Did Mother Initiate Breastfeeding?*	Was Mother Hospitalized During Pregnancy?
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	83.6	81.3	-	85.9	16.4	14.1	-	18.7
Age
	<20 years	1,322	75.7	66.9	-	84.5	24.3	15.5	-	33.1
	20-24 years	3,313	80.1	74.9	-	85.2	19.9	14.8	-	25.1
	25-34 years	7,236	85.4	82.4	-	88.4	14.6	11.6	-	17.6
	35+ years	1,733	88.8	83.4	-	94.2	11.2	5.8	-	16.6
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	83.5	81.2	-	85.8	16.5	14.2	-	18.8
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	91.8	78.3	-	100.0	8.2	0.0	-	21.7
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	83.3	80.9	-	85.7	16.7	14.3	-	19.1
Education
	< High School	1,474	74.5	66.3	-	82.8	25.5	17.2	-	33.7
	High School	5,093	81.8	77.9	-	85.8	18.2	14.2	-	22.1
	>High School	6,936	87.0	84.1	-	89.8	13.0	10.2	-	15.9
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	86.5	83.9	-	89.0	13.5	11.0	-	16.1
	Other	4,250	77.3	72.6	-	82.0	22.7	18.0	-	27.4
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	76.5	71.4	-	81.6	23.5	18.4	-	28.6
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	82.0	75.6	-	88.5	18.0	11.5	-	24.4
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	86.0	81.3	-	90.7	14.0	9.3	-	18.7
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	88.0	84.6	-	91.4	12.0	8.6	-	15.4
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	86.6	84.1	-	89.2	13.4	10.8	-	15.9
	Yes	4,153**	77.1	72.4	-	81.8	22.9	18.2	-	27.6
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	87.4	84.9	-	90.0	12.6	10.0	-	15.1
	Yes	4,476**	76.3	71.7	-	80.8	23.7	19.2	-	28.3
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	60.1	56.7	-	63.5	39.9	36.5	-	43.3
	2500 grams or more	12,776	84.9	82.5	-	87.3	15.1	12.7	-	17.5
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 27: Not counting the time you went to the hospital to have your baby, how many other times during
	your pregnancy did you go into a hospital and stay at least one night?
** 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