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Mother Went to the Hospital and Stayed More than 7 Days | ||||||||||||
(of mothers who reported problems during pregnancy) | ||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 7,438** | 95.6 | 94.0 | - | 96.9 | 4.4 | 3.1 | - | 6.0 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 600** | 98.0 | 96.1 | - | 99.0 | 2.0 | 1.1 | - | 4.0 | |||
20-24 years | 2,128** | 93.3 | 88.5 | - | 96.2 | 6.7 | 3.8 | - | 11.5 | |||
25-34 years | 3,772** | 96.5 | 94.4 | - | 97.8 | 3.5 | 2.2 | - | 5.6 | |||
35+ years | 937** | 96.0 | 91.2 | - | 98.2 | 4.0 | 1.8 | - | 8.8 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 7,145** | 95.5 | 93.7 | - | 96.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | - | 6.3 | |||
Black | 110** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 181** | 100.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 60** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 7,378** | 95.7 | 94.0 | - | 96.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | - | 6.0 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 999** | 98.3 | 97.1 | - | 99.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | - | 2.9 | |||
High School | 2,484** | 92.1 | 87.7 | - | 95.0 | 8.0 | 5.1 | - | 12.3 | |||
> High School | 3,952** | 97.3 | 95.5 | - | 98.4 | 2.7 | 1.6 | - | 4.5 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 3,992** | 96.5 | 94.7 | - | 97.7 | 3.5 | 2.3 | - | 5.4 | |||
Other | 3,445** | 94.7 | 91.5 | - | 96.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | - | 8.5 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 2,551** | 94.5 | 90.6 | - | 96.9 | 5.5 | 3.1 | - | 9.4 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 996** | 93.7 | 86.4 | - | 97.2 | 6.3 | 2.8 | - | 13.6 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 1,696** | 98.3 | 97.5 | - | 98.8 | 1.7 | 1.2 | - | 2.5 | |||
$50,000 or more | 2,193** | 95.8 | 92.7 | - | 97.6 | 4.2 | 2.4 | - | 7.3 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 4,143** | 95.9 | 93.8 | - | 97.3 | 4.1 | 2.8 | - | 6.2 | |||
Yes | 3,275** | 95.3 | 92.2 | - | 97.2 | 4.7 | 2.8 | - | 7.8 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 3,427** | 96.1 | 94.0 | - | 97.5 | 3.9 | 2.5 | - | 6.0 | |||
Yes | 4,010** | 95.2 | 92.5 | - | 97.0 | 4.8 | 3.0 | - | 7.5 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 653** | 76.9 | 73.5 | - | 79.9 | 23.1 | 20.1 | - | 26.5 | |||
2500 grams or more | 6,784** | 97.5 | 95.4 | - | 98.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | - | 4.6 | |||
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 26. I went to the hospital and stayed more than 7 days | ||||||||||||
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS. | ||||||||||||
# 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 |