5 0.3 - 6.6
20-24 years 1,276** 89.8 81.5 - 94.6 10.2 5.4 - 18.5
25-34 years 4,069** 90.5 86.5 - 93.3 9.5 6.7 - 13.5
35+ years 1,243** 86.8 77.0 - 92.8 13.2 7.2 - 23.0
Mother's Race                  
White 6,442** 89.7 86.5 - 92.2 10.3 7.8 - 13.5
Black 150** # # - # # # - #
Other  151** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 106** # # - # # # - #
No 6,640** 89.7 86.6 - 92.2 10.3 7.8 - 13.5
Education                  
< High School 644** 77.5 59.1 - 89.1 22.6 10.9 - 40.9
High School 2,214** 88.1 82.3 - 92.2 11.9 7.8 - 17.7
> High School 3,885** 92.9 89.4 - 95.3 7.1 4.7 - 10.6
Marital Status                  
Married 4,544** 90.5 86.9 - 93.2 9.5 6.8 - 13.1
Other 2,202** 88.5 81.8 - 92.9 11.5 7.1 - 18.2
Income                    
$14,999 or less 1,551** 86.8 78.2 - 92.3 13.2 7.7 - 21.8
$15,000-24,999 825** 88.6 77.1 - 94.7 11.4 5.3 - 22.9
$25,000-49,999 1,700** 92.0 85.9 - 95.6 8.0 4.4 - 14.1
$50,000 or more 2,315** 91.9 87.0 - 95.1 8.1 4.9 - 13.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 4,250** 89.5 85.4 - 92.5 10.6 7.5 - 14.6
Yes 2,460** 90.4 84.8 - 94.0 9.6 6.0 - 15.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 3,164** 91.4 87.3 - 94.2 8.6 5.8 - 12.7
Yes 3,582** 88.5 83.6 - 92.1 11.5 7.9 - 16.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 341** 65.4 60.3 - 70.2 34.6 29.8 - 39.7
2500 grams or more 6,400** 91.2 87.8 - 93.7 8.9 6.4 - 12.2
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 10: Was the baby just before your new one born more than 3 weeks before it's due date? 
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
# 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