Did Mother Drink in the 3 Months Before Pregnancy?*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	13,750	42.1	38.8	-	45.4	57.9	54.6	-	61.2
Age
	<20 years	1,215	52.0	39.5	-	64.6	48.0	35.4	-	60.5
	20-24 years	3,376	41.5	34.9	-	48.1	58.5	51.9	-	65.1
	25-34 years	7,248	41.6	37.2	-	45.9	58.5	54.1	-	62.8
	35+ years	1,909	39.2	30.5	-	47.8	60.9	52.2	-	69.5
Mother's Race
	White	13,231	41.3	38.0	-	44.6	58.7	55.4	-	62.0
	Black	153	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	354	77.4	55.3	-	99.5	22.6	0.5	-	44.7
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,555^	41.7	38.5	-	45.0	58.3	55.0	-	61.5
Education
	< High School	1,424	54.4	43.1	-	65.7	45.6	34.3	-	56.9
	High School	4,918	50.2	44.7	-	55.8	49.8	44.2	-	55.3
	> High School	7,278	34.5	30.3	-	38.7	65.5	61.3	-	69.7
Marital Status
	Married	9,387	42.0	38.1	-	45.8	58.0	54.2	-	61.9
	Other	4,359	42.5	36.4	-	48.7	57.5	51.3	-	63.6
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,234**	51.3	44.4	-	58.2	48.7	41.9	-	55.6
	$16,000-24,999	1,821**	42.1	33.2	-	50.9	57.9	49.1	-	66.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,607**	48.6	41.2	-	55.9	51.4	44.1	-	58.8
	$40,000 or more	5,104**	30.9	26.1	-	35.7	69.1	64.3	-	73.9
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,872**	38.0	34.2	-	41.9	62.0	58.1	-	65.8
	Yes	4,237**	50.4	44.4	-	56.4	49.6	43.6	-	55.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	8,181**	37.6	33.6	-	41.6	62.4	58.4	-	66.4
	Yes	4,981**	49.4	43.9	-	54.8	50.6	45.2	-	56.1
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	831	40.3	36.9	-	43.7	59.7	56.3	-	63.1
	2500 grams or more	12,909	42.2	38.7	-	45.6	57.8	54.4	-	61.3
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 constructed 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 2001 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