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Health Care Worker Told Mother About the Effects of Mercury

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,152	20.6	18.0	-	23.4	79.5	76.6	-	82.1
Age
	<20 years	1,135	11.1	4.4	-	25.1	88.9	74.9	-	95.6
	20-24 years	3,580	20.8	15.7	-	27.0	79.2	73.0	-	84.4
	25-34 years	7,399	22.6	19.0	-	26.6	77.4	73.4	-	81.0
	35+ years	2,037	17.4	11.9	-	24.8	82.6	75.2	-	88.1

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	20.3	17.7	-	23.2	79.7	76.8	-	82.3
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	30.3	15.0	-	51.8	69.7	48.3	-	85.0

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	20.7	18.0	-	23.6	79.3	76.4	-	82.0

Education
	< High School	1,526	18.5	10.6	-	30.3	81.5	69.7	-	89.4
	High School	4,759	21.5	16.9	-	26.9	78.5	73.1	-	83.1
	> High School	7,786	20.3	17.1	-	24.0	79.7	76.0	-	82.9

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	21.9	18.7	-	25.5	78.1	74.6	-	81.3
	Other	5,216	18.5	14.3	-	23.5	81.5	76.5	-	85.7

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,663**	20.2	15.1	-	26.3	79.9	73.7	-	84.9
	$15,000-24,999	1,784**	19.4	13.1	-	27.7	80.6	72.3	-	86.9
	$25,000-49,999	3,156**	22.2	17.1	-	28.4	77.8	71.6	-	82.9
	$50,000 or more	4,693**	20.2	16.2	-	24.9	79.8	75.1	-	83.8

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,280**	23.2	19.8	-	26.9	76.9	73.1	-	80.2
	Yes	4,914**	16.3	12.5	-	20.9	83.7	79.1	-	87.5

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,176**	20.4	17.1	-	24.2	79.6	75.9	-	83.0
	Yes	6,121**	20.8	16.8	-	25.4	79.2	74.7	-	83.2

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	20.0	17.3	-	23.0	80.0	77.0	-	82.7
	2500 grams or more	13,184	20.6	17.8	-	23.7	79.4	76.4	-	82.2

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: Variable developed from Q66. At any time during your prenatal care, did a doctor, nurse, or other health
care worker talk with you about how eating fish containing high levels of mercury could affect your baby?

** 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