Infant Sleeping Position*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				Side				Back				Stomach
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	25.3	22.4	-	28.1	64.7	61.6	-	67.8	10.0	8.1	-	12.0
Age
	<20 years	1,322	36.5	26.4	-	46.6	54.3	43.9	-	64.7	9.2	3.1	-	15.3
	20-24 years	3,313	28.2	22.1	-	34.2	63.6	57.2	-	70.1	8.2	4.6	-	11.9
	25-34 years	7,236	22.5	18.8	-	26.2	67.1	62.9	-	71.2	10.4	7.6	-	13.1
	35+ years	1,733	22.3	14.7	-	29.8	65.2	56.5	-	73.9	12.5	6.4	-	18.6
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	25.1	22.3	-	28.0	65.1	62.0	-	68.3	9.7	7.8	-	11.7
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	42.7	18.0	-	67.4	49.2	24.2	-	74.2	8.1	0.0	-	21.6
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	25.4	22.4	-	28.3	64.5	61.3	-	67.7	10.1	8.1	-	12.1
Education
	< High School	1,474	42.6	32.9	-	52.4	52.4	42.6	-	62.2	5.0	0.8	-	9.2
	High School	5,093	24.8	20.1	-	29.4	65.6	60.5	-	70.7	9.6	6.4	-	12.8
	>High School	6,936	21.8	18.1	-	25.5	66.7	62.5	-	71.0	11.5	8.5	-	14.4
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	22.9	19.6	-	26.2	66.5	62.8	-	70.2	10.6	8.1	-	13.0
	Other	4,250	30.6	25.1	-	36.0	60.6	54.8	-	66.4	8.8	5.5	-	12.2
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	30.3	24.4	-	36.1	60.3	54.1	-	66.5	9.4	5.7	-	13.1
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	27.9	20.0	-	35.8	64.8	56.4	-	73.2	7.3	2.8	-	11.7
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	23.4	17.4	-	29.4	67.3	60.7	-	74.0	9.2	5.1	-	13.3
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	21.8	17.3	-	26.2	66.4	61.3	-	71.5	11.9	8.3	-	15.4
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	23.1	19.7	-	26.4	66.1	62.4	-	69.9	10.8	8.3	-	13.3
	Yes	4,153**	30.2	24.8	-	35.5	61.4	55.8	-	67.1	8.4	5.2	-	11.7
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	22.8	19.5	-	26.2	67.1	63.3	-	70.8	10.1	7.7	-	12.5
	Yes	4,476**	30.1	24.9	-	35.3	60.0	54.5	-	65.6	9.9	6.5	-	13.3
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	30.0	26.7	-	33.4	59.1	55.5	-	62.7	10.9	8.6	-	13.1
	2500 grams or more	12,776	25.0	22.0	-	28.0	65.0	61.8	-	68.3	10.0	7.9	-	12.0
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 45: How do you put your new baby down to sleep most of the time?
** 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