Mother's Body Mass Index Before Pregnancy*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
			Underweight				Normal				Overweight				Obese
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,590	16.1	13.6	-	18.5	52.7	49.4	-	56.0	10.8	8.7	-	12.9	20.4	17.8	-	23.1
Age
	<20 years	1,272	35.2	23.9	-	46.6	50.2	38.3	-	62.0	2.1	0.0	-	5.0	12.6	4.6	-	20.5
	20-24 years	3,351	18.4	13.0	-	23.8	46.1	39.2	-	52.9	13.1	8.4	-	17.7	22.5	16.8	-	28.2
	25-34 years	7,088	13.3	10.2	-	16.3	54.8	50.4	-	59.2	11.2	8.4	-	14.0	20.7	17.0	-	24.3
	35+ years	1,875	10.8	5.4	-	16.1	58.0	49.3	-	66.6	10.6	5.2	-	16.0	20.7	13.5	-	27.9
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	15.7	13.2	-	18.1	53.0	49.6	-	56.3	10.8	8.7	-	12.9	20.6	17.8	-	23.3
	Black	112	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	32.6	11.6	-	53.5	44.6	22.6	-	66.7	6.5	0.0	-	18.5	16.3	0.0	-	32.8
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	15.6	13.1	-	18.0	53.1	49.7	-	56.4	11.0	8.9	-	13.1	20.3	17.7	-	23.0
Education
	< High School	1,471	35.1	24.9	-	45.3	38.0	27.6	-	48.4	9.9	3.4	-	16.4	17.0	8.9	-	25.2
	High School	4,894	15.4	11.5	-	19.3	46.4	40.9	-	51.8	12.8	9.1	-	16.5	25.5	20.7	-	30.3
	> High School	7,065	11.9	9.0	-	14.8	60.9	56.6	-	65.3	9.7	7.1	-	12.3	17.5	14.1	-	20.9
Marital Status
	Married	9,398	12.6	10.0	-	15.2	55.6	51.7	-	59.4	11.0	8.6	-	13.4	20.8	17.6	-	24.0
	Other	4,192	24.4	18.9	-	29.8	45.9	39.6	-	52.2	10.2	6.3	-	14.1	19.5	14.5	-	24.5
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	25.8	20.1	-	31.6	39.5	33.1	-	45.9	11.4	7.2	-	15.6	23.3	17.8	-	28.8
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	10.9	4.9	-	16.9	47.6	37.8	-	57.4	9.3	3.7	-	14.9	32.1	22.9	-	41.4
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	14.5	9.3	-	19.7	50.8	43.5	-	58.1	13.8	8.8	-	18.8	20.9	15.0	-	26.8
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	9.7	6.6	-	12.8	66.6	61.7	-	71.6	9.8	6.6	-	12.9	13.9	10.3	-	17.5
WIC Recipient
	No	8,652**	12.5	9.9	-	15.1	58.4	54.5	-	62.3	11.6	9.1	-	14.2	17.4	14.4	-	20.5
	Yes	4,275**	23.6	18.4	-	28.8	40.2	34.3	-	46.1	9.3	5.8	-	12.8	26.9	21.6	-	32.2
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,054**	10.9	8.4	-	13.4	60.7	56.8	-	64.7	11.8	9.2	-	14.5	16.6	13.5	-	19.6
	Yes	4,998**	24.7	19.8	-	29.5	39.4	34.0	-	44.8	9.1	5.9	-	12.3	26.9	21.9	-	31.8
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	21.2	18.3	-	24.1	49.5	46.0	-	53.0	9.8	7.8	-	11.8	19.5	16.8	-	22.3
	2500 grams or more	12,761	15.8	13.2	-	18.4	52.9	49.4	-	56.4	10.9	8.7	-	13.0	20.5	17.6	-	23.3
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 Questions 5 and 6:  Just before you got pregnant, how much did you weigh?
	How tall are you without shoes?
** 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 2000 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