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Did Mother Drink Alcohol During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 94.1 92.6 - 95.6 5.9 4.4 - 7.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 97.4 94.0 - 100.0 2.7 0.0 - 6.0
20-24 years 3,313 96.7 94.4 - 99.1 3.3 0.9 - 5.6
25-34 years 7,236 92.8 90.6 - 95.1 7.2 4.9 - 9.4
35+ years 1,733 92.1 87.2 - 97.0 7.9 3.0 - 12.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 94.1 92.6 - 95.6 5.9 4.4 - 7.4
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 92.6 79.2 - 100.0 7.4 0.0 - 20.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 93.7 92.1 - 95.3 6.3 4.7 - 7.9
Education                  
< High School 1,474 96.7 93.2 - 100.0 3.3 0.0 - 6.8
High School 5,093 95.8 93.7 - 97.9 4.2 2.1 - 6.3
>High School 6,936 92.2 89.8 - 94.6 7.8 5.4 - 10.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 92.8 90.8 - 94.8 7.2 5.2 - 9.2
Other 4,250 97.0 95.2 - 98.9 3.0 1.1 - 4.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 96.3 94.0 - 98.5 3.7 1.5 - 6.0
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 97.4 94.6 - 100.0 2.6 0.0 - 5.4
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 93.6 90.0 - 100.0 6.4 2.9 - 10.0
$40,000 or more 4,684** 91.2 88.2 - 94.2 8.8 5.8 - 11.8
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 92.3 90.2 - 94.4 7.7 5.6 - 9.8
Yes 4,153** 98.0 96.4 - 99.5 2.0 0.5 - 3.6
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 92.6 90.5 - 94.7 7.4 5.3 - 9.5
Yes 4,476** 97.0 95.1 - 98.8 3.1 1.2 - 4.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 96.6 95.2 - 97.9 3.4 2.1 - 4.8
2500 grams or more 12,776 94.0 92.4 - 95.6 6.0 4.4 - 7.6
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 26A: During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, 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.
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 1999 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