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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 | ||||||||||||