| |
|
Was Mother
Breastfeeding Baby at One Month?* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1999 Maine
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
No |
|
|
|
Yes |
|
|
| Groups |
|
Population |
% |
|
CI |
|
% |
|
CI |
|
| |
Total |
13,604 |
44.6 |
41.3 |
- |
47.8 |
55.5 |
52.2 |
- |
58.7 |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<20 years |
1,322 |
63.3 |
53.3 |
- |
73.4 |
36.7 |
26.6 |
- |
46.7 |
|
20-24 years |
3,313 |
63.2 |
56.8 |
- |
69.6 |
36.8 |
30.4 |
- |
43.2 |
|
25-34 years |
7,236 |
39.5 |
35.1 |
- |
43.8 |
60.5 |
56.2 |
- |
64.9 |
|
35+ years |
1,733 |
16.7 |
10.0 |
- |
23.5 |
83.3 |
76.5 |
- |
90.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mother's Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
White |
13,198 |
44.3 |
41.1 |
- |
47.6 |
55.7 |
52.4 |
- |
58.9 |
|
Black |
105 |
# |
# |
- |
# |
# |
# |
- |
# |
|
Other |
270 |
40.8 |
15.1 |
- |
66.4 |
59.2 |
33.6 |
- |
84.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Hispanic
Origin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes |
134^ |
# |
# |
- |
# |
# |
# |
- |
# |
|
No |
12,771^ |
43.9 |
40.6 |
- |
47.2 |
56.1 |
52.8 |
- |
59.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
< High School |
1,474 |
77.4 |
69.2 |
- |
85.6 |
22.6 |
14.4 |
- |
30.8 |
|
High School |
5,093 |
53.1 |
47.8 |
- |
58.5 |
46.9 |
41.5 |
- |
52.2 |
|
>High School |
6,936 |
30.9 |
26.8 |
- |
35.1 |
69.1 |
64.9 |
- |
73.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Marital Status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Married |
9,354 |
36.9 |
33.2 |
- |
40.7 |
63.1 |
59.3 |
- |
66.8 |
|
Other |
4,250 |
61.8 |
56.1 |
- |
67.5 |
38.2 |
32.5 |
- |
43.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$15,999 or less |
3,593** |
63.8 |
57.8 |
- |
69.8 |
36.2 |
30.2 |
- |
42.2 |
|
$16,000-24,999 |
1,786** |
54.0 |
45.2 |
- |
62.8 |
46.0 |
37.2 |
- |
54.8 |
|
$25,000-39,999 |
2,670** |
40.0 |
33.0 |
- |
47.0 |
60.0 |
53.0 |
- |
67.0 |
|
$40,000 or more |
4,684** |
28.4 |
23.6 |
- |
33.2 |
71.6 |
66.8 |
- |
76.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| WIC Recipient |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
8,842** |
35.8 |
32.1 |
- |
39.6 |
64.2 |
60.4 |
- |
67.9 |
|
Yes |
4,153** |
63.7 |
58.1 |
- |
69.2 |
36.4 |
30.8 |
- |
41.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Medicaid
Recipient |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No |
8,545** |
34.7 |
30.9 |
- |
38.5 |
65.3 |
61.5 |
- |
69.1 |
|
Yes |
4,476** |
63.9 |
58.5 |
- |
69.2 |
36.1 |
30.8 |
- |
41.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Infant's birth
weight |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<2500 grams |
822 |
45.6 |
42.0 |
- |
49.2 |
54.4 |
50.8 |
- |
58.0 |
|
2500 grams or more |
12,776 |
44.5 |
41.1 |
- |
47.9 |
55.5 |
52.1 |
- |
58.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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 42: For how many weeks did
you breast-feed your new baby? |
|
|
|
|
| ** 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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
