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Did Mother Initiate Breastfeeding?* Vaginal Bleeding Caused Hospitalization?*    
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 2240** 87.7 83.0 - 92.4 12.3 7.6 - 17.0
Age                    
<20 years 330** 78.9 62.5 - 95.2 21.1 4.8 - 37.5
20-24 years 656** 92.2 85.7 - 98.7 7.8 1.3 - 14.3
25-34 years 1038** 90.3 84.5 - 96.1 9.7 3.9 - 15.5
35+ years 214** 75.2 54.1 - 96.2 24.8 3.8 - 45.9
Mother's Race                  
White 2199** 87.6 82.8 - 92.3 12.4 7.7 - 17.2
Black 22** # # - # # # - #
Other 18** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 0** # # - # # # - #
No 2141** 87.2 82.3 - 92.0 12.9 8.0 - 17.7
Education                  
< High School 409** 82.3 68.7 - 95.8 17.8 4.2 - 31.3
High School 950** 89.7 83.4 - 95.9 10.3 4.1 - 16.6
>High School 880** 88.1 80.8 - 95.5 11.9 4.5 - 19.2
Marital Status                  
Married 1258** 90.4 85.0 - 95.8 9.6 4.2 - 15.0
Other 982** 84.3 76.3 - 92.3 15.7 7.7 - 23.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 886** 86.5 78.6 - 94.4 13.5 5.6 - 21.4
$16,000-24,999 323** 93.0 85.1 - 100.0 7.0 0.0 - 14.9
$25,000-39,999 392** 84.0 72.0 - 96.0 16.0 4.0 - 28.0
$40,000 or more 607** 91.4 83.5 - 99.3 8.6 0.7 - 16.5
WIC Recipient                  
No 1260** 86.9 80.5 - 93.4 13.1 6.6 - 19.5
Yes 980** 88.7 82.0 - 95.4 11.3 4.6 - 18.0
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 1132** 90.1 84.2 - 95.9 10.0 4.1 - 15.8
Yes 1108** 85.3 78.1 - 92.6 14.7 7.4 - 21.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 286** 79.5 75.1 - 83.9 20.5 16.1 - 24.9
2500 grams or more 1954** 88.9 83.6 - 94.2 11.1 5.8 - 16.4
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?
Vaginal bleeding or placenta problems
** 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