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| Was Mother's Labor Induced? | |||||||||||
| 2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||
| No | Yes | ||||||||||
| Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||
| Total | 14,152 | 80.3 | 77.5 | - | 82.8 | 19.7 | 17.2 | - | 22.5 | ||
| Age | |||||||||||
| <20 years | 1,135 | 74.4 | 58.9 | - | 85.5 | 25.6 | 14.5 | - | 41.1 | ||
| 20-24 years | 3,580 | 75.7 | 69.6 | - | 81.0 | 24.3 | 19.0 | - | 30.4 | ||
| 25-34 years | 7,399 | 83.3 | 79.7 | - | 86.3 | 16.7 | 13.7 | - | 20.3 | ||
| 35+ years | 2,037 | 80.3 | 72.5 | - | 86.4 | 19.7 | 13.7 | - | 27.5 | ||
| Mother's Race | |||||||||||
| White | 13,494 | 80.3 | 77.4 | - | 82.8 | 19.7 | 17.2 | - | 22.6 | ||
| Black | 299 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
| Other | 344 | 81.1 | 60.5 | - | 92.3 | 18.9 | 7.7 | - | 39.6 | ||
| Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||
| Yes | 221^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
| No | 13,908^ | 80.1 | 77.3 | - | 82.7 | 19.9 | 17.3 | - | 22.7 | ||
| Education | |||||||||||
| < High School | 1,526 | 82.2 | 70.4 | - | 89.9 | 17.8 | 10.1 | - | 29.6 | ||
| High School | 4,759 | 83.9 | 79.0 | - | 87.8 | 16.1 | 12.2 | - | 21.0 | ||
| > High School | 7,786 | 78.0 | 74.3 | - | 81.3 | 22.0 | 18.7 | - | 25.7 | ||
| Marital Status | |||||||||||
| Married | 8,934 | 80.9 | 77.5 | - | 83.9 | 19.1 | 16.2 | - | 22.5 | ||
| Other | 5,216 | 79.4 | 74.3 | - | 83.7 | 20.6 | 16.4 | - | 25.7 | ||
| Income | |||||||||||
| $14,999 or less | 3,843** | 82.3 | 76.5 | - | 87.0 | 17.7 | 13.0 | - | 23.5 | ||
| $15,000-24,999 | 1,811** | 81.1 | 72.6 | - | 87.4 | 18.9 | 12.6 | - | 27.4 | ||
| $25,000-49,999 | 3,169** | 76.7 | 70.6 | - | 81.9 | 23.3 | 18.1 | - | 29.4 | ||
| $50,000 or more | 4,750** | 80.7 | 76.1 | - | 84.6 | 19.3 | 15.4 | - | 23.9 | ||
| Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||
| No | 8,403** | 79.6 | 76.1 | - | 82.8 | 20.4 | 17.2 | - | 23.9 | ||
| Yes | 5,065** | 81.3 | 76.4 | - | 85.3 | 18.7 | 14.7 | - | 23.6 | ||
| Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||
| No | 7,252** | 80.4 | 76.7 | - | 83.6 | 19.6 | 16.4 | - | 23.3 | ||
| Yes | 6,321** | 80.1 | 75.7 | - | 83.9 | 19.9 | 16.1 | - | 24.3 | ||
| Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||
| <2500 grams | 966 | 86.9 | 84.5 | - | 89.1 | 13.1 | 11.0 | - | 15.5 | ||
| 2500 grams or more | 13,184 | 79.8 | 76.9 | - | 82.5 | 20.2 | 17.5 | - | 23.1 | ||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| *Birth Certificate Variable: Was Labor Induced? Yes, No | |||||||||||
| ** 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 | |||||||||||