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Teeth Cleaned During Most Recent Pregnancy
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,605 60.7 57.2 - 64.0 39.4 36.0 - 42.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 67.7 55.0 - 78.2 32.3 21.8 - 45.0
20-24 years 3,490 76.9 70.6 - 82.2 23.1 17.8 - 29.4
25-34 years 7,126 57.1 52.3 - 61.9 42.9 38.1 - 47.7
35+ years 1,867 38.1 29.7 - 47.2 61.9 52.8 - 70.3
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 61.1 57.6 - 64.5 38.9 35.5 - 42.4
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 50.1 29.5 - 70.6 49.9 29.4 - 70.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 60.6 57.1 - 64.0 39.4 36.0 - 42.9
Education                  
< High School 1,477 86.2 74.9 - 92.9 13.8 7.1 - 25.1
High School 4,605 74.7 68.7 - 79.8 25.3 20.2 - 31.3
> High School 7,523 47.9 43.5 - 52.4 52.1 47.7 - 56.5
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 49.5 45.0 - 54.1 50.5 46.0 - 55.0
Other 5,372 76.2 71.1 - 80.6 23.8 19.4 - 28.9
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 83.0 76.5 - 88.0 17.0 12.0 - 23.5
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 75.7 66.6 - 83.0 24.3 17.1 - 33.4
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 61.8 54.3 - 68.8 38.2 31.2 - 45.7
$50,000 or more 4,277** 35.3 29.9 - 41.0 64.7 59.0 - 70.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 48.7 44.2 - 53.2 51.3 46.8 - 55.8
Yes 5,355** 78.7 73.6 - 83.0 21.3 17.0 - 26.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 42.0 37.2 - 46.9 58.0 53.1 - 62.8
Yes 7,062** 77.9 73.4 - 81.8 22.2 18.3 - 26.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 66.1 62.4 - 69.6 33.9 30.4 - 37.6
2500 grams or more 12,689 60.3 56.6 - 63.9 39.7 36.1 - 43.4
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 teetch cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist?
 During 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