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Previous Low Weight Birth
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 6,717** 91.4 88.4 - 93.7 8.6 6.3 - 11.6
Age                    
<20 years 149** 80.5 42.1 - 95.9 19.5 4.1 - 57.9
20-24 years 1,559** 84.3 75.0 - 90.6 15.7 9.5 - 25.0
25-34 years 3,734** 93.9 90.4 - 96.1 6.1 3.9 - 9.6
35+ years 1,274** 94.1 87.5 - 97.3 5.9 2.7 - 12.5
Mother's Race                  
White 6,454** 91.5 88.4 - 93.8 8.5 6.2 - 11.6
Black 77** # # - # # # - #
Other  162** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 167** # # - # # # - #
No 6,546** 91.3 88.2 - 93.7 8.7 6.3 - 11.8
Education                  
< High School 745** 78.5 62.4 - 89.0 21.5 11.1 - 37.6
High School 2,234** 90.0 83.8 - 93.9 10.1 6.1 - 16.2
> High School 3,689** 94.8 91.7 - 96.7 5.2 3.3 - 8.3
Marital Status                  
Married 4,403** 94.2 91.1 - 96.2 5.8 3.8 - 8.9
Other 2,314** 86.1 79.1 - 91.0 13.9 9.0 - 20.9
Income                    
$14,999 or less 1,414** 81.1 71.3 - 88.1 18.9 11.9 - 28.7
$15,000-24,999 1096** 91.3 81.7 - 96.1 8.7 3.9 - 18.3
$25,000-49,999 1,414** 95.5 89.8 - 98.1 4.5 1.9 - 10.2
$50,000 or more 2,228** 95.1 90.9 - 97.4 4.9 2.6 - 9.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 3,886** 93.3 89.5 - 95.7 6.8 4.3 - 10.5
Yes 2,794** 89.3 83.8 - 93.1 10.7 6.9 - 16.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 2,943** 95.3 91.9 - 97.3 4.7 2.7 - 8.1
Yes 3,774** 88.4 83.5 - 91.9 11.7 8.1 - 16.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 362** 76.4 71.3 - 80.8 23.6 19.2 - 28.7
2500 grams or more 6,353** 92.3 89.0 - 94.6 7.8 5.4 - 11.0
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 9: Did the baby born just before your new one weigh 5 pounds 8 oz (2.5 kilos) or less at birth?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
# 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