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Did Someone Else Have a Substance Abuse Problem?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 87.1 85.0 - 89.3 12.9 10.7 - 15.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 74.3 65.3 - 83.3 25.7 16.7 - 34.7
20-24 years 3,313 78.9 73.5 - 84.3 21.1 15.7 - 26.5
25-34 years 7,236 91.4 88.9 - 93.8 8.6 6.2 - 11.1
35+ years 1,733 94.6 90.7 - 98.6 5.4 1.4 - 9.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 87.6 85.4 - 89.7 12.5 10.3 - 14.6
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 69.9 46.3 - 93.4 30.2 6.6 - 53.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 87.8 85.6 - 89.9 12.3 10.1 - 14.4
Education                  
< High School 1,474 69.7 60.9 - 78.5 30.3 21.5 - 39.1
High School 5,093 84.4 80.6 - 88.2 15.6 11.8 - 19.4
>High School 6,936 93.5 91.3 - 95.6 6.5 4.4 - 8.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 92.6 90.6 - 94.7 7.4 5.3 - 9.4
Other 4,250 75.0 70.0 - 79.9 25.0 20.1 - 30.0
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 74.4 69.0 - 79.7 25.6 20.3 - 31.0
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 85.2 79.0 - 91.3 14.9 8.7 - 21.0
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 93.8 90.4 - 97.2 6.2 2.8 - 9.6
$40,000 or more 4,684** 93.9 91.3 - 96.5 6.1 3.5 - 8.7
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 91.1 88.9 - 93.3 8.9 6.7 - 11.1
Yes 4,153** 78.4 73.7 - 83.1 21.6 16.9 - 26.3
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 94.1 92.2 - 96.0 5.9 4.0 - 7.8
Yes 4,476** 73.8 68.9 - 78.6 26.2 21.4 - 31.1
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 83.8 81.2 - 86.5 16.2 13.5 - 18.8
2500 grams or more 12,776 87.3 85.0 - 89.6 12.7 10.4 - 15.0
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 30: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before you
delivered your new baby. l. Someone very close to you had a bad problem with drinking or drugs
** 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