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Did Someone Else Have a Substance Abuse Problem?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 84.9 82.5 - 87.4 15.1 12.6 - 17.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 62.9 51.1 - 74.8 37.1 25.2 - 48.9
20-24 years 3,364 79.0 73.3 - 84.6 21.1 15.4 - 26.7
25-34 years 7,149 89.8 87.1 - 92.5 10.2 7.5 - 12.9
35+ years 1,886 90.5 85.1 - 96.0 9.5 4.0 - 14.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 84.7 82.2 - 87.2 15.3 12.8 - 17.8
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 91.7 76.6 - 100.0 8.3 0.0 - 23.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 84.8 82.3 - 87.2 15.2 12.8 - 17.7
Education                  
< High School 1,427 68.0 57.5 - 78.5 32.0 21.5 - 42.5
High School 4,772 81.6 77.3 - 86.0 18.4 14.0 - 22.7
>High School 7,277 90.8 88.3 - 93.3 9.2 6.7 - 11.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 92.9 90.8 - 95.0 7.1 5.0 - 9.2
Other 4,417 69.2 63.6 - 74.7 30.8 25.3 - 36.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 70.9 64.6 - 77.2 29.1 22.8 - 35.4
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 82.6 75.1 - 90.0 17.4 10.0 - 24.9
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 87.2 81.7 - 92.8 12.8 7.2 - 18.3
$40,000 or more 5,632** 93.8 91.5 - 96.2 6.2 3.8 - 8.5
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 89.8 87.4 - 92.2 10.2 7.8 - 12.6
Yes 4,223** 74.8 69.5 - 80.1 25.2 19.9 - 30.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 91.8 89.5 - 94.1 8.2 5.9 - 10.5
Yes 5,080** 74.3 69.4 - 79.1 25.8 20.9 - 30.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 82.7 80.0 - 85.4 17.3 14.6 - 20.0
2500 grams or more 12,688 85.1 82.5 - 87.6 14.9 12.4 - 17.5
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 33: This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before your
new baby was born. l.  Someone very close to you had a bad problem with drinking or drugs
** 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