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Previous Low Weight Birth | |||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 6,991** | 92.6 | 90.0 | - | 94.6 | 7.4 | 5.4 | - | 10.1 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 78** | 76.3 | 24.3 | - | 97.0 | 23.7 | 3.0 | - | 75.7 | ||||
20-24 years | 1,448** | 93.9 | 87.6 | - | 97.2 | 6.1 | 2.8 | - | 12.4 | ||||
25-34 years | 4,126** | 92.6 | 88.9 | - | 95.1 | 7.5 | 4.9 | - | 11.1 | ||||
35+ years | 1,338** | 92.3 | 85.1 | - | 96.2 | 7.7 | 3.8 | - | 14.9 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 6,776** | 92.7 | 90.0 | - | 94.7 | 7.3 | 5.3 | - | 10.0 | ||||
Black | 66** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 149** | 86.2 | 56.7 | - | 96.8 | 13.8 | 3.3 | - | 43.3 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 40** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 6,951** | 92.6 | 90.0 | - | 94.6 | 7.4 | 5.4 | - | 10.1 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 813** | 91.8 | 76.8 | - | 97.4 | 8.2 | 2.6 | - | 23.2 | ||||
High School | 2,291** | 89.3 | 83.7 | - | 93.1 | 10.7 | 6.9 | - | 16.3 | ||||
> High School | 3,869** | 94.7 | 91.6 | - | 96.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | - | 8.4 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 4,713** | 93.6 | 90.7 | - | 95.7 | 6.4 | 4.3 | - | 9.3 | ||||
Other | 2,278** | 90.5 | 84.3 | - | 94.4 | 9.5 | 5.6 | - | 15.7 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 1,888** | 89.9 | 83.3 | - | 94.1 | 10.1 | 5.9 | - | 16.7 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 873** | 90.5 | 78.3 | - | 96.2 | 9.5 | 3.8 | - | 21.7 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 1,658** | 92.4 | 86.7 | - | 95.8 | 7.6 | 4.3 | - | 13.3 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 2,571** | 95.5 | 91.5 | - | 97.6 | 4.5 | 2.4 | - | 8.5 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 4,383** | 93.3 | 90.1 | - | 95.5 | 6.8 | 4.5 | - | 9.9 | ||||
Yes | 2,572** | 91.4 | 85.9 | - | 94.9 | 8.6 | 5.1 | - | 14.1 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 3,737** | 94.7 | 91.6 | - | 96.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | - | 8.4 | ||||
Yes | 3,253** | 90.2 | 85.4 | - | 93.5 | 9.8 | 6.5 | - | 14.6 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 325** | 72.0 | 66.9 | - | 76.6 | 28.0 | 23.5 | - | 33.1 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 6,664** | 93.6 | 90.8 | - | 95.6 | 6.4 | 4.4 | - | 9.3 | ||||
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 9: Did the baby born just before your new one weigh 5 pounds 8 oz (2.5 kilos) or less at birth? | |||||||||||||
** 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 |