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Teeth Cleaned Before Most Recent Pregnancy | |||||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,110 | 12.6 | 10.5 | - | 15.1 | 87.4 | 84.9 | - | 89.5 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,176 | 16.0 | 8.3 | - | 28.8 | 84.0 | 71.2 | - | 91.8 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,620 | 15.2 | 10.9 | - | 20.9 | 84.8 | 79.1 | - | 89.1 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,307 | 11.7 | 9.0 | - | 15.1 | 88.3 | 84.9 | - | 91.0 | ||||
35+ years | 2,007 | 9.1 | 5.3 | - | 15.1 | 90.9 | 84.9 | - | 94.7 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,392 | 12.5 | 10.3 | - | 15.0 | 87.5 | 85.0 | - | 89.7 | ||||
Black | 330 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 373 | 22.6 | 7.3 | - | 52.0 | 77.4 | 48.0 | - | 92.7 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 208^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,871^ | 12.5 | 10.3 | - | 15.0 | 87.5 | 85.0 | - | 89.7 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,490 | 18.2 | 10.0 | - | 30.7 | 81.8 | 69.3 | - | 90.0 | ||||
High School | 4,761 | 15.1 | 11.2 | - | 20.0 | 84.9 | 80.0 | - | 88.8 | ||||
> High School | 7,798 | 10.3 | 7.9 | - | 13.3 | 89.7 | 86.7 | - | 92.1 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,592 | 10.9 | 8.5 | - | 13.8 | 89.1 | 86.2 | - | 91.5 | ||||
Other | 5,515 | 15.1 | 11.4 | - | 19.9 | 84.9 | 80.2 | - | 88.6 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 4,090** | 18.4 | 13.2 | - | 25.1 | 81.6 | 74.9 | - | 86.8 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,821** | 15.1 | 9.4 | - | 23.3 | 84.9 | 76.8 | - | 90.6 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,054** | 14.4 | 10.1 | - | 20.1 | 85.6 | 79.9 | - | 89.9 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,547** | 6.8 | 4.5 | - | 10.1 | 93.2 | 89.9 | - | 95.5 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,149** | 10.8 | 8.4 | - | 13.8 | 89.2 | 86.2 | - | 91.6 | ||||
Yes | 5,221** | 15.3 | 11.5 | - | 20.0 | 84.7 | 80.0 | - | 88.5 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 6,485** | 9.7 | 7.2 | - | 12.8 | 90.3 | 87.2 | - | 92.8 | ||||
Yes | 7,027** | 15.3 | 12.0 | - | 19.3 | 84.7 | 80.7 | - | 88.0 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 892 | 15.5 | 13.0 | - | 18.4 | 84.5 | 81.7 | - | 87.0 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,207 | 12.4 | 10.2 | - | 15.1 | 87.6 | 84.9 | - | 89.8 | ||||
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? | |||||||||||||
Before 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 | |||||||||||||
Maine Department of Health and Human Services | |||||||||||||
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics |