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Birth Control Not Used
Before Pregnancy, Mother Did Not Think She Could Become Pregnant?* |
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1999 Maine
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
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No |
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Yes |
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Groups |
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Population |
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CI |
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CI |
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Total |
10,286** |
91.2 |
89.2 |
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93.2 |
8.8 |
6.8 |
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10.8 |
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Age |
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<20 years |
763** |
74.7 |
63.2 |
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86.2 |
25.3 |
13.8 |
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36.8 |
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20-24 years |
2,311** |
90.2 |
85.8 |
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94.7 |
9.8 |
5.3 |
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14.2 |
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25-34 years |
5,739** |
93.8 |
91.5 |
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96.0 |
6.2 |
4.0 |
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8.5 |
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35+ years |
1,473** |
91.6 |
86.3 |
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96.8 |
8.4 |
3.2 |
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13.7 |
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Mother's Race |
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White |
10,012** |
91.6 |
89.7 |
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93.6 |
8.4 |
6.4 |
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10.3 |
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Black |
69** |
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Other |
188** |
74.4 |
50.4 |
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98.4 |
25.6 |
0.0 |
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49.6 |
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Hispanic Origin |
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Yes |
16** |
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No |
9,620** |
91.1 |
89.0 |
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93.2 |
8.9 |
6.8 |
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11.0 |
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Education |
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< High School |
1,056** |
77.0 |
67.5 |
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86.5 |
23.0 |
13.5 |
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32.5 |
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High School |
3,792** |
90.0 |
86.4 |
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93.5 |
10.1 |
6.5 |
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13.6 |
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>High School |
5,418** |
94.9 |
92.7 |
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97.0 |
5.1 |
3.0 |
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7.3 |
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Marital Status |
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Married |
7,519** |
93.2 |
91.1 |
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95.3 |
6.8 |
4.7 |
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8.9 |
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Other |
2,767** |
85.8 |
81.1 |
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90.5 |
14.2 |
9.5 |
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18.9 |
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Income |
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$15,999 or less |
2,592** |
84.7 |
79.7 |
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89.7 |
15.3 |
10.3 |
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20.3 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,229** |
88.7 |
82.2 |
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95.2 |
11.3 |
4.8 |
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17.8 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,124** |
91.9 |
87.6 |
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96.3 |
8.1 |
3.7 |
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12.4 |
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$40,000 or more |
4,170** |
95.4 |
92.9 |
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97.8 |
4.7 |
2.2 |
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7.1 |
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WIC Recipient |
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No |
7,394** |
93.9 |
91.8 |
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95.9 |
6.1 |
4.1 |
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8.2 |
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Yes |
2,865** |
84.4 |
79.6 |
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89.2 |
15.6 |
10.8 |
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20.4 |
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Medicaid
Recipient |
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No |
7,290** |
93.8 |
91.7 |
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95.9 |
6.2 |
4.1 |
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8.3 |
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Yes |
2,996** |
84.9 |
80.3 |
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89.6 |
15.1 |
10.4 |
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19.7 |
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Infant's birth
weight |
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<2500 grams |
565** |
85.4 |
82.7 |
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88.1 |
14.6 |
11.9 |
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17.3 |
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2500 grams or more |
9,718** |
91.6 |
89.5 |
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93.7 |
8.4 |
6.3 |
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10.5 |
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NOTES: |
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Population
size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital
Statistics System unless otherwise noted. |
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Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations. |
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*Survey
Question 9: Why are you or your
husband or partner not using any birth control? |
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I didn't think I could get pregnant |
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** Estimates of
the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through
PRAMS. |
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#
There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this
group, therefore |
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percent is not reported. |
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CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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