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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