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                     Did Mother Receive Counseling on Alcohol Use?*  
                                                    2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 22.2 19.5 - 25.0 77.8 75.0 - 80.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 15.3 7.0 - 23.6 84.7 76.4 - 93.0
20-24 years 3,351 20.2 14.6 - 25.8 79.8 74.2 - 85.4
25-34 years 7,088 23.8 20.0 - 27.6 76.2 72.4 - 80.0
35+ years 1,875 24.1 16.7 - 31.6 75.9 68.4 - 83.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 22.2 19.4 - 25.0 77.8 75.0 - 80.6
Black 112 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 24.5 0.0 - 44.5 75.5 55.5 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 22.0 19.2 - 24.8 78.0 75.2 - 80.8
Education                  
< High School 1,471 19.5 11.1 - 27.9 80.5 72.1 - 88.9
High School 4,894 20.2 15.8 - 24.7 79.8 75.3 - 84.2
>High School 7,065 24.5 20.7 - 28.4 75.5 71.6 - 79.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 23.8 20.5 - 27.1 76.2 72.9 - 79.5
Other 4,192 18.6 13.7 - 23.5 81.4 76.5 - 86.3
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 20.1 14.8 - 25.3 79.9 74.7 - 85.2
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 22.6 14.3 - 30.8 77.4 69.2 - 85.7
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 23.1 16.9 - 29.3 76.9 70.7 - 83.1
$40,000 or more 4,811** 24.2 19.7 - 28.7 75.8 71.3 - 80.3
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 23.2 19.8 - 26.5 76.9 73.5 - 80.2
Yes 4,275** 20.5 15.7 - 25.3 79.5 74.7 - 84.3
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 22.6 19.2 - 26.0 77.4 74.0 - 80.8
Yes 4,998** 21.5 17.0 - 26.1 78.5 73.9 - 83.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 20.0 17.2 - 22.7 80.0 77.3 - 82.8
2500 grams or more 12,761 22.3 19.4 - 25.2 77.7 74.8 - 80.6
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 22:  During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
  about any of the things listed below?  c. How drinking alcohol during pregnancy could affect your baby
** 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