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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 |