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Did Mother Drink in the 3 Months Before Pregnancy?*    
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,546 38.1 34.8 - 41.4 61.9 58.6 - 65.2
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 72.3 61.1 - 83.5 27.7 16.5 - 38.9
20-24 years 3,364 37.6 30.8 - 44.4 62.4 55.6 - 69.2
25-34 years 7,149 34.6 30.4 - 38.7 65.4 61.3 - 69.6
35+ years 1,886 31.7 22.9 - 40.5 68.3 59.5 - 77.1
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 37.8 34.5 - 41.0 62.3 59.0 - 65.5
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 70.9 44.4 - 97.3 29.2 2.7 - 55.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 38.2 34.9 - 41.5 61.8 58.5 - 65.1
Education                  
< High School 1,427 63.0 51.9 - 74.0 37.0 26.0 - 48.1
High School 4,772 38.9 33.3 - 44.5 61.1 55.5 - 66.7
> High School 7,277 32.5 28.4 - 36.5 67.5 63.5 - 71.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 37.0 33.2 - 40.9 63.0 59.1 - 66.8
Other 4,417 40.3 34.3 - 46.3 59.7 53.7 - 65.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 50.8 43.7 - 58.0 49.2 42.0 - 56.3
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 38.0 28.2 - 47.8 62.0 52.2 - 71.8
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 44.7 36.6 - 52.9 55.3 47.1 - 63.4
$40,000 or more 5,632** 28.3 23.9 - 32.7 71.7 67.3 - 76.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 33.5 29.7 - 37.3 66.5 62.7 - 70.3
Yes 4,223** 47.9 41.7 - 54.1 52.1 45.9 - 58.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 32.8 28.8 - 36.7 67.2 63.3 - 71.2
Yes 5,080** 46.7 41.1 - 52.3 53.3 47.7 - 58.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 44.2 40.6 - 47.7 55.8 52.3 - 59.4
2500 grams or more 12,688 37.8 34.3 - 41.2 62.2 58.8 - 65.7
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 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