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Mother Had a Dental Problem and Needed to See a Dentist*
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 74.3 71.2 - 77.1 25.8 22.9 - 28.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,122 78.4 64.5 - 87.9 21.6 12.1 - 35.5
20-24 years 3,506 63.4 56.8 - 69.5 36.6 30.5 - 43.2
25-34 years 7,467 76.9 72.8 - 80.5 23.1 19.5 - 27.2
35+ years 2,013 84.1 76.8 - 89.4 15.9 10.6 - 23.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,467 74.6 71.5 - 77.5 25.4 22.5 - 28.5
Black 259 # # - # # # - #
Other  358 63.1 35.4 - 84.2 36.9 15.8 - 64.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 179^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,905^ 74.6 71.5 - 77.5 25.4 22.6 - 28.5
Education                  
< High School 1,539 66.2 55.2 - 75.6 33.8 24.4 - 44.8
High School 4,747 68.3 62.4 - 73.7 31.7 26.3 - 37.6
> High School 7,783 79.8 76.2 - 83.0 20.2 17.0 - 23.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,182 77.5 73.8 - 80.8 22.5 19.2 - 26.2
Other 4,922 68.7 63.1 - 73.7 31.4 26.3 - 36.9
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,704** 61.6 55.0 - 67.9 38.4 32.1 - 45.0
$15,000-24,999 1,762** 75.0 66.1 - 82.2 25.0 17.8 - 33.9
$25,000-49,999 3,580** 73.6 67.4 - 78.9 26.5 21.1 - 32.6
$50,000 or more 4,501** 85.0 80.6 - 88.5 15.0 11.5 - 19.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,572** 79.6 76.0 - 82.8 20.4 17.3 - 24.0
Yes 4,878** 65.3 59.7 - 70.6 34.7 29.5 - 40.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,062** 82.9 79.2 - 86.1 17.1 13.9 - 20.8
Yes 6,485** 65.0 60.1 - 69.5 35.1 30.5 - 39.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 963 72.1 68.7 - 75.3 27.9 24.7 - 31.3
2500 grams or more 13,140 74.4 71.1 - 77.4 25.6 22.6 - 28.9
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 77.  This question is about the care of your teeth during your most recent pregnancy.
a. I needed to see a dentist for a problem
** 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 2005 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