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Teeth Cleaned Before Most Recent Pregnancy | |||||||||||||
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | ||||||||
Total | 13,929 | 16.4 | 13.9 | - | 19.1 | 83.7 | 80.9 | - | 86.1 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,102 | 25.9 | 15.9 | - | 39.3 | 74.1 | 60.8 | - | 84.1 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,427 | 19.5 | 14.3 | - | 25.9 | 80.5 | 74.1 | - | 85.7 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,434 | 15.8 | 12.7 | - | 19.6 | 84.2 | 80.4 | - | 87.3 | ||||
35+ years | 1,961 | 7.3 | 3.8 | - | 13.6 | 92.7 | 86.5 | - | 96.2 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,340 | 16.0 | 13.5 | - | 18.8 | 84.0 | 81.2 | - | 86.5 | ||||
Black | 224 | 35.6 | 12.5 | - | 68.1 | 64.4 | 31.9 | - | 87.5 | ||||
Other | 343 | 23.2 | 7.3 | - | 53.5 | 76.8 | 46.5 | - | 92.7 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 178^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,722^ | 16.1 | 13.6 | - | 18.9 | 83.9 | 81.1 | - | 86.4 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,424 | 28.8 | 18.6 | - | 41.8 | 71.2 | 58.2 | - | 81.4 | ||||
High School | 4,823 | 24.1 | 19.3 | - | 29.6 | 75.9 | 70.4 | - | 80.7 | ||||
> High School | 7,600 | 9.7 | 7.4 | - | 12.7 | 90.3 | 87.3 | - | 92.6 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 9,208 | 14.1 | 11.4 | - | 17.3 | 85.9 | 82.7 | - | 88.6 | ||||
Other | 4,721 | 21.4 | 16.6 | - | 27.3 | 78.6 | 72.7 | - | 83.5 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,480** | 29.6 | 23.5 | - | 36.6 | 70.4 | 63.4 | - | 76.5 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,753** | 14.3 | 8.6 | - | 22.9 | 85.7 | 77.1 | - | 91.4 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 2,262** | 13.2 | 9.3 | - | 18.4 | 86.8 | 81.6 | - | 90.7 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 5,227** | 9.7 | 6.8 | - | 13.6 | 90.3 | 86.4 | - | 93.2 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,691** | 11.8 | 9.4 | - | 14.8 | 88.2 | 85.2 | - | 90.7 | ||||
Yes | 4,493** | 25.4 | 20.3 | - | 31.2 | 74.6 | 68.8 | - | 79.7 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 7,586** | 10.9 | 8.4 | - | 14.0 | 89.1 | 86.0 | - | 91.6 | ||||
Yes | 5,658** | 23.8 | 19.4 | - | 28.9 | 76.2 | 71.1 | - | 80.6 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 891 | 15.2 | 12.7 | - | 18.2 | 84.8 | 81.8 | - | 87.4 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,028 | 16.4 | 13.8 | - | 19.4 | 83.6 | 80.6 | - | 86.2 | ||||
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? | |||||||||||||
Before 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 | |||||||||||||