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Teeth Cleaned During Most Recent Pregnancy
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 58.1 54.7 - 61.6 41.9 38.5 - 45.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 71.5 57.4 - 82.4 28.5 17.6 - 42.6
20-24 years 3,620 76.6 70.0 - 82.0 23.5 18.0 - 30.0
25-34 years 7,307 51.3 46.5 - 56.1 48.7 43.9 - 53.5
35+ years 2,007 42.6 34.1 - 51.5 57.4 48.5 - 65.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 57.7 54.2 - 61.2 42.3 38.8 - 45.8
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 64.6 33.6 - 86.8 35.4 13.2 - 66.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 58.2 54.7 - 61.6 41.8 38.4 - 45.3
Education                  
< High School 1,490 78.5 65.0 - 87.8 21.5 12.3 - 35.0
High School 4,761 76.0 70.3 - 81.0 24.0 19.0 - 29.8
> High School 7,798 46.2 41.8 - 50.6 53.8 49.4 - 58.2
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 47.4 43.2 - 51.7 52.6 48.3 - 56.8
Other 5,515 75.8 70.2 - 80.6 24.2 19.4 - 29.8
Income                    
$14,999 or less 4,090** 86.7 80.2 - 91.3 13.3 8.8 - 19.8
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 71.3 61.4 - 79.5 28.7 20.5 - 38.6
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 62.8 55.7 - 69.4 37.2 30.7 - 44.3
$50,000 or more 4,547** 32.7 27.7 - 38.2 67.3 61.8 - 72.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,149** 46.5 42.2 - 50.8 53.5 49.2 - 57.8
Yes 5,221** 79.2 73.8 - 83.7 20.8 16.3 - 26.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,485** 39.0 34.5 - 43.7 61.0 56.3 - 65.5
Yes 7,027** 77.4 72.8 - 81.5 22.6 18.5 - 27.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 60.9 57.3 - 64.5 39.1 35.6 - 42.8
2500 grams or more 13,207 58.0 54.3 - 61.6 42.0 38.4 - 45.7
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 teetch cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist?
 During 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