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           Did Mother Need to See a Dentist for a Dental Problem?*
                                                     2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 81.0 78.4 - 83.7 19.0 16.3 - 21.6
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 79.0 70.0 - 88.1 21.0 11.9 - 30.0
20-24 years 3,351 75.1 69.0 - 81.2 24.9 18.8 - 31.0
25-34 years 7,088 83.6 80.3 - 86.9 16.4 13.1 - 19.7
35+ years 1,875 83.0 76.3 - 89.7 17.0 10.3 - 23.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 80.8 78.1 - 83.5 19.2 16.5 - 21.9
Black 112 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 90.3 77.9 - 100.0 9.7 0.0 - 22.1
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 80.7 78.0 - 83.4 19.3 16.6 - 22.0
Education                  
< High School 1,471 78.1 69.4 - 86.8 21.9 13.2 - 30.6
High School 4,894 78.1 73.5 - 82.7 21.9 17.3 - 26.5
> High School 7,065 84.3 81.0 - 87.6 15.7 12.4 - 19.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 84.0 81.1 - 86.9 16.0 13.1 - 18.9
Other 4,192 74.3 68.8 - 79.8 25.7 20.2 - 31.2
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 71.7 65.9 - 77.6 28.3 22.4 - 34.2
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 81.9 74.3 - 89.4 18.1 10.6 - 25.7
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 83.0 77.4 - 88.6 17.0 11.4 - 22.6
$40,000 or more 4,811** 87.4 83.9 - 90.9 12.6 9.1 - 16.1
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 83.4 80.4 - 86.4 16.6 13.6 - 19.6
Yes 4,275** 75.7 70.5 - 80.8 24.3 19.2 - 29.5
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 86.2 83.4 - 89.1 13.8 10.9 - 16.6
Yes 4,998** 72.8 67.8 - 77.7 27.2 22.3 - 32.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 79.7 76.9 - 82.5 20.3 17.5 - 23.1
2500 grams or more 12,761 81.1 78.3 - 83.9 18.9 16.1 - 21.7
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 76.  This question is about the care of your teeth during your most recent pregnancy.
 a. I needed to see a dentist for a problem
** 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 2000 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