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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