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Health Care Worker Told Mother About the Affects of Mercury
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,605 20.1 17.5 - 23.1 79.9 77.0 - 82.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 24.3 15.2 - 36.6 75.7 63.5 - 84.8
20-24 years 3,490 16.9 12.2 - 23.0 83.1 77.1 - 87.8
25-34 years 7,126 18.7 15.3 - 22.7 81.3 77.3 - 84.7
35+ years 1,867 28.1 20.8 - 36.8 71.9 63.2 - 79.2
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 19.4 16.7 - 22.3 80.6 77.7 - 83.3
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 39.4 22.7 - 59.0 60.7 41.0 - 77.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 19.6 17.0 - 22.6 80.4 77.4 - 83.0
Education                  
< High School 1,477 25.2 16.0 - 37.3 74.8 62.7 - 84.0
High School 4,605 22.3 17.5 - 28.0 77.7 72.0 - 82.5
> High School 7,523 17.8 14.7 - 21.3 82.3 78.7 - 85.3
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 19.0 15.8 - 22.6 81.1 77.4 - 84.3
Other 5,372 21.8 17.5 - 26.8 78.2 73.2 - 82.5
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 24.7 18.7 - 31.9 75.3 68.1 - 81.3
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 12.9 8.1 - 20.1 87.1 79.9 - 91.9
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 23.4 17.7 - 30.3 76.6 69.7 - 82.3
$50,000 or more 4,277** 17.2 13.3 - 21.9 82.8 78.1 - 86.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 19.0 15.8 - 22.7 81.0 77.3 - 84.2
Yes 5,355** 21.9 17.5 - 27.0 78.1 73.1 - 82.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 18.5 15.0 - 22.6 81.5 77.4 - 85.0
Yes 7,062** 21.5 17.8 - 25.9 78.5 74.1 - 82.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 15.7 13.1 - 18.7 84.3 81.3 - 86.9
2500 grams or more 12,689 20.4 17.6 - 23.5 79.6 76.5 - 82.4
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: Variable developed from Q66. At any time during your prenatal care, did a doctor, nurse, or other health 
care worker talk with you about how eating fish containing high levels of mercury could affect your baby?
** 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