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Prenatal Care as Early as Wanted
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      No Yes Did Not Want Prenatal Care
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,605 13.3 11.2 - 15.7 86.2 83.7 - 88.4 0.5 0.2 - 1.5
Age                            
<20 years 1,119 23.2 14.6 - 34.7 74.8 63.1 - 83.8 2.0 0.3 - 12.1
20-24 years 3,490 14.3 10.3 - 19.5 84.4 79.1 - 88.6 1.3 0.4 - 4.5
25-34 years 7,126 11.3 8.7 - 14.6 88.7 85.4 - 91.3 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
35+ years 1,867 11.8 7.1 - 18.8 88.2 81.2 - 92.9 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Mother's Race                          
White 12,829 12.9 10.8 - 15.4 86.6 84.1 - 88.8 0.5 0.2 - 1.6
Black 367 # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other  390 16.9 6.3 - 38.3 82.2 61.3 - 93.1 0.8 0.2 - 3.5
Hispanic Origin                          
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 13.3 11.1 - 15.7 86.2 83.7 - 88.4 0.5 0.2 - 1.5
Education                          
< High School 1,477 15.4 8.8 - 25.6 82.7 72.2 - 89.8 1.9 0.4 - 9.5
High School 4,605 15.1 11.3 - 20.0 83.9 79.0 - 87.9 0.9 0.2 - 3.6
> High School 7,523 11.8 9.3 - 14.8 88.2 85.2 - 90.7 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Marital Status                          
Married 8,232 10.3 8.0 - 13.2 89.7 86.8 - 92.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Other 5,372 17.2 13.6 - 21.6 81.5 77.0 - 85.3 1.2 0.4 - 3.5
Income                            
$14,999 or less 3,041** 19.4 14.3 - 25.8 80.0 73.6 - 85.2 0.6 0.1 - 3.6
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 12.2 7.7 - 18.9 85.5 78.3 - 90.6 2.3 0.6 - 8.2
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 11.7 7.8 - 17.2 88.3 82.8 - 92.2 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
$50,000 or more 4,277** 11.2 8.1 - 15.2 88.8 84.7 - 91.8 0.1 0.0 - 0.3
Enrolled in WIC                          
No 7,660** 12.5 9.9 - 15.6 87.1 84.0 - 89.7 0.4 0.1 - 1.9
Yes 5,355** 14.4 11.0 - 18.7 85.1 80.8 - 88.6 0.5 0.1 - 2.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                        
No 6,009** 12.2 9.4 - 15.6 87.8 84.4 - 90.6 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Yes 7,062** 14.2 11.2 - 17.8 84.9 81.1 - 88.0 1.0 0.3 - 2.8
Infant's birth weight                          
<2500 grams 910 19.2 16.5 - 22.4 80.3 77.2 - 83.1 0.5 0.1 - 1.8
2500 grams or more 12,689 12.9 10.7 - 15.5 86.6 83.9 - 88.9 0.5 0.2 - 1.6
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 17:  Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted?
** 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 2008 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