Did Mother Receive Counseling on Medicines Safe To Take During Pregnancy?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,590	6.8	5.2	-	8.5	93.2	91.5	-	94.8
Age
	<20 years	1,272	3.9	0.0	-	8.2	96.1	91.8	-	100.0
	20-24 years	3,351	8.4	4.4	-	12.3	91.6	87.7	-	95.6
	25-34 years	7,088	5.7	3.6	-	7.7	94.3	92.3	-	96.4
	35+ years	1,875	10.7	5.3	-	16.0	89.4	84.0	-	94.7
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	6.7	5.0	-	8.4	93.3	91.6	-	95.0
	Black	112	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	13.0	0.0	-	29.3	87.0	70.7	-	100.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	7.0	5.3	-	8.7	93.0	91.3	-	94.7
Education
	< High School	1,471	8.3	2.4	-	14.2	91.7	85.8	-	97.6
	High School	4,894	6.9	4.1	-	9.7	93.1	90.3	-	95.9
	> High School	7,065	6.5	4.3	-	8.7	93.5	91.3	-	95.7
Marital Status
	Married	9,398	6.8	4.9	-	8.8	93.2	91.2	-	95.1
	Other	4,192	6.9	3.7	-	10.0	93.1	90.0	-	96.3
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	9.7	5.8	-	13.5	90.4	86.5	-	94.2
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	5.8	1.3	-	10.3	94.2	89.7	-	98.7
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	7.4	3.6	-	11.2	92.6	88.8	-	96.4
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	5.4	3.0	-	7.7	94.6	92.3	-	97.0
WIC Recipient
	No	8,652**	5.9	4.0	-	7.8	94.1	92.2	-	96.0
	Yes	4,275**	8.9	5.5	-	12.3	91.1	87.7	-	94.5
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,054**	6.5	4.4	-	8.5	93.5	91.5	-	95.6
	Yes	4,998**	7.5	4.5	-	10.4	92.6	89.6	-	95.5
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	8.8	6.9	-	10.8	91.2	89.2	-	93.1
	2500 grams or more	12,761	6.7	5.0	-	8.5	93.3	91.5	-	95.0
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 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?			f. The kinds of medicines that were safe to take during your
				pregnancy
** 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