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2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,152 | 80.5 | 77.8 | - | 82.9 | 19.5 | 17.1 | - | 22.2 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,135 | 94.6 | 82.0 | - | 98.6 | 5.4 | 1.4 | - | 18.0 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,580 | 88.0 | 83.2 | - | 91.6 | 12.0 | 8.4 | - | 16.8 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,399 | 74.9 | 70.9 | - | 78.5 | 25.1 | 21.5 | - | 29.1 | ||||
35+ years | 2,037 | 80.4 | 72.8 | - | 86.3 | 19.6 | 13.7 | - | 27.2 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,494 | 79.9 | 77.1 | - | 82.4 | 20.1 | 17.6 | - | 22.9 | ||||
Black | 299 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 344 | 94.9 | 77.6 | - | 99.0 | 5.1 | 1.0 | - | 22.4 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 221^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,908^ | 80.6 | 77.9 | - | 83.0 | 19.4 | 17.0 | - | 22.1 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,526 | 95.1 | 86.2 | - | 98.4 | 4.9 | 1.6 | - | 13.8 | ||||
High School | 4,759 | 79.5 | 74.4 | - | 83.9 | 20.5 | 16.1 | - | 25.6 | ||||
> High School | 7,786 | 78.3 | 74.7 | - | 81.5 | 21.7 | 18.5 | - | 25.4 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,934 | 77.6 | 74.1 | - | 80.7 | 22.5 | 19.3 | - | 26.0 | ||||
Other | 5,216 | 84.9 | 80.4 | - | 88.5 | 15.1 | 11.5 | - | 19.6 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,839** | 91.8 | 87.4 | - | 94.8 | 8.2 | 5.2 | - | 12.7 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,811** | 80.5 | 72.3 | - | 86.8 | 19.5 | 13.2 | - | 27.7 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,169** | 70.0 | 63.6 | - | 75.7 | 30.0 | 24.3 | - | 36.4 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,750** | 78.3 | 73.6 | - | 82.4 | 21.7 | 17.6 | - | 26.4 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,401** | 75.5 | 71.9 | - | 78.8 | 24.5 | 21.2 | - | 28.1 | ||||
Yes | 5,063** | 88.6 | 84.5 | - | 91.7 | 11.4 | 8.3 | - | 15.5 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 7,251** | 69.8 | 65.7 | - | 73.6 | 30.2 | 26.4 | - | 34.3 | ||||
Yes | 6,319** | 92.7 | 89.6 | - | 95.0 | 7.3 | 5.0 | - | 10.4 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 966 | 82.9 | 80.3 | - | 85.3 | 17.1 | 14.7 | - | 19.7 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,184 | 80.3 | 77.4 | - | 82.9 | 19.7 | 17.1 | - | 22.6 | ||||
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 42: How was your delivery paid for? | Still Owe | ||||||||||||
** 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 2006 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 | |||||||||||||
Maine Department of Health and Human Services | |||||||||||||
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics |