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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Illegal Drugs?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 33.3 30.2 - 36.4 66.7 63.6 - 69.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 17.1 8.5 - 25.7 82.9 74.3 - 91.5
20-24 years 3,351 27.5 21.4 - 33.7 72.5 66.3 - 78.6
25-34 years 7,088 36.5 32.2 - 40.8 63.5 59.2 - 67.8
35+ years 1,875 42.3 33.7 - 51.0 57.7 49.0 - 66.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 33.5 30.3 - 36.6 66.5 63.4 - 69.7
Black 112 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 30.7 9.6 - 51.7 69.4 48.3 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 33.2 30.1 - 36.3 66.8 63.7 - 69.9
Education                  
< High School 1,471 19.6 11.2 - 28.0 80.4 72.0 - 88.8
High School 4,894 27.3 22.4 - 32.3 72.7 67.7 - 77.6
> High School 7,065 41.1 36.7 - 45.5 58.9 54.5 - 63.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 37.8 34.1 - 41.6 62.2 58.4 - 65.9
Other 4,192 23.0 17.8 - 28.3 77.0 71.7 - 82.2
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 24.7 19.0 - 30.3 75.4 69.7 - 81.0
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 31.1 22.0 - 40.3 68.9 59.7 - 78.0
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 36.4 29.4 - 43.4 63.6 56.6 - 70.6
$40,000 or more 4,811** 41.0 35.8 - 46.2 59.0 53.8 - 64.2
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 36.9 33.0 - 40.7 63.2 59.3 - 67.0
Yes 4,275** 26.3 21.1 - 31.5 73.7 68.5 - 78.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 37.9 33.9 - 41.8 62.1 58.2 - 66.1
Yes 4,998** 26.0 21.2 - 30.8 74.0 69.2 - 78.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 32.4 29.2 - 35.6 67.6 64.4 - 70.8
2500 grams or more 12,761 33.4 30.1 - 36.7 66.6 63.3 - 69.9
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? g. How using illegal drugs 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