Baby's Sleeping Position*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
			Side				Back				Stomach				Combination$
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	12.2	10.0	-	14.4	75.7	72.9	-	78.6	9.6	7.7	-	11.6	2.5	1.4	-	3.5
Age
	<20 years	1,147	15.1	6.3	-	23.9	64.1	52.1	-	76.1	10.9	3.1	-	18.6	9.9	2.3	-	17.5
	20-24 years	3,364	13.2	8.6	-	17.9	74.7	68.8	-	80.7	9.9	5.8	-	13.9	2.2	0.3	-	4.0
	25-34 years	7,149	11.0	8.2	-	13.8	77.9	74.3	-	81.6	9.7	7.1	-	12.3	1.4	0.4	-	2.4
	35+ years	1,886	13.6	7.0	-	20.2	76.0	67.8	-	84.2	7.9	2.7	-	13.1	2.6	0.0	-	5.5
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	12.3	10.1	-	14.5	75.6	72.6	-	78.5	9.7	7.7	-	11.6	2.5	1.4	-	3.6
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	7.9	0.0	-	22.3	84.2	64.7	-	100.0	7.9	0.0	-	22.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	12.2	10.0	-	14.4	75.9	73.0	-	78.7	9.5	7.5	-	11.4	2.5	1.4	-	3.5
Education
	< High School	1,427	10.3	3.4	-	17.2	77.3	67.8	-	86.8	6.8	1.0	-	12.6	5.6	0.5	-	10.6
	High School	4,772	15.8	11.6	-	19.9	70.1	64.9	-	75.3	10.7	7.1	-	14.2	3.5	1.4	-	5.5
	> High School	7,277	10.2	7.6	-	12.9	79.0	75.5	-	82.6	9.6	7.0	-	12.2	1.1	0.2	-	2.1
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	10.5	8.0	-	13.0	77.5	74.2	-	80.9	10.9	8.4	-	13.4	1.1	0.3	-	1.8
	Other	4,417	15.6	11.2	-	19.9	72.1	66.7	-	77.5	7.0	3.9	-	10.1	5.3	2.6	-	8.0
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	15.6	10.5	-	20.7	71.3	65.0	-	77.7	7.6	4.0	-	11.1	5.6	2.4	-	8.7
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	10.1	3.9	-	16.2	72.2	63.0	-	81.4	16.3	8.7	-	24.0	1.4	0.0	-	3.7
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	11.1	6.0	-	16.2	79.2	72.6	-	85.8	7.4	3.1	-	11.8	2.3	0.0	-	4.6
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	11.8	8.6	-	14.9	78.2	74.2	-	82.2	9.4	6.5	-	12.2	0.6	0.0	-	1.4
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	11.4	8.9	-	13.9	77.1	73.7	-	80.5	9.6	7.2	-	12.0	1.9	0.8	-	3.0
	Yes	4,223**	13.9	9.7	-	18.0	72.8	67.4	-	78.2	9.7	6.1	-	13.3	3.6	1.4	-	5.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	11.0	8.4	-	13.6	78.5	75.1	-	81.9	9.7	7.2	-	12.1	0.9	0.1	-	1.6
	Yes	5,080**	14.0	10.2	-	17.9	71.4	66.4	-	76.5	9.6	6.3	-	12.8	5.0	2.6	-	7.4
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	13.0	10.5	-	15.5	73.5	70.2	-	76.8	8.4	6.3	-	10.4	5.1	3.4	-	6.8
	2500 grams or more	12,688	12.1	9.8	-	14.4	75.9	72.9	-	78.9	9.7	7.6	-	11.7	2.3	1.2	-	3.4
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.
*Recoded responses to Survey Question 54:  How do you most often lay your baby down to sleep now?
$Combination is side/back, side/stomach, back/stomach or side/back/stomach
** 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