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Does Your Home Have a Working Smoke Alarm?
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,546 2.1 1.1 - 3.1 97.9 97.0 - 98.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 1.5 0.0 - 4.4 98.5 95.6 - 100.0
20-24 years 3,364 2.1 0.0 - 4.2 97.9 95.8 - 100.0
25-34 years 7,149 2.1 0.8 - 3.4 97.9 96.6 - 99.2
35+ years 1,886 2.1 0.0 - 4.7 97.9 95.3 - 100.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 1.9 1.0 - 2.9 98.1 97.1 - 99.0
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 100.0 100.0 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 2.1 1.1 - 3.1 97.9 96.9 - 98.9
Education                  
< High School 1,427 4.8 0.0 - 9.8 95.2 90.2 - 100.0
High School 4,772 1.6 0.2 - 3.1 98.4 96.9 - 99.8
> High School 7,277 1.8 0.6 - 2.9 98.2 97.1 - 99.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 2.1 1.0 - 3.3 97.9 96.7 - 99.0
Other 4,417 1.9 0.2 - 3.6 98.1 96.4 - 99.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 2.5 0.2 - 4.9 97.5 95.1 - 99.8
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 2.8 0.0 - 6.0 97.2 94.0 - 100.0
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 2.2 0.0 - 4.5 97.8 95.5 - 100.0
$40,000 or more 5,632** 1.4 0.2 - 2.5 98.6 97.5 - 99.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 2.0 0.8 - 3.1 98.0 96.9 - 99.2
Yes 4,223** 2.2 0.5 - 4.0 97.8 96.0 - 99.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 1.4 0.4 - 2.4 98.6 97.6 - 99.6
Yes 5,080** 3.1 1.1 - 5.1 96.9 95.0 - 98.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 1.9 0.9 - 3.0 98.1 97.0 - 99.1
2500 grams or more 12,688 2.1 1.1 - 3.1 97.9 96.9 - 98.9
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 78: Listed below are some things about safety.
  c. My home has a working smoke alarm.
** 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