Did Mother Go to a Dentist or Dental Clinic?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,590	55.3	52.0	-	58.6	44.7	41.4	-	48.0
Age
	<20 years	1,272	68.8	58.3	-	79.4	31.2	20.6	-	41.7
	20-24 years	3,351	73.7	67.6	-	79.8	26.3	20.2	-	32.4
	25-34 years	7,088	49.8	45.4	-	54.3	50.2	45.7	-	54.6
	35+ years	1,875	35.3	26.9	-	43.7	64.7	56.3	-	73.1
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	54.6	51.2	-	57.9	45.4	42.1	-	48.8
	Black	112	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	80.8	64.4	-	97.2	19.2	2.8	-	35.6
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	55.3	51.9	-	58.6	44.7	41.4	-	48.1
Education
	< High School	1,471	84.5	76.9	-	92.1	15.5	7.9	-	23.1
	High School	4,894	63.6	58.3	-	68.9	36.4	31.1	-	41.7
	> High School	7,065	42.4	38.0	-	46.9	57.6	53.1	-	62.0
Marital Status
	Married	9,398	48.7	44.8	-	52.6	51.3	47.4	-	55.2
	Other	4,192	71.1	65.3	-	76.8	29.0	23.2	-	34.7
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	74.3	68.5	-	80.0	25.7	20.0	-	31.5
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	70.0	61.0	-	78.9	30.1	21.1	-	39.0
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	62.4	55.3	-	69.5	37.6	30.5	-	44.7
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	33.0	28.1	-	37.9	67.0	62.1	-	71.9
WIC Recipient
	No	8,652**	46.4	42.4	-	50.4	53.6	49.6	-	57.6
	Yes	4,275**	73.4	68.1	-	78.6	26.7	21.4	-	31.9
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,054**	45.1	41.0	-	49.2	54.9	50.8	-	59.0
	Yes	4,998**	72.5	67.5	-	77.5	27.5	22.5	-	32.5
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	63.5	60.2	-	66.8	36.5	33.2	-	39.8
	2500 grams or more	12,761	54.9	51.4	-	58.3	45.1	41.7	-	48.6
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.
*Survey Question 76.  This question is about the care of your teeth during your most recent pregnancy.
	b. I went to a dentist or dental clinic
** 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 2000 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