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Mother binge drank before pregnancy
(Among women who drank)
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 10,140** 66.9 63.2 - 70.4 33.1 29.6 - 36.9
Age                
<20 years 392** 43.3 24.6 - 64.1 56.7 35.9 - 75.4
20-24 years 2,655** 54.1 46.4 - 61.7 45.9 38.3 - 53.6
25-34 years 5,584** 72.0 67.2 - 76.3 28.0 23.7 - 32.8
35+ years 1,508** 76.5 67.3 - 83.8 23.5 16.2 - 32.7
Mother's Race              
White 9,952** 66.7 63.0 - 70.3 33.3 29.7 - 37.1
Black 38** # # - # # # - #
Other  149** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 85** # # - # # # - #
No 10,055** 66.8 63.0 - 70.3 33.2 29.7 - 37.0
Education              
< High School 697** 55.2 37.3 - 71.8 44.8 28.2 - 62.7
High School 3,097** 60.1 53.2 - 66.6 39.9 33.4 - 46.8
> High School 6,328** 71.4 66.9 - 75.5 28.6 24.5 - 33.1
Marital Status              
Married 6,291** 77.0 72.9 - 80.7 23.0 19.3 - 27.1
Other 3,849** 50.3 43.7 - 56.9 49.7 43.1 - 56.3
Income              
$14,999 or less 2,298** 57.0 48.4 - 65.2 43.1 34.9 - 51.7
$15,000-24,999 1,292** 51.2 40.5 - 61.9 48.8 38.1 - 59.6
$25,000-49,999 2,563** 69.6 62.1 - 76.1 30.4 23.9 - 37.9
$50,000 or more 3,986** 76.0 70.6 - 80.6 24.0 19.4 - 29.4
Enrolled in WIC              
No 6,779** 70.5 66.2 - 74.5 29.5 25.5 - 33.8
Yes 3,339** 59.8 52.8 - 66.4 40.2 33.6 - 47.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 5,825** 74.4 69.9 - 78.4 25.6 21.6 - 30.1
Yes 4,315** 56.8 50.6 - 62.7 43.3 37.3 - 49.4
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 584** 71.9 68.2 - 75.3 28.1 24.7 - 31.8
2500 grams or more 9,555** 66.6 62.6 - 70.3 33.4 29.7 - 37.4
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 from question 32b: During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many times did you drink 5 alcoholic
drinks or more in one sitting?
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS.
# 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