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Baby's Sleeping Position*
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
  Side Back Stomach Combination**
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,152 11.1 9.2 - 13.5 79.0 76.1 - 81.7 8.1 6.4 - 10.1 1.8 0.9 - 3.9
Age                          
<20 years 1,135 18.8 9.2 - 34.6 69.3 53.0 - 81.9 8.0 2.6 - 22.1 3.9 0.7 - 19.6
20-24 years 3,580 11.5 7.8 - 16.6 77.8 71.7 - 83.0 7.3 4.5 - 11.6 3.5 1.4 - 9.9
25-34 years 7,399 8.4 6.3 - 11.2 82.7 79.0 - 85.9 8.4 6.2 - 11.3 0.5 0.2 - 1.7
35+ years 2,037 17.2 11.7 - 24.7 71.8 63.6 - 78.9 8.3 4.7 - 14.3 2.6 0.0 - 11.9
Mother's Race                          
White 13,494 10.6 8.6 - 12.9 79.8 76.8 - 82.4 7.9 6.3 - 10.0 1.7 0.8 - 3.9
Black 299 32.3 8.6 - 70.8 56.0 22.0 - 85.1 11.7 1.9 - 47.2 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Other  344 23.2 10.6 - 43.5 60.9 40.4 - 78.1 10.9 2.9 - 33.4 5.1 1.0 - 22.9
Hispanic Origin                          
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 11.2 9.2 - 13.5 79.0 76.1 - 81.7 8.0 6.3 - 10.0 1.8 0.9 - 3.9
Education                          
< High School 1,526 16.7 9.1 - 28.4 68.0 55.1 - 78.6 10.7 5.0 - 21.7 4.6 0.9 - 22.3
High School 4,759 10.5 7.3 - 14.7 77.1 71.7 - 81.7 9.1 6.3 - 13.1 3.4 1.4 - 8.4
> High School 7,786 10.5 8.2 - 13.3 82.1 78.6 - 85.1 7.0 5.1 - 9.5 0.5 0.2 - 1.7
Marital Status                          
Married 8,934 10.6 8.3 - 13.3 78.9 75.3 - 82.1 9.4 7.2 - 12.2 1.1 0.4 - 3.5
Other 5,216 12.0 8.7 - 16.4 79.2 74.0 - 83.5 6.0 3.8 - 9.3 2.9 1.1 - 7.7
Income                          
$14,999 or less 3,687** 11.3 7.5 - 16.6 75.8 69.3 - 81.3 9.5 6.1 - 14.4 3.4 1.2 - 10.5
$15,000-24,999 1,803** 10.5 6.0 - 17.6 78.7 70.1 - 85.3 8.9 4.8 - 15.8 2.0 0.3 - 11.5
$25,000-49,999 3,092** 12.0 8.2 - 17.2 81.0 75.0 - 85.7 5.5 3.2 - 9.4 1.6 0.5 - 4.7
$50,000 or more 4,691** 10.7 7.8 - 14.5 80.4 75.7 - 84.3 8.3 5.8 - 11.8 0.6 0.1 - 4.2
Enrolled in WIC                          
No 8,233** 10.8 8.5 - 13.8 80.1 76.5 - 83.2 8.3 6.3 - 10.9 0.8 0.3 - 2.9
Yes 4,956** 11.4 8.2 - 15.6 77.4 72.0 - 81.9 7.8 5.1 - 11.7 3.5 1.4 - 8.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                        
No 7,110** 10.7 8.3 - 13.7 80.7 77.1 - 84.0 7.9 5.9 - 10.6 0.6 0.1 - 3.0
Yes 6,163** 11.7 8.7 - 15.5 77.0 72.3 - 81.2 8.2 5.7 - 11.6 3.2 1.4 - 7.5
Infant's birth weight                          
<2500 grams 966 11.7 9.6 - 14.2 78.2 75.1 - 81.1 7.5 5.8 - 9.7 2.6 1.3 - 5.5
2500 grams or more 13,184 11.1 9.0 - 13.6 79.1 76.0 - 81.8 8.1 6.3 - 10.3 1.8 0.8 - 4.0
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 responses to Survey Question 55:  How do you most often lay your baby down to sleep now?
**Combination is side/back, side/stomach, back/stomach or side/back/stomach
** 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 2006 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
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics