Mother's Vitamin Consumption Before Pregnancy*
2001 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	13,750	49.0	45.7	-	52.2	8.7	6.9	-	10.5	5.8	4.3	-	7.3	36.5	33.3	-	39.6
Age
	<20 years	1,215	72.0	60.7	-	83.3	7.8	0.9	-	14.7	2.1	0.0	-	5.7	18.1	8.4	-	27.8
	20-24 years	3,376	67.3	61.1	-	73.5	7.0	3.7	-	10.3	4.6	1.9	-	7.2	21.2	15.7	-	26.6
	25-34 years	7,248	38.1	33.9	-	42.4	9.6	7.0	-	12.1	6.8	4.6	-	9.0	45.5	41.1	-	49.8
	35+ years	1,909	44.2	35.4	-	53.0	9.0	4.0	-	14.1	6.6	2.3	-	10.9	40.2	31.6	-	48.8
Mother's Race
	White	13,231	48.8	45.5	-	52.1	8.5	6.7	-	10.3	5.8	4.3	-	7.3	36.9	33.7	-	40.1
	Black	153	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	354	55.2	28.3	-	82.1	24.0	1.5	-	46.6	11.0	0.0	-	30.3	9.8	0.0	-	24.6
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,555^	49.1	45.8	-	52.4	8.8	6.9	-	10.6	5.9	4.4	-	7.4	36.2	33.1	-	39.3
Education
	< High School	1,424	62.8	51.9	-	73.7	3.8	0.0	-	7.8	3.4	0.0	-	7.4	29.9	19.5	-	40.3
	High School	4,918	67.9	62.7	-	73.0	7.5	4.5	-	10.4	2.3	0.7	-	3.8	22.4	17.8	-	26.9
	> High School	7,278	33.5	29.4	-	37.5	10.3	7.7	-	12.9	8.8	6.3	-	11.2	47.5	43.2	-	51.8
Marital Status
	Married	9,387	36.8	33.0	-	40.5	10.2	7.9	-	12.6	7.0	5.0	-	9.0	46.0	42.2	-	49.9
	Other	4,359	77.4	72.4	-	82.5	5.2	2.6	-	7.8	3.1	1.1	-	5.2	14.2	9.9	-	18.5
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,234**	74.7	68.8	-	80.7	5.7	2.7	-	8.8	1.0	0.0	-	2.3	18.6	13.1	-	24.0
	$16,000-24,999	1,821**	61.9	53.3	-	70.5	8.3	3.4	-	13.2	7.7	3.1	-	12.3	22.1	14.8	-	29.5
	$25,000-39,999	2,607**	44.9	37.6	-	52.2	12.0	7.2	-	16.8	10.1	5.7	-	14.4	33.1	26.2	-	40.0
	$40,000 or more	5,104**	29.8	25.1	-	34.5	9.6	6.6	-	12.6	6.0	3.5	-	8.4	54.7	49.6	-	59.7
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,872**	38.5	34.7	-	42.3	10.1	7.7	-	12.5	7.4	5.4	-	9.5	44.0	40.1	-	47.9
	Yes	4,237**	71.2	65.8	-	76.6	5.5	2.9	-	8.1	2.6	0.7	-	4.4	20.8	15.9	-	25.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	8,181**	34.9	31.0	-	38.8	10.1	7.6	-	12.5	7.7	5.5	-	9.8	47.4	43.3	-	51.4
	Yes	4,981**	72.2	67.2	-	77.1	6.5	3.9	-	9.1	2.8	1.1	-	4.6	18.5	14.2	-	22.9
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	831	53.0	49.6	-	56.4	8.2	6.3	-	10.1	5.3	3.8	-	6.9	33.5	30.3	-	36.6
	2500 grams or more	12,909	48.8	45.4	-	52.2	8.7	6.8	-	10.6	5.9	4.3	-	7.5	36.7	33.4	-	39.9
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 a week
	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 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