Did Mother Drink in the 3 Months Before Pregnancy?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,590	39.9	36.6	-	43.1	60.2	56.9	-	63.4
Age
	<20 years	1,272	42.8	31.3	-	54.3	57.2	45.7	-	68.7
	20-24 years	3,351	41.0	34.2	-	47.8	59.0	52.2	-	65.8
	25-34 years	7,088	37.7	33.4	-	42.1	62.3	57.9	-	66.6
	35+ years	1,875	44.3	35.6	-	52.9	55.7	47.1	-	64.4
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	39.0	35.7	-	42.3	61.0	57.7	-	64.3
	Black	122	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	71.2	51.1	-	91.3	28.8	8.7	-	48.9
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	39.8	36.5	-	43.1	60.2	56.9	-	63.5
Education
	< High School	1,471	46.8	36.3	-	57.4	53.2	42.6	-	63.7
	High School	4,894	42.7	37.2	-	48.1	57.3	51.9	-	62.8
	> High School	7,065	35.9	31.6	-	40.2	64.1	59.8	-	68.4
Marital Status
	Married	9,398	41.3	37.5	-	45.1	58.7	54.9	-	62.5
	Other	4,192	36.5	30.4	-	42.5	63.5	57.5	-	69.6
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	45.3	38.8	-	51.8	54.7	48.2	-	61.2
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	43.2	33.5	-	52.9	56.8	47.1	-	66.5
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	39.6	32.4	-	46.7	60.4	53.3	-	67.6
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	34.2	29.2	-	39.2	65.8	60.8	-	70.8
WIC Recipient
	No	8,652**	36.7	32.8	-	40.5	63.3	59.5	-	67.2
	Yes	4,275**	45.9	39.9	-	51.8	54.1	48.2	-	60.1
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,054**	37.6	33.6	-	41.6	62.4	58.4	-	66.4
	Yes	4,998**	43.5	38.0	-	49.0	56.5	51.0	-	62.0
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	41.1	37.7	-	44.6	58.9	55.4	-	62.3
	2500 grams or more	12,761	39.8	36.4	-	43.2	60.2	56.8	-	63.6
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: Variable developed from Q31a. During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many alcoholic
	drinks did you have in an average week?
** 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