Did Mother Receive Counseling on Breastfeeding?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	10.6	8.6	-	12.5	89.4	87.5	-	91.4
Age
	<20 years	1,322	11.9	5.2	-	18.6	88.1	81.4	-	94.8
	20-24 years	3,313	7.5	4.0	-	11.0	92.5	89.0	-	96.0
	25-34 years	7,236	11.7	8.9	-	14.5	88.3	85.5	-	91.1
	35+ years	1,733	10.4	4.9	-	16.0	89.6	84.0	-	95.1
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	10.8	8.8	-	12.9	89.2	87.1	-	91.2
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	100.0	0.0	-	0.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	10.9	8.8	-	12.9	89.1	87.1	-	91.2
Education
	< High School	1,474	10.6	4.7	-	16.5	89.4	83.5	-	95.3
	High School	5,093	10.1	6.9	-	13.3	89.9	86.7	-	93.1
	>High School	6,936	11.0	8.1	-	13.8	89.1	86.2	-	91.9
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	10.7	8.3	-	13.1	89.3	86.9	-	91.7
	Other	4,250	10.3	6.8	-	13.8	89.7	86.2	-	93.2
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	7.5	4.3	-	10.8	92.5	89.2	-	95.7
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	9.2	4.2	-	14.3	90.8	85.7	-	95.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	13.9	8.9	-	18.9	86.1	81.1	-	91.1
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	10.7	7.4	-	14.0	89.3	86.0	-	92.6
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	11.0	8.6	-	13.5	89.0	86.5	-	91.4
	Yes	4,153**	9.3	6.0	-	12.6	90.7	87.4	-	94.0
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	12.2	9.5	-	14.8	87.9	85.2	-	90.5
	Yes	4,476**	7.5	4.6	-	10.4	92.5	89.6	-	95.4
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	10.0	7.8	-	12.1	90.0	87.9	-	92.2
	2500 grams or more	12,776	10.6	8.5	-	12.7	89.4	87.3	-	91.5
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?				c. Breastfeeding 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