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Maternal Problem with High Blood Pressure?*
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,605 84.6 82.0 - 86.8 15.4 13.2 - 18.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 82.9 71.9 - 90.1 17.1 9.9 - 28.1
20-24 years 3,490 85.7 80.5 - 89.8 14.3 10.2 - 19.5
25-34 years 7,126 84.2 80.6 - 87.2 15.8 12.8 - 19.4
35+ years 1,867 84.9 77.8 - 90.0 15.1 10.0 - 22.2
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 84.2 81.6 - 86.5 15.8 13.5 - 18.4
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 98.0 95.5 - 99.1 2.0 0.9 - 4.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 84.4 81.8 - 86.6 15.6 13.4 - 18.2
Education                  
< High School 1,477 81.6 70.9 - 89.0 18.4 11.0 - 29.1
High School 4,605 89.1 85.1 - 92.1 10.9 7.9 - 14.9
> High School 7,523 82.9 79.5 - 85.8 17.1 14.2 - 20.5
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 84.2 80.8 - 87.0 15.9 13.0 - 19.2
Other 5,372 85.1 81.0 - 88.5 14.9 11.5 - 19.0
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 85.4 79.6 - 89.7 14.6 10.3 - 20.4
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 86.1 79.2 - 91.0 13.9 9.1 - 20.8
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 83.4 77.5 - 88.0 16.6 12.0 - 22.5
$50,000 or more 4,277** 84.5 80.1 - 88.1 15.5 11.9 - 19.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 83.7 80.3 - 86.6 16.3 13.4 - 19.7
Yes 5,355** 85.8 81.7 - 89.0 14.2 11.0 - 18.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 83.1 79.3 - 86.3 16.9 13.7 - 20.7
Yes 7,062** 85.8 82.3 - 88.7 14.2 11.3 - 17.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 74.2 70.9 - 77.2 25.8 22.8 - 29.2
2500 grams or more 12,689 85.2 82.5 - 87.6 14.8 12.4 - 17.5
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
  high Blood Pressure, hypertension (including pregnancy induced), preclampsia, or toxemia
** 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