Was Infant Gestation Status Preterm or Full Term?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				Preterm!				Term!
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	8.2	6.8	-	9.5	91.8	90.5	-	93.2
Age
	<20 years	1,322	7.9	3.2	-	12.6	92.1	87.4	-	96.8
	20-24 years	3,313	9.7	6.6	-	12.7	90.4	87.3	-	93.4
	25-34 years	7,236	7.9	6.0	-	9.8	92.1	90.2	-	94.0
	35+ years	1,733	6.8	3.5	-	10.0	93.3	90.0	-	96.5
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	8.1	6.7	-	9.5	91.9	90.5	-	93.3
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	14.4	0.0	-	31.4	85.6	68.6	-	100.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	8.5	7.0	-	9.9	91.5	90.1	-	93.0
Education
	< High School	1,474	9.4	4.5	-	14.2	90.6	85.8	-	95.5
	High School	5,093	8.2	6.1	-	10.4	91.8	89.6	-	93.9
	>High School	6,936	7.8	5.9	-	9.7	92.2	90.3	-	94.1
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	7.1	5.6	-	8.6	92.9	91.4	-	94.4
	Other	4,250	10.5	7.6	-	13.4	89.5	86.6	-	92.4
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	9.1	6.4	-	11.8	90.9	88.2	-	93.6
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	9.5	5.2	-	13.8	90.5	86.2	-	94.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	8.2	5.1	-	11.4	91.8	88.6	-	94.9
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	6.6	4.5	-	8.7	93.4	91.3	-	95.5
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	7.6	6.0	-	9.2	92.4	90.8	-	94.0
	Yes	4,153**	9.5	6.8	-	12.1	90.6	87.9	-	93.2
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	7.0	5.3	-	8.6	93.0	91.4	-	94.7
	Yes	4,476**	10.5	7.9	-	13.0	89.6	87.0	-	92.1
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	67.6	64.4	-	70.8	32.4	29.2	-	35.6
	2500 grams or more	12,776	4.8	3.4	-	6.3	95.2	93.7	-	96.6
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.
*Data for this table reflect gestational age from the birth certificate.
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
! Preterm = <37 weeks, Term = 37 weeks or more
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 1999 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