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Maternal Problems with Placenta?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,546 91.8 90.0 - 93.6 8.2 6.4 - 10.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 89.3 81.9 - 96.6 10.8 3.4 - 18.1
20-24 years 3,364 92.9 89.6 - 96.2 7.1 3.8 - 10.4
25-34 years 7,149 91.6 89.1 - 94.0 8.4 6.0 - 10.9
35+ years 1,886 92.9 88.5 - 97.3 7.1 2.7 - 11.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 92.0 90.3 - 93.8 8.0 6.2 - 9.7
Black 171 # # - - # - - #
Other 337 76.6 54.9 - 98.2 23.4 1.8 - 45.1
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 91.7 90.0 - 93.5 8.3 6.5 - 10.0
Education                  
< High School 1,427 86.0 78.4 - 93.6 14.0 6.4 - 21.6
High School 4,772 91.9 88.9 - 94.9 8.1 5.1 - 11.1
> High School 7,277 93.0 90.9 - 95.1 7.0 4.9 - 9.1
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 91.9 89.7 - 94.0 8.2 6.0 - 10.3
Other 4,417 91.8 88.6 - 95.0 8.2 5.0 - 11.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 90.9 87.0 - 94.8 9.1 5.2 - 13.0
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 91.4 86.4 - 96.3 8.6 3.7 - 13.6
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 92.7 88.5 - 97.0 7.3 3.0 - 11.5
$40,000 or more 5,632** 91.9 89.2 - 94.5 8.1 5.5 - 10.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 91.9 89.8 - 93.9 8.2 6.1 - 10.2
Yes 4,223** 91.8 88.5 - 95.1 8.2 4.9 - 11.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 92.3 90.1 - 94.5 7.7 5.5 - 9.9
Yes 5,080** 91.1 88.1 - 94.1 8.9 5.9 - 11.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 79.4 76.5 - 82.3 20.6 17.7 - 23.5
2500 grams or more 12,688 92.6 90.7 - 94.4 7.4 5.6 - 9.3
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
  d. Problems with the placenta (such as abruptio placentae, placenta previa)
** 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 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