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Did Mother Drink During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,546 95.1 93.7 - 96.5 4.9 3.5 - 6.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
20-24 years 3,364 96.4 93.9 - 98.9 3.6 1.1 - 6.1
25-34 years 7,149 95.4 93.6 - 97.2 4.6 2.8 - 6.4
35+ years 1,886 87.5 81.2 - 93.8 12.5 6.2 - 18.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 95.2 93.8 - 96.6 4.8 3.4 - 6.2
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 88.2 67.7 - 100.0 11.8 0.0 - 32.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 95.2 93.8 - 96.6 4.8 3.4 - 6.2
Education                  
< High School 1,427 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
High School 4,772 97.9 96.3 - 99.5 2.1 0.5 - 3.7
> High School 7,277 92.4 90.1 - 94.7 7.6 5.3 - 9.9
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 93.4 91.4 - 95.3 6.6 4.7 - 8.6
Other 4,417 98.6 97.4 - 99.8 1.4 0.2 - 2.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 99.0 97.7 - 100.0 1.1 0.0 - 2.3
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 94.1 89.7 - 98.6 5.9 1.4 - 10.3
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 96.9 94.2 - 99.7 3.1 0.3 - 5.8
$40,000 or more 5,632** 92.4 89.9 - 95.0 7.6 5.0 - 10.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 93.9 92.0 - 95.8 6.1 4.2 - 8.0
Yes 4,223** 97.6 95.9 - 99.4 2.4 0.6 - 4.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 93.1 91.0 - 95.2 6.9 4.8 - 9.0
Yes 5,080** 98.3 97.0 - 99.6 1.7 0.4 - 3.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 96.4 95.2 - 97.7 3.6 2.3 - 4.8
2500 grams or more 12,688 95.0 93.6 - 96.5 5.0 3.5 - 6.4
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 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