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Maternal Problem with Diabetes Started During Pregnancy?* | |||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,152 | 91.3 | 89.2 | - | 93.0 | 8.7 | 7.1 | - | 10.8 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,135 | 91.0 | 77.1 | - | 96.8 | 9.0 | 3.2 | - | 22.9 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,580 | 91.4 | 87.1 | - | 94.4 | 8.6 | 5.6 | - | 13.0 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,399 | 91.7 | 88.9 | - | 93.9 | 8.3 | 6.1 | - | 11.1 | ||||
35+ years | 2,037 | 89.3 | 83.0 | - | 93.5 | 10.7 | 6.5 | - | 17.0 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,494 | 91.3 | 89.2 | - | 93.0 | 8.7 | 7.0 | - | 10.8 | ||||
Black | 299 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 344 | 85.8 | 66.8 | - | 94.8 | 14.2 | 5.2 | - | 33.3 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 221^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,908^ | 91.2 | 89.1 | - | 92.9 | 8.8 | 7.1 | - | 10.9 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,526 | 91.6 | 82.2 | - | 96.3 | 8.4 | 3.7 | - | 17.8 | ||||
High School | 4,759 | 88.0 | 83.6 | - | 91.4 | 12.0 | 8.6 | - | 16.4 | ||||
> High School | 7,786 | 92.9 | 90.4 | - | 94.7 | 7.1 | 5.3 | - | 9.6 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,934 | 91.4 | 88.9 | - | 93.4 | 8.6 | 6.6 | - | 11.1 | ||||
Other | 5,216 | 91.0 | 87.2 | - | 93.8 | 9.0 | 6.3 | - | 12.8 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,811** | 87.4 | 82.3 | - | 91.2 | 12.6 | 8.8 | - | 17.7 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,811** | 89.6 | 82.9 | - | 93.8 | 10.5 | 6.2 | - | 17.1 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,146** | 93.6 | 89.6 | - | 96.2 | 6.4 | 3.8 | - | 10.4 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,749** | 93.4 | 90.3 | - | 95.6 | 6.6 | 4.4 | - | 9.7 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,400** | 93.3 | 91.0 | - | 95.0 | 6.7 | 5.0 | - | 9.0 | ||||
Yes | 5,063** | 87.9 | 83.7 | - | 91.1 | 12.1 | 8.9 | - | 16.3 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 7,226** | 93.7 | 91.4 | - | 95.5 | 6.3 | 4.5 | - | 8.7 | ||||
Yes | 6,290** | 88.4 | 84.8 | - | 91.3 | 11.6 | 8.7 | - | 15.2 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 966 | 90.2 | 88.0 | - | 92.0 | 9.8 | 8.0 | - | 12.0 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,184 | 91.3 | 89.1 | - | 93.1 | 8.7 | 6.9 | - | 10.9 | ||||
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy? | |||||||||||||
High Blood Sugar or Diabetes that started during this pregnancy | |||||||||||||
** 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 |