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Mother drank before pregnancy
(Among women who have  had an alcohol drink in the past 2 years)
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 10,140** 13.7 11.3 - 16.6 86.3 83.4 - 88.7
Age                
<20 years 392** 14.2 4.5 - 36.9 85.8 63.1 - 95.5
20-24 years 2,655** 15.6 10.9 - 21.8 84.4 78.2 - 89.1
25-34 years 5,584** 12.7 9.7 - 16.5 87.3 83.5 - 90.3
35+ years 1,508** 14.1 8.8 - 22.0 85.9 78.0 - 91.2
Mother's Race              
White 9,952** 13.5 11.1 - 16.3 86.5 83.7 - 88.9
Black 38** # # - # # # - #
Other  149** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 85** # # - # # # - #
No 10,055** 13.5 11.1 - 16.3 86.5 83.7 - 88.9
Education              
< High School 697** 18.1 7.9 - 36.5 81.9 63.5 - 92.2
High School 3,097** 16.6 12.1 - 22.2 83.4 77.8 - 87.9
> High School 6,328** 11.9 9.2 - 15.2 88.1 84.8 - 90.8
Marital Status              
Married 6,291** 15.1 12.1 - 18.8 84.9 81.2 - 87.9
Other 3,849** 11.5 7.9 - 16.3 88.6 83.7 - 92.1
Income              
$14,999 or less 2,298** 16.1 10.7 - 23.4 83.9 76.6 - 89.3
$15,000-24,999 1,292** 18.9 11.9 - 28.8 81.1 71.2 - 88.1
$25,000-49,999 2,563** 12.7 8.6 - 18.5 87.3 81.5 - 91.4
$50,000 or more 3,986** 11.3 8.2 - 15.5 88.7 84.5 - 91.8
Enrolled in WIC              
No 6,779** 12.4 9.7 - 15.6 87.6 84.4 - 90.3
Yes 3,339** 16.5 12.0 - 22.3 83.5 77.7 - 88.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 5,825** 12.1 9.3 - 15.5 88.0 84.5 - 90.7
Yes 4,315** 16.0 12.0 - 21.0 84.0 79.0 - 88.0
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 584** 17.0 14.2 - 20.2 83.0 79.8 - 85.8
2500 grams or more 9,555** 13.5 11.0 - 16.5 86.5 83.5 - 89.0
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.
Recoded from question 32a: During the 3 months before you goty pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have 
in an average week?
** 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