Mother's Body Mass Index Before Pregnancy*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				Underweight				Normal				Overweight				Obese
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	19.2	16.7	-	21.7	50.0	46.8	-	53.2	11.1	9.1	-	13.1	19.7	17.2	-	22.3
Age
	<20 years	1,322	31.3	21.8	-	40.8	45.2	35.0	-	55.3	7.8	2.3	-	13.3	15.8	8.2	-	23.4
	20-24 years	3,313	27.7	21.8	-	33.6	43.8	37.3	-	50.3	10.6	6.5	-	14.6	18.0	12.9	-	23.0
	25-34 years	7,236	14.8	11.7	-	17.9	52.0	47.6	-	56.3	11.4	8.6	-	14.1	21.9	18.3	-	25.5
	35+ years	1,733	12.7	6.8	-	18.6	57.0	48.1	-	65.8	13.7	7.4	-	19.9	16.7	10.0	-	23.4
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	19.2	16.6	-	21.7	50.0	46.8	-	53.2	10.7	8.7	-	12.8	20.1	17.5	-	22.7
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	22.5	2.1	-	6.4	56.6	31.8	-	81.3	13.5	0.0	-	30.5	7.4	0.0	-	20.8
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	18.9	16.3	-	21.4	50.2	46.9	-	53.5	10.8	8.7	-	12.8	20.1	17.5	-	22.8
Education
	< High School	1,474	37.1	27.9	-	46.3	43.5	34.1	-	52.9	9.2	3.8	-	14.6	10.2	4.5	-	15.9
	High School	5,093	21.0	16.7	-	25.3	43.6	38.4	-	48.8	11.3	8.0	-	14.7	24.1	19.6	-	28.6
	>High School	6,936	13.5	10.5	-	16.6	56.4	52.0	-	60.8	11.4	8.5	-	14.3	18.7	15.2	-	22.1
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	14.5	11.8	-	17.2	53.4	49.6	-	57.2	11.3	8.8	-	13.7	20.9	17.7	-	24.0
	Other	4,250	29.7	24.4	-	34.9	42.4	36.8	-	48.1	10.8	7.2	-	14.3	17.2	12.8	-	21.5
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	29.4	23.8	-	34.9	39.0	33.1	-	44.9	10.8	7.0	-	14.5	20.9	15.9	-	25.9
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	16.4	10.0	-	22.8	48.6	39.9	-	57.2	12.5	6.9	-	18.2	22.5	15.1	-	29.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	14.0	9.1	-	18.8	48.2	41.2	-	55.2	12.0	7.4	-	16.6	25.8	19.6	-	32.0
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	14.0	10.3	-	17.7	60.7	55.5	-	65.9	10.2	7.0	-	13.5	15.0	11.2	-	18.8
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	16.7	13.8	-	19.6	56.0	52.2	-	59.9	9.7	7.4	-	12.0	17.6	14.7	-	20.6
	Yes	4,153**	24.5	19.6	-	29.3	37.4	32.0	-	42.8	14.2	10.2	-	18.2	23.9	19.1	-	28.8
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	15.4	12.6	-	18.3	54.7	50.8	-	58.6	10.9	8.4	-	13.4	19.0	15.9	-	22.1
	Yes	4,476**	26.5	21.7	-	31.3	40.9	35.6	-	46.3	11.5	8.0	-	14.9	21.1	16.6	-	25.6
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	23.8	20.9	-	26.8	51.1	47.7	-	54.6	10.7	8.6	-	12.9	14.3	11.9	-	16.6
	2500 grams or more	12,776	19.0	16.3	-	21.6	49.9	46.5	-	53.3	11.1	9.0	-	13.2	20.0	17.3	-	22.7
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 Questions 18 and 19: Just before you got pregnant, how much did you weigh?
	How tall are you without shoes?
** 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