Mother's Body Mass Index Before Pregnancy*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
			Underweight				Normal				Overweight				Obese
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	13.8	11.4	-	16.1	51.7	48.4	-	55.0	12.2	10.1	-	14.4	22.3	19.5	-	25.1
Age
	<20 years	1,147	16.0	6.9	-	25.1	65.3	53.5	-	77.1	1.0	0.3	-	1.6	17.8	8.3	-	27.3
	20-24 years	3,364	18.6	13.1	-	24.1	39.6	32.8	-	46.3	19.4	13.9	-	24.9	22.4	16.6	-	28.2
	25-34 years	7,149	12.2	9.3	-	15.1	53.3	49.0	-	57.7	11.4	8.7	-	14.2	23.1	19.4	-	26.8
	35+ years	1,886	9.5	3.9	-	15.0	59.0	49.7	-	68.2	9.6	4.2	-	14.9	22.0	14.2	-	29.9
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	13.5	11.2	-	15.8	51.4	48.1	-	54.8	12.3	10.2	-	14.5	22.7	19.9	-	25.6
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	0.6	0.0	-	1.3	91.3	78.4	-	100.0	1.2	0.0	-	2.9	6.9	0.0	-	19.7
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	13.7	11.3	-	16.0	51.9	48.6	-	55.2	12.2	10.1	-	14.4	22.2	19.4	-	25.0
Education
	< High School	1,427	21.4	12.2	-	30.7	47.6	36.3	-	58.8	8.8	2.6	-	15.0	22.3	12.8	-	31.7
	High School	4,772	16.1	11.9	-	20.2	43.9	38.2	-	49.5	14.2	10.3	-	18.2	25.9	20.9	-	30.9
	> High School	7,277	10.3	7.7	-	12.9	57.7	53.5	-	62.0	11.8	9.0	-	14.6	20.2	16.7	-	23.6
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	12.2	9.5	-	14.8	54.5	50.5	-	58.5	12.5	9.9	-	15.1	20.8	17.6	-	24.0
	Other	4,417	16.8	12.3	-	21.3	46.2	40.2	-	52.1	11.7	7.9	-	15.4	25.3	20.1	-	30.5
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	19.1	13.5	-	24.6	42.0	35.1	-	48.9	12.4	7.8	-	16.9	26.6	20.3	-	32.8
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	14.4	7.5	-	21.3	48.7	38.7	-	58.7	11.4	4.9	-	17.9	25.5	16.9	-	34.1
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	9.1	4.2	-	13.9	52.7	44.6	-	60.8	13.4	8.0	-	18.8	24.9	18.0	-	31.7
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	11.2	8.1	-	14.3	58.4	53.5	-	63.2	12.9	9.6	-	16.1	17.6	13.8	-	21.3
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	13.1	10.4	-	15.8	55.9	51.9	-	59.8	12.2	9.6	-	14.7	18.9	15.8	-	22.0
	Yes	4,223**	15.2	10.8	-	19.6	42.7	36.6	-	48.7	12.5	8.5	-	16.4	29.6	24.0	-	35.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	10.5	8.0	-	13.0	56.8	52.7	-	60.9	12.8	10.0	-	15.5	20.0	16.6	-	23.3
	Yes	5,080**	18.8	14.4	-	23.2	43.8	38.3	-	49.3	11.4	7.9	-	14.8	26.0	21.1	-	30.9
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	15.8	13.1	-	18.4	44.8	41.2	-	48.3	16.4	13.8	-	19.1	23.0	20.0	-	26.0
	2500 grams or more	12,688	13.6	11.2	-	16.1	52.1	48.6	-	55.6	12.0	9.7	-	14.3	22.3	19.4	-	25.2
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 Questions 5 and 6:  Just before you got pregnant, how much did you weigh?
	How tall are you without shoes?
** 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 2002 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