Did Mother Initiate Breastfeeding?*	Premature Labor Caused Hospitalization?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	2240**	58.3	50.9	-	65.6	41.7	34.4	-	49.1
Age
	<20 years	330**	48.9	28.9	-	68.8	51.2	31.2	-	71.1
	20-24 years	656**	59.9	46.4	-	73.3	40.1	26.7	-	53.6
	25-34 years	1038**	59.4	48.8	-	70.0	40.6	30.0	-	51.2
	35+ years	214**	62.4	39.6	-	85.1	37.6	14.9	-	60.4
Mother's Race
	White	2199**	57.6	50.2	-	65.0	42.4	35.0	-	49.8
	Black	22**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	18**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	0**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	2141**	58.5	51.1	-	66.0	41.5	34.0	-	48.9
Education
	< High School	409**	56.2	38.5	-	73.9	43.8	26.1	-	61.5
	High School	950**	61.6	50.5	-	72.7	38.4	27.3	-	49.5
	>High School	880**	55.6	44.1	-	67.1	44.4	32.9	-	55.9
Marital Status
	Married	1258**	64.6	55.2	-	74.0	35.4	26.0	-	44.8
	Other	982**	50.1	38.9	-	61.3	49.9	38.7	-	61.1
Income
	$15,999 or less	886**	56.6	44.8	-	68.4	43.4	31.6	-	55.2
	$16,000-24,999	323**	60.6	41.8	-	79.4	39.4	20.6	-	58.2
	$25,000-39,999	392**	43.9	26.6	-	61.2	56.1	38.8	-	73.4
	$40,000 or more	607**	67.2	53.9	-	80.5	32.8	19.5	-	46.1
WIC Recipient
	No	1260**	60.2	50.5	-	69.8	39.8	30.2	-	49.5
	Yes	980**	55.8	44.6	-	67.0	44.2	33.0	-	55.4
Medicaid Recipient
	No	1132**	62.1	52.1	-	72.2	37.9	27.8	-	47.9
	Yes	1108**	54.3	43.8	-	64.8	45.7	35.2	-	56.2
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	286**	58.2	52.9	-	63.4	41.9	36.6	-	47.1
	2500 grams or more	1954**	58.3	49.9	-	66.6	41.7	33.4	-	50.1
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?
	Labor pains more than 3 weeks before my due date (premature labor)
** 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