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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 |