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Was the Previous Birth Delivered Premature?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 7,229** 89.1 86.4 - 91.8 10.9 8.2 - 13.6
Age                    
<20 years 178** 86.3 64.8 - 100.0 13.7 0.0 - 35.2
20-24 years 1,459** 88.1 82.0 - 94.3 11.9 5.7 - 18.0
25-34 years 4,393** 90.0 86.7 - 93.3 10.0 6.7 - 13.3
35+ years 1,197** 87.4 80.1 - 94.7 12.6 5.3 - 19.9
Mother's Race                  
White 7,057** 89.1 86.4 - 91.9 10.9 8.1 - 13.6
Black 27** # # - # # # - #
Other 122** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 64** # # - # # # - #
No 7,164** 89.0 86.3 - 91.8 11.0 8.2 - 13.7
Education                  
< High School 706** 82.7 70.8 - 94.6 17.3 5.4 - 29.2
High School 2,753** 92.3 88.8 - 95.8 7.7 4.2 - 11.2
>High School 3,693** 88.4 84.5 - 92.3 11.6 7.7 - 15.5
Marital Status                  
Married 5,494** 88.1 84.8 - 91.3 11.9 8.7 - 15.2
Other 1,734** 92.4 88.0 - 96.8 7.6 3.2 - 12.0
Income                    
$15,999 or less 1,835** 90.3 85.1 - 95.4 9.8 4.6 - 14.9
$16,000-24,999 1,021** 89.1 81.7 - 96.4 11.0 3.6 - 18.3
$25,000-39,999 1,542** 89.0 83.1 - 94.9 11.0 5.1 - 16.9
$40,000 or more 2,649** 89.4 85.1 - 93.8 10.6 6.2 - 14.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 4,738** 89.2 85.9 - 92.5 10.8 7.5 - 14.1
Yes 2,453** 88.8 83.9 - 93.6 11.2 6.4 - 16.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 4,358** 89.3 85.8 - 92.7 10.7 7.3 - 14.2
Yes 2,870** 88.9 84.5 - 93.3 11.1 6.7 - 15.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 277** 68.5 63.5 - 73.6 31.5 26.4 - 36.5
2500 grams or more 6,943** 89.9 87.1 - 92.7 10.1 7.3 - 12.9
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 9: Was the baby just before your new one born more than 3 weeks before its 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