Did Mother Initiate Breastfeeding?*	High Blood Pressure Caused Hospitalization?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	2240**	79.1	73.1	-	85.1	20.9	14.9	-	26.9
Age
	<20 years	330**	78.3	61.9	-	94.7	21.7	5.3	-	38.1
	20-24 years	656**	77.5	66.1	-	88.9	22.5	11.1	-	33.9
	25-34 years	1038**	79.9	71.4	-	88.3	20.1	11.7	-	28.6
	35+ years	214**	81.3	63.0	-	99.5	18.7	0.5	-	37.0
Mother's Race
	White	2199**	78.9	72.9	-	85.0	21.1	15.0	-	27.1
	Black	22**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	18**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	0**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	2141**	78.9	72.8	-	85.0	21.1	15.0	-	27.2
Education
	< High School	409**	81.5	68.0	-	95.1	18.5	4.9	-	32.0
	High School	950**	78.8	69.4	-	88.3	21.2	11.7	-	30.6
	>High School	880**	78.2	69.0	-	87.5	21.8	12.5	-	31.0
Marital Status
	Married	1258**	78.2	70.1	-	86.3	21.8	13.7	-	29.9
	Other	982**	80.3	71.5	-	89.0	19.8	11.0	-	28.5
Income
	$15,999 or less	886**	73.6	63.2	-	84.0	26.4	16.0	-	36.8
	$16,000-24,999	323**	86.5	73.8	-	99.1	13.5	0.9	-	26.2
	$25,000-39,999	392**	88.6	78.1	-	99.2	11.4	0.8	-	21.9
	$40,000 or more	607**	77.1	65.1	-	89.1	22.9	10.9	-	34.9
WIC Recipient
	No	1260**	81.4	73.8	-	89.0	18.6	11.0	-	26.2
	Yes	980**	76.2	66.8	-	85.6	23.8	14.4	-	33.2
Medicaid Recipient
	No	1132**	81.9	74.1	-	89.8	18.1	10.2	-	25.9
	Yes	1108**	76.2	67.3	-	85.1	23.8	14.9	-	32.7
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	286**	72.7	68.0	-	77.5	27.3	22.5	-	32.0
	2500 grams or more	1954**	80.0	73.2	-	86.8	20.0	13.2	-	26.8
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 28: What problems caused you to stay in the hospital?
	High blood pressure (preeclampsia or toxemia)
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
# 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