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Did Mother
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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 |
13,604 |
12.8 |
10.7 |
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14.9 |
87.2 |
85.1 |
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89.3 |
Age |
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<20 years |
1,322 |
35.5 |
25.7 |
- |
45.2 |
64.5 |
54.8 |
- |
74.3 |
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20-24 years |
3,313 |
18.9 |
13.8 |
- |
24.1 |
81.1 |
75.9 |
- |
86.2 |
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25-34 years |
7,236 |
7.4 |
5.1 |
- |
9.6 |
92.7 |
90.4 |
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94.9 |
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35+ years |
1,733 |
6.4 |
2.1 |
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10.7 |
93.6 |
89.3 |
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97.9 |
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Mother's Race |
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White |
13,198 |
12.8 |
10.6 |
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15.0 |
87.2 |
85.0 |
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89.4 |
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Black |
105 |
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Other |
270 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
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2.1 |
99.1 |
97.9 |
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100.0 |
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Hispanic
Origin |
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Yes |
134^ |
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No |
12,771^ |
11.7 |
9.6 |
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13.8 |
88.3 |
86.2 |
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90.4 |
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Education |
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< High School |
1,474 |
31.8 |
23.0 |
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40.7 |
68.2 |
59.3 |
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77.0 |
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High School |
5,093 |
17.8 |
13.8 |
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21.8 |
82.2 |
78.2 |
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86.2 |
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>High School |
6,936 |
4.6 |
2.7 |
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6.4 |
95.4 |
93.6 |
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97.3 |
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Marital Status |
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Married |
9,354 |
6.9 |
4.9 |
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8.9 |
93.1 |
91.1 |
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95.1 |
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Other |
4,250 |
25.7 |
20.7 |
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30.6 |
74.3 |
69.4 |
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79.3 |
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Income |
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$15,999 or less |
3,593** |
20.3 |
15.5 |
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25.2 |
79.7 |
74.8 |
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84.5 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,786** |
20.9 |
13.8 |
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28.0 |
79.1 |
72.0 |
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86.2 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,670** |
9.3 |
5.1 |
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13.4 |
90.7 |
86.6 |
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94.9 |
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$40,000 or more |
4,684** |
4.1 |
2.0 |
- |
6.2 |
95.9 |
93.8 |
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98.0 |
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WIC Recipient |
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No |
8,842** |
7.6 |
5.5 |
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9.7 |
92.4 |
90.3 |
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94.5 |
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Yes |
4,153** |
23.9 |
19.1 |
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28.8 |
76.1 |
71.2 |
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80.9 |
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Medicaid
Recipient |
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No |
8,545** |
6.5 |
4.5 |
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8.4 |
93.6 |
91.6 |
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95.5 |
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Yes |
4,476** |
24.9 |
20.2 |
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29.6 |
75.1 |
70.4 |
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79.8 |
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Infant's birth
weight |
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<2500 grams |
822 |
16.0 |
13.3 |
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18.7 |
84.0 |
81.3 |
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86.7 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,776 |
12.6 |
10.3 |
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14.9 |
87.4 |
85.1 |
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89.7 |
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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 20: Have you ever heard or
read that taking the vitamin folic acid can help prevent some birth defects? |
** Estimates
of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through
PRAMS. |
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^ Estimate of
Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 1999 birth file. |
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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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CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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