Mother's Vitamin Consumption Before Pregnancy*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
			Did Not Take Vitamin				1-3 Times/Week				4-6 Times/Week				Every Day
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	53.2	49.9	-	56.5	9.1	7.2	-	10.9	5.5	4.0	-	7.0	32.2	29.2	-	35.2
Age
	<20 years	1,147	83.6	74.2	-	92.9	6.2	0.2	-	12.1	2.2	0.0	-	5.9	8.1	1.2	-	15.0
	20-24 years	3,364	72.1	66.0	-	78.2	9.5	5.5	-	13.6	3.2	0.8	-	5.6	15.1	10.3	-	19.9
	25-34 years	7,149	43.7	39.4	-	48.0	9.5	7.0	-	12.0	6.0	4.0	-	8.0	40.8	36.6	-	45.1
	35+ years	1,886	37.0	27.8	-	46.2	8.2	3.0	-	13.3	10.5	4.7	-	16.3	44.3	35.0	-	53.6
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	53.2	49.9	-	56.6	9.0	7.1	-	10.9	5.6	4.1	-	7.1	32.2	29.1	-	35.2
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	47.6	21.4	-	73.7	17.7	0.0	-	39.4	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	34.7	10.3	-	59.1
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	53.0	49.7	-	56.3	9.2	7.3	-	11.1	5.6	4.1	-	7.1	32.2	29.2	-	35.3
Education
	< High School	1,427	83.6	75.1	-	92.0	5.1	0.2	-	10.1	1.5	0.0	-	4.4	9.7	2.9	-	16.5
	High School	4,772	69.6	64.4	-	74.8	7.6	4.6	-	10.6	2.5	0.8	-	4.2	20.3	15.7	-	24.8
	> High School	7,277	35.9	31.8	-	40.1	10.7	8.0	-	13.3	8.2	5.8	-	10.5	45.3	40.9	-	49.6
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	41.2	37.3	-	45.1	10.0	7.6	-	12.3	7.2	5.2	-	9.3	41.6	37.8	-	45.5
	Other	4,417	77.2	72.2	-	82.1	7.3	4.2	-	10.3	2.1	0.5	-	3.8	13.4	9.4	-	17.5
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	80.1	74.6	-	85.5	7.4	3.8	-	10.9	1.5	0.0	-	3.1	11.1	6.8	-	15.3
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	69.7	60.6	-	78.7	6.1	1.5	-	10.7	1.7	0.0	-	4.0	22.5	14.2	-	30.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	53.1	45.0	-	61.2	9.0	4.2	-	13.7	5.6	1.8	-	9.4	32.3	24.8	-	39.8
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	33.9	29.3	-	38.5	11.4	8.3	-	14.5	9.0	6.2	-	11.8	45.8	40.9	-	50.6
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	42.2	38.3	-	46.2	10.0	7.7	-	12.4	7.3	5.2	-	9.3	40.5	36.6	-	44.3
	Yes	4,223**	76.1	71.0	-	81.2	7.2	4.1	-	10.3	1.9	0.4	-	3.5	14.8	10.6	-	19.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	39.0	35.0	-	43.1	9.9	7.4	-	12.3	7.9	5.6	-	10.1	43.2	39.1	-	47.3
	Yes	5,080**	75.5	70.9	-	80.2	7.8	4.9	-	10.7	1.8	0.5	-	3.1	14.9	11.0	-	18.8
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	60.7	57.3	-	64.1	9.2	7.2	-	11.2	3.3	2.1	-	4.5	26.7	23.7	-	29.8
	2500 grams or more	12,688	52.8	49.3	-	56.3	9.1	7.1	-	11.0	5.6	4.1	-	7.2	32.5	29.3	-	35.8
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 3:  In the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, how many times a week
	did you take a multivitamin?
** 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