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2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,152 | 87.0 | 84.6 | - | 89.1 | 13.0 | 10.9 | - | 15.4 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,135 | 88.2 | 75.1 | - | 94.9 | 11.8 | 5.1 | - | 24.9 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,580 | 82.4 | 76.6 | - | 87.0 | 17.6 | 13.0 | - | 23.4 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,399 | 88.3 | 85.1 | - | 90.9 | 11.7 | 9.1 | - | 14.9 | ||||
35+ years | 2,037 | 90.2 | 83.9 | - | 94.3 | 9.8 | 5.7 | - | 16.1 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,494 | 87.2 | 84.7 | - | 89.3 | 12.8 | 10.7 | - | 15.3 | ||||
Black | 299 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 344 | 80.3 | 60.0 | - | 91.8 | 19.7 | 8.2 | - | 40.0 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 221^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,908^ | 87.0 | 84.5 | - | 89.1 | 13.0 | 10.9 | - | 15.5 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,526 | 81.0 | 69.6 | - | 88.8 | 19.1 | 11.3 | - | 30.4 | ||||
High School | 4,759 | 84.2 | 79.4 | - | 88.1 | 15.8 | 11.9 | - | 20.6 | ||||
> High School | 7,786 | 89.9 | 87.1 | - | 92.1 | 10.1 | 7.9 | - | 12.9 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,934 | 90.1 | 87.4 | - | 92.3 | 9.9 | 7.7 | - | 12.6 | ||||
Other | 5,216 | 82.4 | 77.6 | - | 86.3 | 17.6 | 13.7 | - | 22.4 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,836** | 79.1 | 73.2 | - | 84.1 | 20.9 | 15.9 | - | 26.9 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,808** | 88.3 | 81.2 | - | 92.9 | 11.7 | 7.1 | - | 18.8 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,166** | 87.7 | 82.6 | - | 91.4 | 12.3 | 8.6 | - | 17.4 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,750** | 92.5 | 89.2 | - | 94.9 | 7.5 | 5.2 | - | 10.8 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,399** | 90.3 | 87.6 | - | 92.5 | 9.7 | 7.5 | - | 12.4 | ||||
Yes | 5,058** | 81.7 | 76.8 | - | 85.7 | 18.3 | 14.3 | - | 23.2 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 7,248** | 91.1 | 88.3 | - | 93.3 | 8.9 | 6.7 | - | 11.7 | ||||
Yes | 6,314** | 82.4 | 78.1 | - | 85.9 | 17.6 | 14.1 | - | 21.9 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 966 | 80.9 | 78.1 | - | 83.5 | 19.1 | 16.5 | - | 21.9 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,184 | 87.4 | 84.8 | - | 89.6 | 12.6 | 10.4 | - | 15.2 | ||||
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 75: since your new baby was born, has a doctor, nurse or health care worker | |||||||||||||
told you that you had depression? | |||||||||||||
** 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 |