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2002 Maine
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
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Intended! |
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Unintended! |
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Demographic Groups |
Population |
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CI |
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CI |
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Total |
13,546 |
66.7 |
63.5 |
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69.8 |
33.4 |
30.2 |
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36.5 |
Age |
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<20 years |
1,147 |
28.6 |
17.4 |
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39.9 |
71.4 |
60.1 |
- |
82.6 |
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20-24 years |
3,364 |
47.6 |
40.8 |
- |
54.5 |
52.4 |
45.5 |
- |
59.2 |
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25-34 years |
7,149 |
76.4 |
72.7 |
- |
80.2 |
23.6 |
19.8 |
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27.3 |
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35+ years |
1,886 |
87.9 |
81.8 |
- |
94.1 |
12.1 |
5.9 |
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18.2 |
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Mother's
Race |
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White |
13,013 |
67.2 |
64.0 |
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70.3 |
32.9 |
29.7 |
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36.0 |
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Black |
171 |
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Other |
337 |
42.0 |
15.1 |
- |
69.0 |
58.0 |
31.0 |
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84.9 |
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Hispanic
Origin |
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Yes |
168^ |
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No |
13,373^ |
66.5 |
63.3 |
- |
69.7 |
33.5 |
30.3 |
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36.7 |
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Education |
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< High School |
1,427 |
38.6 |
27.6 |
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49.7 |
61.4 |
50.3 |
- |
72.4 |
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High School |
4,772 |
61.4 |
55.9 |
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66.9 |
38.6 |
33.1 |
- |
44.1 |
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> High School |
7,277 |
76.1 |
72.3 |
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79.8 |
23.9 |
20.2 |
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27.7 |
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Marital
Status |
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Married |
9,130 |
80.1 |
76.9 |
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83.3 |
19.9 |
16.7 |
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23.1 |
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Other |
4,417 |
39.9 |
34.1 |
- |
45.7 |
60.1 |
54.3 |
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65.9 |
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Income |
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$15,999 or less |
3,227** |
38.9 |
32.1 |
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45.7 |
61.1 |
54.3 |
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67.9 |
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$16,000-24,999 |
1,461** |
56.4 |
46.5 |
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66.2 |
43.6 |
33.8 |
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53.5 |
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$25,000-39,999 |
2,076** |
75.3 |
68.2 |
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82.4 |
24.7 |
17.6 |
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31.8 |
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$40,000 or more |
5,632** |
83.3 |
79.7 |
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87.0 |
16.7 |
13.0 |
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20.3 |
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Enrolled
in WIC |
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No |
8,719** |
74.8 |
71.4 |
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78.3 |
25.2 |
21.7 |
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28.6 |
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Yes |
4,223** |
50.1 |
44.0 |
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56.2 |
49.9 |
43.8 |
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56.0 |
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Enrolled
in MaineCare/Medicaid |
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No |
7,899** |
79.7 |
76.4 |
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83.1 |
20.3 |
16.9 |
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23.6 |
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Yes |
5,080** |
46.3 |
40.8 |
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51.8 |
53.7 |
48.2 |
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59.2 |
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Infant's
birth weight |
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<2500 grams |
855 |
64.2 |
60.8 |
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67.7 |
35.8 |
32.3 |
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39.2 |
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2500 grams or more |
12,688 |
66.8 |
63.5 |
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70.2 |
33.2 |
29.8 |
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36.5 |
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NOTES: |
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Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from
the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted. |
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Unknowns are excluded from all
tabulations. |
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*Recoded
responses to Survey Question 10:
Thinking back to just before you got pregnant, how did you feel
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becoming pregnant? |
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Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are
made through PRAMS. |
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Intended pregnancies = Wanted to be pregnant
sooner or then. Unintended
pregnancies = Wanted pregnancy later or didn't |
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want pregnancy then or anytime in
the future |
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^ Estimate
of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2002 birth
file. |
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#
There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for
describing this group, therefore |
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percent is not reported. |
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CI = 95%
Confidence Interval |
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