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Maternal Problem with Diabetes Started During Pregnancy?*
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,605 90.2 88.1 - 92.0 9.8 8.0 - 11.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 92.6 83.5 - 96.8 7.4 3.2 - 16.5
20-24 years 3,490 94.2 90.4 - 96.5 5.8 3.5 - 9.6
25-34 years 7,126 90.7 87.6 - 93.0 9.3 7.0 - 12.4
35+ years 1,867 80.0 72.1 - 86.0 20.0 14.0 - 27.9
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 90.2 88.0 - 92.0 9.8 8.0 - 12.1
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 88.2 71.2 - 95.7 11.8 4.3 - 28.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,365^ 90.1 87.9 - 91.9 9.9 8.1 - 12.1
Education                  
< High School 1,477 92.5 83.7 - 96.7 7.6 3.3 - 16.3
High School 4,605 89.7 85.6 - 92.8 10.3 7.2 - 14.5
> High School 7,523 90.0 87.2 - 92.2 10.0 7.8 - 12.8
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 88.6 85.5 - 91.0 11.5 9.0 - 14.5
Other 5,372 92.5 89.3 - 94.9 7.5 5.2 - 10.7
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 91.5 86.6 - 94.7 8.5 5.3 - 13.4
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 93.2 87.4 - 96.4 6.8 3.6 - 12.6
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 90.5 85.4 - 93.9 9.6 6.1 - 14.6
$50,000 or more 4,277** 88.2 84.1 - 91.4 11.8 8.7 - 15.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 89.2 86.3 - 91.6 10.8 8.4 - 13.7
Yes 5,355** 91.7 88.2 - 94.2 8.3 5.8 - 11.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 89.5 86.2 - 92.1 10.5 8.0 - 13.8
Yes 7,062** 90.9 87.9 - 93.2 9.1 6.8 - 12.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 86.4 83.7 - 88.7 13.6 11.3 - 16.3
2500 grams or more 12,689 90.5 88.2 - 92.4 9.5 7.7 - 11.8
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 25: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
  High Blood Sugar or Diabetes that started during this 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 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