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Office Of Health Data And Program Management > PRAMS > PRAMS Tables 2003 > Mother's Vitamin Consumption Before Pregnancy

Mother's Vitamin Consumption Before Pregnancy*
2003 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      Did Not Take Vitamin 1-3 Times/Week 4-6 Times/Week Every Day
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,851 47.4 44.1 - 50.7 7.4 5.9 - 9.3 6.5 5.1 - 8.3 38.7 35.6 - 42.0
Age                                    
<20 years 1,141 71.1 58.3 - 81.2 10.0 4.4 - 21.0 0.2 0.1 - 0.8 18.8 10.8 - 30.7
20-24 years 3,389 68.8 61.9 - 74.9 3.9 2.0 - 7.3 3.5 1.6 - 7.2 23.9 18.4 - 30.4
25-34 years 7,370 40.4 36.2 - 44.8 7.8 5.8 - 10.4 9.1 6.9 - 12.0 42.7 38.4 - 47.0
35+ years 1,950 25.3 18.7 - 33.2 10.0 5.9 - 16.5 5.5 2.7 - 10.8 59.2 50.9 - 67.1
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,330 47.0 43.7 - 50.4 7.1 5.5 - 8.9 6.6 5.2 - 8.5 39.3 36.1 - 42.6
Black 182 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 309 57.5 34.6 - 77.6 14.8 4.2 - 40.6 5.1 0.8 - 27.7 22.6 9.1 - 46.0
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 166^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,666^ 47.3 44.0 - 50.6 7.4 5.8 - 9.3 6.6 5.1 - 8.4 38.8 35.6 - 42.0
Education                                  
< High School 1,467 72.5 60.7 - 81.8 7.5 3.2 - 16.5 1.8 0.3 - 9.9 18.2 10.8 - 29.2
High School 4,756 59.8 54.2 - 65.2 6.7 4.4 - 10.0 4.3 2.5 - 7.2 29.3 24.4 - 34.7
> High School 7,491 34.9 31.0 - 39.1 7.7 5.7 - 10.3 8.7 6.6 - 11.5 48.7 44.5 - 52.9
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,210 35.5 31.9 - 39.4 8.8 6.8 - 11.3 8.0 6.1 - 10.4 47.7 43.8 - 51.6
Other 4,640 70.2 64.4 - 75.5 4.7 2.7 - 7.9 3.7 2.1 - 6.5 21.4 16.8 - 26.9
Income                                  
$15,999 or less 3,480** 70.3 63.7 - 76.1 6.1 3.6 - 10.3 4.7 2.7 - 8.3 18.9 14.1 - 24.8
$16,000-24,999 1,753** 60.2 50.9 - 68.7 6.8 3.3 - 13.5 4.1 1.6 - 10.1 29.0 21.5 - 37.9
$25,000-39,999 2,262** 45.2 37.6 - 53.0 7.1 4.0 - 12.0 6.9 3.9 - 11.9 40.9 33.5 - 48.8
$40,000 or more 5,227** 28.3 23.9 - 33.0 8.5 6.1 - 11.7 8.1 5.7 - 11.4 55.1 50.1 - 60.1
Enrolled in WIC                                  
No 8,691** 37.9 34.1 - 41.8 8.1 6.2 - 10.5 7.4 5.6 - 9.8 46.7 42.7 - 50.6
Yes 4,493** 65.4 59.6 - 70.8 6.2 3.9 - 9.8 4.9 3.0 - 8.1 23.5 18.9 - 28.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                
No 7,586** 34.6 30.7 - 38.7 7.7 5.8 - 10.2 7.6 5.7 - 10.2 50.1 45.9 - 54.3
Yes 5,658** 64.5 59.4 - 69.4 7.0 4.8 - 10.2 5.0 3.2 - 7.8 23.4 19.3 - 28.2
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 904 51.2 47.9 - 54.5 8.3 6.6 - 10.3 2.9 2.0 - 4.3 37.6 34.5 - 40.8
2500 grams or more 12,940 47.1 43.7 - 50.6 7.3 5.7 - 9.4 6.8 5.2 - 8.7 38.8 35.5 - 42.2
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 3: In the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, how many times a week
did you take a multivitamin?
** 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 2003 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