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Teeth Cleaned After Most Recent Pregnancy
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,605 73.2 70.0 - 76.2 26.8 23.8 - 30.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 85.1 73.4 - 92.2 14.9 7.8 - 26.6
20-24 years 3,490 86.1 80.7 - 90.1 13.9 9.9 - 19.3
25-34 years 7,126 68.5 63.8 - 72.8 31.5 27.2 - 36.2
35+ years 1,867 58.7 49.5 - 67.4 41.3 32.7 - 50.5
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 72.6 69.3 - 75.7 27.4 24.3 - 30.7
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 90.2 70.3 - 97.3 9.8 2.7 - 29.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 73.3 70.1 - 76.3 26.7 23.7 - 29.9
Education                  
< High School 1,477 90.8 80.4 - 96.0 9.2 4.0 - 19.6
High School 4,605 85.0 79.9 - 89.0 15.0 11.0 - 20.1
> High School 7,523 62.9 58.5 - 67.2 37.1 32.9 - 41.5
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 65.3 60.9 - 69.5 34.7 30.6 - 39.1
Other 5,372 84.3 79.8 - 88.0 15.7 12.1 - 20.2
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 91.2 86.0 - 94.6 8.8 5.4 - 14.0
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 85.0 77.0 - 90.6 15.0 9.4 - 23.1
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 73.6 66.5 - 79.6 26.5 20.4 - 33.6
$50,000 or more 4,277** 54.7 48.8 - 60.4 45.3 39.6 - 51.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 66.0 61.6 - 70.1 34.0 29.9 - 38.4
Yes 5,355** 84.3 79.7 - 88.0 15.7 12.0 - 20.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 60.5 55.6 - 65.2 39.5 34.8 - 44.5
Yes 7,062** 84.9 81.0 - 88.2 15.1 11.8 - 19.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 75.7 72.3 - 78.9 24.3 21.1 - 27.7
2500 grams or more 12,689 73.1 69.7 - 76.2 27.0 23.8 - 30.4
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 79: When did you have your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist? After my most recent 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