How Long Since Mother's Teeth Were Professionally Cleaned?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
			<12 months ago				1-2 years ago				2-5 years ago				5 or more years ago
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	51.6	48.2	-	55.0	20.8	18.0	-	23.6	19.5	16.8	-	22.2	8.1	6.2	-	10.0
Age
	<20 years	1,147	41.1	28.4	-	53.7	33.6	21.5	-	45.7	20.8	10.4	-	31.2	4.5	0.0	-	9.5
	20-24 years	3,364	36.1	29.3	-	42.9	21.9	15.9	-	27.8	30.6	24.0	-	37.3	11.4	6.8	-	16.0
	25-34 years	7,149	56.6	52.2	-	61.0	18.6	15.1	-	22.1	16.5	13.2	-	19.8	8.3	5.7	-	10.8
	35+ years	1,886	66.8	57.8	-	75.8	19.6	12.0	-	27.2	10.5	4.6	-	16.3	3.1	0.0	-	6.7
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	51.8	48.4	-	55.3	20.5	17.7	-	23.3	19.4	16.7	-	22.2	8.2	6.3	-	10.2
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	53.0	24.9	-	81.1	38.6	11.0	-	66.1	8.4	0.0	-	23.8	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	51.6	48.2	-	55.0	20.7	17.8	-	23.5	19.7	17.0	-	22.5	8.0	6.1	-	9.9
Education
	< High School	1,427	33.0	21.8	-	44.3	29.3	18.3	-	40.4	20.3	10.5	-	30.0	17.4	8.3	-	26.4
	High School	4,772	37.3	31.6	-	43.0	25.8	20.7	-	31.0	28.7	23.4	-	34.0	8.2	5.0	-	11.4
	> High School	7,277	64.8	60.6	-	69.0	16.0	12.7	-	19.2	13.1	10.1	-	16.0	6.2	4.1	-	8.4
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	60.8	56.9	-	64.8	17.4	14.3	-	20.5	16.8	13.7	-	19.8	5.0	3.2	-	6.8
	Other	4,417	32.4	26.5	-	38.2	28.0	22.4	-	33.6	25.2	19.8	-	30.7	14.4	10.0	-	18.8
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	28.8	22.2	-	35.3	25.8	19.4	-	32.1	30.5	23.9	-	37.2	15.0	9.8	-	20.2
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	36.6	26.6	-	46.6	25.0	15.7	-	34.3	23.5	14.6	-	32.4	14.9	7.3	-	22.5
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	47.8	39.5	-	56.1	20.5	13.8	-	27.1	22.5	15.6	-	29.4	9.3	4.4	-	14.2
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	68.8	64.3	-	73.4	16.9	13.2	-	20.6	11.6	8.4	-	14.8	2.7	1.1	-	4.3
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	62.1	58.2	-	66.0	18.3	15.2	-	21.4	15.3	12.4	-	18.2	4.3	2.6	-	6.0
	Yes	4,223**	29.1	23.3	-	34.8	26.4	20.8	-	32.1	28.2	22.5	-	34.0	16.3	11.6	-	20.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	65.6	61.6	-	69.6	17.5	14.3	-	20.7	13.8	10.8	-	16.7	3.1	1.7	-	4.6
	Yes	5,080**	27.9	22.7	-	33.1	26.4	21.2	-	31.5	29.2	24.0	-	34.5	16.5	12.2	-	20.8
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	48.0	44.2	-	51.7	20.4	17.4	-	23.4	21.9	18.9	-	25.0	9.7	7.4	-	12.0
	2500 grams or more	12,688	51.9	48.3	-	55.4	20.8	17.9	-	23.8	19.4	16.5	-	22.2	8.0	6.0	-	10.0
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 77:  How long has it been since you had your teeth cleaned by a dentist or a dental hygienist? (months)
** 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