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Binge drink during pregnancy
(5 or more alcoholic drink during one sitting at least one time)
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 10,123** 99.3 98.0 - 99.8 0.7 0.2 - 2.0
Age              
<20 years 392** 92.7 64.2 - 98.9 7.3 1.1 - 35.8
20-24 years 2,654** 98.5 94.8 - 99.6 1.5 0.4 - 5.2
25-34 years 5,569** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
35+ years 1,508** 99.9 99.6 - 100.0 0.1 0.0 - 0.4
Mother's Race              
White 9,935** 99.3 98.0 - 99.8 0.7 0.2 - 2.0
Black 38** # # - # # # - #
Other  149** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 85** # # - # # # - #
No 10,038** 99.3 98.0 - 99.8 0.7 0.2 - 2.0
Education              
< High School 697** 95.9 77.0 - 99.4 4.1 0.6 - 23.0
High School 3,082** 98.8 95.5 - 99.7 1.2 0.3 - 4.5
> High School 6,327** 100.0 99.9 - 100.0 0.1 0.0 - 0.1
Marital Status              
Married 6,276** 99.5 97.1 - 99.9 0.5 0.1 - 2.9
Other 3,847** 99.0 96.4 - 99.7 1.0 0.3 - 3.6
Income              
$14,999 or less 2,298** 97.1 91.6 - 99.1 2.9 0.9 - 8.5
$15,000-24,999 1,290** 99.9 99.5 - 100.0 0.1 0.0 - 0.5
$25,000-49,999 2,547** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
$50,000 or more 3,986** 100.0 99.8 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.2
Enrolled in WIC              
No 6,779** 99.7 98.3 - 100.0 0.3 0.1 - 1.7
Yes 3,322** 98.5 94.6 - 99.6 1.5 0.4 - 5.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 5,823** 100.0 99.9 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.1
Yes 4,300** 98.4 95.4 - 99.5 1.6 0.5 - 4.6
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 582** 99.4 98.5 - 99.8 0.6 0.2 - 1.5
2500 grams or more 9,540** 99.3 97.9 - 99.8 0.7 0.2 - 2.1
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 33b.: During the last 3 months ogf pregnancy, how many times did you drink
5 alcohol 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