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Prenatal Care as Early as Wanted
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      No Yes Did Not Want Prenatal Care
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 11.6 9.6 - 13.9 88.2 85.9 - 90.2 0.2 0.0 - 0.8
Age                            
<20 years 1,176 23.7 14.6 - 36.0 76.2 63.9 - 85.3 0.2 0.0 - 0.6
20-24 years 3,620 14.9 10.8 - 20.2 84.5 79.1 - 88.6 0.6 0.1 - 3.0
25-34 years 7,307 7.9 5.8 - 10.7 92.1 89.3 - 94.2 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
35+ years 2,007 10.9 6.4 - 17.9 89.1 82.1 - 93.6 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Mother's Race                          
White 13,392 11.3 9.3 - 13.7 88.5 86.1 - 90.5 0.2 0.0 - 0.8
Black 330 # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other  373 21.8 7.8 - 48.1 78.2 51.9 - 92.3 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                          
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 11.7 9.7 - 14.1 88.1 85.7 - 90.2 0.2 0.0 - 0.8
Education                          
< High School 1,490 19.0 11.1 - 30.5 80.8 69.3 - 88.7 0.2 0.0 - 0.7
High School 4,761 12.9 9.5 - 17.3 86.6 82.1 - 90.1 0.5 0.1 - 2.6
> High School 7,798 9.5 7.3 - 12.3 90.5 87.7 - 92.7 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Marital Status                          
Married 8,592 9.0 6.9 - 11.6 91.0 88.4 - 93.0 0.1 0.0 - 0.2
Other 5,515 15.4 11.8 - 20.0 84.2 79.7 - 87.9 0.3 0.1 - 2.2
Income                            
$14,999 or less 4,072** 15.3 11.1 - 20.7 84.2 78.8 - 88.4 0.5 0.1 - 2.7
$15,000-24,999 1,803** 9.8 5.6 - 16.7 90.1 83.2 - 94.3 0.1 0.0 - 0.5
$25,000-49,999 3,023** 12.9 9.0 - 18.2 87.1 81.8 - 91.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
$50,000 or more 4,547** 8.1 5.6 - 11.6 91.9 88.4 - 94.4 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Enrolled in WIC                          
No 8,131** 10.6 8.2 - 13.4 89.2 86.3 - 91.6 0.3 0.0 - 1.4
Yes 5,172** 12.6 9.3 - 16.9 87.3 83.0 - 90.6 0.1 0.0 - 0.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                        
No 6,470** 8.6 6.4 - 11.6 91.3 88.4 - 93.6 0.0 0.0 - 0.1
Yes 6,975** 14.3 11.2 - 18.1 85.4 81.6 - 88.5 0.3 0.1 - 1.5
Infant's birth weight                          
<2500 grams 892 15.8 13.3 - 18.5 83.5 80.7 - 85.9 0.8 0.4 - 1.7
2500 grams or more 13,207 11.3 9.2 - 13.9 88.5 86.0 - 90.6 0.2 0.0 - 1.0
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 17:  Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted?
** 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 2007 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