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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Alcohol Use?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 17.5 15.0 - 20.0 82.5 80.0 - 85.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 13.6 6.4 - 20.7 86.4 79.3 - 93.6
20-24 years 3,313 11.5 7.2 - 15.7 88.5 84.3 - 92.8
25-34 years 7,236 19.3 15.8 - 22.7 80.8 77.3 - 84.2
35+ years 1,733 24.6 16.7 - 32.5 75.4 67.5 - 83.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 17.7 15.2 - 20.2 82.3 79.8 - 84.8
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 7.4 0.0 - 20.8 92.6 79.2 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 17.7 15.2 - 20.2 82.3 79.8 - 84.8
Education                  
< High School 1,474 15.7 8.6 - 22.8 84.3 77.2 - 91.4
High School 5,093 15.0 11.3 - 18.8 85.0 81.2 - 88.7
>High School 6,936 19.8 16.2 - 23.4 80.2 76.6 - 83.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 20.5 17.3 - 23.6 79.5 76.4 - 82.7
Other 4,250 10.9 7.3 - 14.5 89.1 85.5 - 92.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 12.6 8.4 - 16.8 87.4 83.2 - 91.6
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 13.9 7.8 - 20.0 86.1 80.0 - 92.2
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 24.3 18.2 - 30.3 75.8 69.7 - 81.8
$40,000 or more 4,684** 18.6 14.4 - 22.8 81.4 77.2 - 85.6
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 19.5 16.4 - 22.7 80.5 77.3 - 83.6
Yes 4,153** 13.0 9.1 - 16.8 87.1 83.2 - 90.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 19.6 16.4 - 22.8 80.4 77.2 - 83.6
Yes 4,476** 13.5 9.7 - 17.3 86.5 82.7 - 90.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 13.1 10.8 - 15.4 86.9 84.6 - 89.2
2500 grams or more 12,776 17.7 15.1 - 20.3 82.3 79.7 - 84.9
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 16: During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
about any of the things listed below? d. How drinking alcohol during pregnancy could affect your 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