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Previous Premature Birth | |||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 6,977** | 90.8 | 88.0 | - | 93.1 | 9.2 | 6.9 | - | 12.1 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 78** | 76.3 | 24.3 | - | 97.0 | 23.7 | 3.0 | - | 75.7 | ||||
20-24 years | 1,432** | 87.3 | 79.2 | - | 92.6 | 12.7 | 7.4 | - | 20.9 | ||||
25-34 years | 4,124** | 91.0 | 87.2 | - | 93.8 | 9.0 | 6.2 | - | 12.9 | ||||
35+ years | 1,342** | 94.9 | 88.7 | - | 97.8 | 5.1 | 2.2 | - | 11.4 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 6,759** | 90.6 | 87.6 | - | 92.9 | 9.4 | 7.1 | - | 12.4 | ||||
Black | 68** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 149** | 97.4 | 92.2 | - | 99.2 | 2.6 | 0.8 | - | 7.8 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 42** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 6,934** | 90.8 | 87.9 | - | 93.1 | 9.2 | 6.9 | - | 12.1 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 813** | 91.4 | 78.9 | - | 96.8 | 8.6 | 3.2 | - | 21.1 | ||||
High School | 2,277** | 87.3 | 81.2 | - | 91.6 | 12.7 | 8.4 | - | 18.8 | ||||
> High School | 3,869** | 92.8 | 89.2 | - | 95.3 | 7.2 | 4.8 | - | 10.8 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 4,719** | 92.6 | 89.5 | - | 94.8 | 7.4 | 5.2 | - | 10.6 | ||||
Other | 2,257** | 87.2 | 80.5 | - | 91.9 | 12.8 | 8.2 | - | 19.5 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 1,874** | 91.0 | 84.9 | - | 94.8 | 9.0 | 5.2 | - | 15.1 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 873** | 81.9 | 69.5 | - | 90.0 | 18.1 | 10.0 | - | 30.5 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 1658** | 92.2 | 85.7 | - | 95.9 | 7.8 | 4.1 | - | 14.3 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 2,571** | 95.9 | 88.3 | - | 95.7 | 7.2 | 4.3 | - | 11.7 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 4,383** | 91.7 | 88.2 | - | 94.2 | 8.3 | 5.8 | - | 11.8 | ||||
Yes | 2,558** | 89.2 | 83.5 | - | 93.1 | 10.8 | 6.9 | - | 16.5 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 3,737** | 93.3 | 89.9 | - | 95.7 | 6.7 | 4.3 | - | 10.2 | ||||
Yes | 3,239** | 88.0 | 82.9 | - | 91.7 | 12.0 | 8.3 | - | 17.2 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 330** | 72.9 | 67.9 | - | 77.4 | 27.1 | 22.7 | - | 32.2 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 6,646** | 91.7 | 88.7 | - | 94.0 | 8.3 | 6.0 | - | 11.4 | ||||
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 10: Was the baby just before your new one born more than 3 weeks before it's due date? | |||||||||||||
** 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 |