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Teeth Cleaned After Most Recent Pregnancy

2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,929	71.5	68.1	-	74.6	28.6	25.4	-	31.9
Age
	<20 years	1,102	71.6	57.6	-	82.4	28.4	17.7	-	42.4
	20-24 years	3,427	79.9	73.3	-	85.2	20.1	14.8	-	26.9
	25-34 years	7,434	67.6	63.0	-	71.9	32.4	28.1	-	37.1
	35+ years	1,961	71.4	62.1	-	79.2	28.6	20.8	-	37.9

Mother's Race
	White	13,340	71.1	67.7	-	74.3	28.9	25.7	-	32.3
	Black	224	87.3	50.5	-	97.9	12.7	2.1	-	49.5
	Other	343	71.0	40.8	-	89.7	29.0	10.3	-	59.2

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,722^	71.4	68.1	-	74.6	28.6	25.5	-	32.0

Education
	< High School	1,424	79.0	65.9	-	88.1	20.9	11.9	-	34.1
	High School	4,823	77.5	71.8	-	82.3	22.5	17.7	-	28.2
	> High School	7,600	66.7	62.3	-	70.9	33.3	29.1	-	37.8

Marital Status
	Married	9,208	69.0	65.0	-	72.7	31.0	27.3	-	35.0
	Other	4,721	77.1	70.9	-	82.4	22.9	17.7	-	29.1

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,480**	81.1	74.6	-	86.3	18.9	13.7	-	25.4
	$15,000-24,999	1,753**	81.2	71.2	-	88.3	18.8	11.7	-	28.8
	$25,000-49,999	2,262**	75.4	69.0	-	80.9	24.6	19.1	-	31.0
	$50,000 or more	5,227**	58.4	52.6	-	64.0	41.6	36.0	-	47.5

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,691**	66.9	62.7	-	70.9	33.1	29.1	-	37.3
	Yes	4,493**	80.3	74.7	-	84.9	19.7	15.1	-	25.3

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,586**	64.4	59.9	-	68.6	35.6	31.4	-	40.1
	Yes	5,658**	81.4	76.4	-	85.5	18.6	14.5	-	23.6

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	891	73.7	70.3	-	76.8	26.3	23.2	-	29.7
	2500 grams or more	13,028	71.3	67.8	-	74.6	28.7	25.4	-	32.2

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 79: When did you have your teeth cleaned by a dentist or dental hygienist? After my most recent pregnancy

** 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 2004 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