Skip Maine state header navigation

Agencies | Online Services | Help
                                       Maternal Problem with Premature Labor?*        
                                                                   2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,590 76.6 73.8 - 79.3 23.4 20.7 - 26.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 67.8 57.0 - 78.5 32.2 21.5 - 43.0
20-24 years 3,351 68.2 61.9 - 74.5 31.8 25.5 - 38.1
25-34 years 7,088 80.3 76.8 - 83.8 19.7 16.2 - 23.2
35+ years 1,875 83.0 76.7 - 89.2 17.1 10.8 - 23.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 76.5 73.7 - 79.3 23.5 20.7 - 26.3
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 83.4 67.6 - 99.1 16.6 0.9 - 32.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 76.9 74.1 - 79.6 23.2 20.4 - 25.9
Education                  
< High School 1,471 65.0 55.1 - 74.9 35.0 25.1 - 44.9
High School 4,894 72.5 67.7 - 77.4 27.5 22.6 - 32.3
> High School 7,065 82.5 79.2 - 85.7 17.6 14.3 - 20.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 79.8 76.8 - 82.9 20.2 17.1 - 23.2
Other 4,192 69.0 63.3 - 74.7 31.0 25.3 - 36.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 67.3 61.2 - 73.3 32.7 26.7 - 38.8
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 73.1 64.6 - 81.5 26.9 18.5 - 35.4
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 76.7 70.6 - 82.7 23.4 17.3 - 29.4
$40,000 or more 4,811** 83.8 80.1 - 87.5 16.2 12.5 - 19.9
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 83.1 80.2 - 86.1 17.9 14.9 - 20.8
Yes 4,275** 65.7 60.1 - 71.3 34.3 28.7 - 39.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 83.7 80.8 - 86.6 16.3 13.4 - 19.2
Yes 4,998** 65.1 59.8 - 70.3 34.9 29.7 - 40.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 44.4 41.0 - 47.7 55.7 52.3 - 59.0
2500 grams or more 12,761 78.4 75.5 - 81.3 21.6 18.7 - 24.5
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 24: Did you have any of these problems during your pregnancy?
  a. Labor pains more than 3 weeks before your baby was due (preterm or early labor)
** 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