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                              Mother's Vitamin Consumption Before Pregnancy*  
                                                     2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      Did Not Take Vitamin 1-3 Times/Week 4-6 Times/Week Every Day
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 52.1 48.9 - 55.4 7.2 5.5 - 8.9 7.2 5.5 - 8.8 33.5 30.4 - 36.5
Age                                    
<20 years 1,272 81.4 72.7 - 90.0 3.9 0.1 - 7.6 4.7 0.0 - 9.7 10.1 3.3 - 16.8
20-24 years 3,351 65.5 59.0 - 71.9 6.6 3.3 - 9.9 6.2 3.0 - 9.4 21.7 16.1 - 27.3
25-34 years 7,088 44.6 40.2 - 49.0 7.6 5.3 - 10.0 7.0 4.7 - 9.2 40.8 36.4 - 45.1
35+ years 1,875 37.7 29.2 - 46.1 9.0 3.8 - 14.2 11.6 6.2 - 17.0 41.7 33.2 - 50.3
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,144 51.8 48.4 - 55.1 7.2 5.5 - 8.9 7.0 5.4 - 8.7 34.0 30.9 - 37.1
Black 122 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 308 67.4 47.2 - 87.5 4.5 2.0 - 7.1 12.2 0.0 - 26.3 16.0 0.8 - 31.2
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 52.1 48.8 - 55.4 7.1 5.4 - 8.8 7.3 5.6 - 9.0 33.5 30.4 - 36.6
Education                                  
<High School 1,471 80.4 72.2 - 88.6 3.2 0.0 - 6.6 4.0 0.0 - 8.1 12.4 5.6 - 19.2
High School 4,894 68.6 63.6 - 73.6 6.6 3.9 - 9.3 3.0 1.2 - 4.8 21.8 17.3 - 26.3
>High School 7,065 32.8 28.6 - 36.9 8.8 6.2 - 11.4 11.2 8.4 - 14.0 47.3 42.8 - 51.7
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,398 43.6 39.8 - 47.5 7.5 5.4 - 9.5 8.0 6.0 - 10.1 40.9 37.1 - 44.7
Other 4,192 71.8 66.3 - 77.4 6.7 3.7 - 9.6 5.2 2.5 - 8.0 16.3 11.7 - 20.9
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 75.4 69.9 - 80.9 4.3 1.9 - 6.8 4.8 2.1 - 7.6 15.4 10.8 - 20.0
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 62.4 52.9 - 71.9 9.5 3.6 - 15.4 5.7 1.4 - 9.9 22.5 14.3 - 30.7
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 55.1 47.8 - 62.3 9.0 4.8 - 13.2 9.2 5.1 - 13.3 26.8 20.4 - 33.2
$40,000 or more 4,811** 30.3 25.5 - 35.2 7.8 5.0 - 10.6 8.8 5.9 - 11.7 53.1 47.9 - 58.3
WIC Recipient                                  
No 8,652** 43.2 39.3 - 47.2 7.6 5.5 - 9.8 8.4 6.2 - 10.5 40.8 36.9 - 44.6
Yes 4,275** 69.9 64.5 - 75.2 6.6 3.8 - 9.4 5.0 2.4 - 7.5 18.8 14.3 - 23.4
Medicaid Recipient                                  
No 8,054** 40.7 36.7 - 44.7 7.5 5.4 - 9.7 8.6 6.3 - 10.8 43.2 39.2 - 47.2
Yes 4,998** 70.6 65.6 - 75.5 6.7 4.1 - 9.3 5.0 2.6 - 7.3 17.8 13.6 - 22.0
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 819 54.0 50.6 - 57.3 7.6 5.8 - 9.4 6.4 4.7 - 8.0 32.1 29.0 - 35.2
2500 grams or more 12,761 52.0 48.6 - 55.5 7.2 5.4 - 9.0 7.2 5.5 - 9.0 33.6 30.3 - 36.8
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 3:  In the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, how many times
  did you take a multivitamin?
** 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