Was Infant Gestation Status Preterm or Full Term?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				Preterm!				Term!
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	8.5	7.0	-	9.9	91.5	90.1	-	93.0
Age
	<20 years	1,147	8.4	3.3	-	13.5	91.6	86.5	-	96.7
	20-24 years	3,364	6.8	4.5	-	9.1	93.2	90.9	-	95.5
	25-34 years	7,149	8.5	6.4	-	10.6	91.5	89.4	-	93.6
	35+ years	1,886	11.9	7.1	-	16.7	88.1	83.3	-	92.9
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	8.5	7.0	-	10.0	91.5	90.0	-	93.0
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	9.5	0.0	-	24.7	90.5	75.3	-	100.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	8.4	7.0	-	9.9	91.6	90.1	-	93.0
Education
	< High School	1,427	7.8	3.6	-	12.0	92.2	88.0	-	96.4
	High School	4,772	10.5	7.6	-	13.4	89.5	86.6	-	92.4
	> High School	7,277	7.3	5.6	-	9.1	92.7	90.9	-	94.4
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	8.2	6.4	-	10.0	91.8	90.0	-	93.6
	Other	4,417	9.0	6.5	-	11.5	91.0	88.5	-	93.5
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	10.1	6.9	-	13.2	89.9	86.8	-	93.1
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	8.2	4.2	-	12.3	91.8	87.7	-	95.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	10.2	6.1	-	14.2	89.9	85.8	-	93.9
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	7.4	5.3	-	9.4	92.7	90.6	-	94.7
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	8.0	6.3	-	9.7	92.0	90.3	-	93.7
	Yes	4,223**	9.5	6.7	-	12.3	90.5	87.7	-	93.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	7.7	6.0	-	9.5	92.3	90.5	-	94.0
	Yes	5,080**	9.7	7.2	-	12.2	90.3	87.8	-	92.8
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	69.2	65.9	-	72.4	30.8	27.6	-	34.1
	2500 grams or more	12,688	4.9	3.4	-	6.4	95.1	93.6	-	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 2002 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