Did Mother Know About Folic Acid?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	12.8	10.7	-	14.9	87.2	85.1	-	89.3
Age
	<20 years	1,322	35.5	25.7	-	45.2	64.5	54.8	-	74.3
	20-24 years	3,313	18.9	13.8	-	24.1	81.1	75.9	-	86.2
	25-34 years	7,236	7.4	5.1	-	9.6	92.7	90.4	-	94.9
	35+ years	1,733	6.4	2.1	-	10.7	93.6	89.3	-	97.9
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	12.8	10.6	-	15.0	87.2	85.0	-	89.4
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	0.9	0.0	-	2.1	99.1	97.9	-	100.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	11.7	9.6	-	13.8	88.3	86.2	-	90.4
Education
	< High School	1,474	31.8	23.0	-	40.7	68.2	59.3	-	77.0
	High School	5,093	17.8	13.8	-	21.8	82.2	78.2	-	86.2
	>High School	6,936	4.6	2.7	-	6.4	95.4	93.6	-	97.3
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	6.9	4.9	-	8.9	93.1	91.1	-	95.1
	Other	4,250	25.7	20.7	-	30.6	74.3	69.4	-	79.3
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	20.3	15.5	-	25.2	79.7	74.8	-	84.5
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	20.9	13.8	-	28.0	79.1	72.0	-	86.2
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	9.3	5.1	-	13.4	90.7	86.6	-	94.9
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	4.1	2.0	-	6.2	95.9	93.8	-	98.0
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	7.6	5.5	-	9.7	92.4	90.3	-	94.5
	Yes	4,153**	23.9	19.1	-	28.8	76.1	71.2	-	80.9
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	6.5	4.5	-	8.4	93.6	91.6	-	95.5
	Yes	4,476**	24.9	20.2	-	29.6	75.1	70.4	-	79.8
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	16.0	13.3	-	18.7	84.0	81.3	-	86.7
	2500 grams or more	12,776	12.6	10.3	-	14.9	87.4	85.1	-	89.7
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 Question 20: Have you ever heard or read that taking the vitamin folic acid can help prevent some birth defects?
** 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