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Teeth Cleaned After Most Recent Pregnancy | ||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | |||||
Total | 14,110 | 68.0 | 64.6 | - | 71.2 | 32.0 | 28.8 | - | 35.4 | |
Age | ||||||||||
<20 years | 1,176 | 65.8 | 51.2 | - | 78.0 | 34.2 | 22.1 | - | 48.8 | |
20-24 years | 3,620 | 82.3 | 76.3 | - | 87.1 | 17.7 | 13.0 | - | 23.7 | |
25-34 years | 7,307 | 66.4 | 61.7 | - | 70.8 | 33.6 | 29.2 | - | 38.3 | |
35+ years | 2,007 | 49.4 | 40.5 | - | 58.4 | 50.6 | 41.6 | - | 59.5 | |
Mother's Race | ||||||||||
White | 13,392 | 67.8 | 64.3 | - | 71.0 | 32.3 | 29.0 | - | 35.7 | |
Black | 330 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
Other | 373 | 77.5 | 44.7 | - | 93.6 | 22.5 | 6.4 | - | 55.4 | |
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||
Yes | 208^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
No | 13,871^ | 68.4 | 65.0 | - | 71.6 | 31.6 | 28.4 | - | 35.0 | |
Education | ||||||||||
< High School | 1,490 | 81.1 | 67.8 | - | 89.8 | 18.9 | 10.2 | - | 32.2 | |
High School | 4,761 | 79.7 | 74.1 | - | 84.4 | 20.3 | 15.6 | - | 25.9 | |
> High School | 7,798 | 60.0 | 55.6 | - | 64.3 | 40.0 | 35.7 | - | 44.4 | |
Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married | 8,592 | 61.9 | 57.7 | - | 66.0 | 38.1 | 34.0 | - | 42.3 | |
Other | 5,515 | 77.6 | 72.0 | - | 82.3 | 22.4 | 17.7 | - | 28.0 | |
Income | ||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 4,090** | 83.4 | 76.2 | - | 88.7 | 16.6 | 11.3 | - | 23.8 | |
$15,000-24,999 | 1,821** | 77.0 | 67.5 | - | 84.3 | 23.0 | 15.7 | - | 32.5 | |
$25,000-49,999 | 3,054** | 72.4 | 65.5 | - | 78.3 | 27.6 | 21.7 | - | 34.5 | |
$50,000 or more | 4,547** | 51.6 | 45.9 | - | 57.3 | 48.4 | 42.7 | - | 54.1 | |
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||
No | 8,149** | 61.4 | 57.1 | - | 65.6 | 38.6 | 34.5 | - | 42.9 | |
Yes | 5,221** | 79.5 | 74.1 | - | 84.1 | 20.5 | 15.9 | - | 25.9 | |
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||
No | 6,485** | 55.2 | 50.4 | - | 59.9 | 44.8 | 40.1 | - | 49.6 | |
Yes | 7,027** | 80.7 | 76.2 | - | 84.5 | 19.3 | 15.5 | - | 23.8 | |
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||
<2500 grams | 892 | 72.2 | 68.7 | - | 75.5 | 27.8 | 24.5 | - | 31.3 | |
2500 grams or more | 13,207 | 67.8 | 64.2 | - | 71.1 | 32.3 | 28.9 | - | 35.8 | |
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 79: When did you have your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist? After my most recent pregnancy | ||||||||||
** 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 | ||||||||||