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                                            Infant in ICU?* Did Mother Drink During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy?*      
                                                                   2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups   Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,750 93.7 92.1 - 95.3 6.3 4.7 - 7.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 94.3 88.3 - 100.0 5.7 0.0 - 11.7
20-24 years 3,376 96.2 93.8 - 98.7 3.8 1.3 - 6.2
25-34 years 7,248 92.8 90.5 - 95.1 7.2 4.9 - 9.5
35+ years 1,909 92.2 87.3 - 97.0 7.8 3.0 - 12.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 93.6 91.9 - 95.2 6.4 4.8 - 8.1
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 99.2 98.2 - 100.0 0.8 0.0 - 1.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 93.8 92.2 - 95.4 6.2 4.6 - 7.8
Education                  
< High School 1,424 95.4 90.5 - 100.0 4.6 0.0 - 9.5
High School 4,918 96.3 94.2 - 98.4 3.7 1.6 - 5.8
> High School 7,278 91.8 89.4 - 94.2 8.2 5.8 - 10.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 93.1 91.1 - 95.1 6.9 4.9 - 8.9
Other 4,359 95.1 92.4 - 97.8 4.9 2.2 - 7.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 96.3 93.6 - 99.0 3.7 1.0 - 6.4
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 94.3 90.0 - 98.6 5.7 1.4 - 10.0
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 95.1 92.0 - 98.2 4.9 1.8 - 8.0
$40,000 or more 5,104** 91.1 88.1 - 94.0 9.0 6.0 - 11.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 92.9 90.8 - 94.9 7.1 5.1 - 9.2
Yes 4,237** 95.7 93.2 - 98.2 4.3 1.8 - 6.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 92.9 90.8 - 95.0 7.1 5.0 - 9.2
Yes 4,981** 95.0 92.5 - 97.5 5.0 2.5 - 7.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 96.6 95.4 - 97.8 3.4 2.2 - 4.6
2500 grams or more 12,909 93.5 91.9 - 95.2 6.5 4.8 - 8.1
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 Q32a. During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, 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