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Teeth Cleaned Before Most Recent Pregnancy
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,605 12.5 10.3 - 15.0 87.5 85.0 - 89.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 12.5 6.3 - 23.5 87.5 76.5 - 93.7
20-24 years 3,490 16.0 11.5 - 21.8 84.0 78.2 - 88.5
25-34 years 7,126 11.3 8.6 - 14.8 88.7 85.2 - 91.4
35+ years 1,867 9.8 5.6 - 16.4 90.2 83.6 - 94.4
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 12.5 10.4 - 15.1 87.5 84.9 - 89.7
Black 367  # # - # # # - #
Other  390 10.4 2.9 - 30.9 89.7 69.1 - 97.1
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 12.4 10.3 - 14.9 87.6 85.1 - 89.8
Education                  
< High School 1,477 16.4 9.3 - 27.3 83.6 72.7 - 90.7
High School 4,605 16.8 12.7 - 22.0 83.2 78.0 - 87.3
> High School 7,523 9.2 7.0 - 12.1 90.8 87.9 - 93.0
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 13.0 10.2 - 16.4 87.0 83.6 - 89.8
Other 5,372 11.8 8.7 - 15.8 88.2 84.2 - 91.3
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 16.2 11.4 - 22.6 83.8 77.4 - 88.6
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 18.5 12.4 - 26.6 81.6 73.4 - 87.6
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 17.3 12.2 - 23.9 82.7 76.1 - 87.8
$50,000 or more 4,277** 5.7 3.5 - 9.0 94.3 91.0 - 96.5
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 10.3 7.8 - 13.3 89.7 86.7 - 92.2
Yes 5,355** 15.7 12.1 - 20.3 84.3 79.7 - 87.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 8.1 5.8 - 11.2 91.9 88.8 - 94.2
Yes 7,062** 16.3 13.0 - 20.3 83.7 79.7 - 87.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 15.6 13.0 - 18.7 84.4 81.3 - 87.0
2500 grams or more 12,689 12.3 10.0 - 15.0 87.7 85.0 - 90.0
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 79: When did you have your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist?
Before 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
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics