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Mother Drank During Pregnancy

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,152	88.1	85.4	-	90.4	11.9	9.6	-	14.6
Age
	<20 years	1,135	92.7	64.2	-	98.9	7.3	1.1	-	35.8
	20-24 years	3,580	94.0	89.3	-	96.7	6.0	3.3	-	10.7
	25-34 years	7,399	87.3	83.5	-	90.4	12.7	9.6	-	16.5
	35+ years	2,037	79.5	70.7	-	86.2	20.5	13.8	-	29.4

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	88.3	85.5	-	90.5	11.8	9.5	-	14.5
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	88.4	55.8	-	97.9	11.6	2.1	-	44.2

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	88.0	85.3	-	90.3	12.0	9.7	-	14.7

Education
	< High School	1,526	86.7	68.6	-	95.1	13.4	4.9	-	31.4
	High School	4,759	90.5	85.6	-	93.8	9.6	6.2	-	14.4
	> High School	7,786	87.1	83.7	-	89.9	12.9	10.1	-	16.3

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	86.0	82.4	-	88.9	14.0	11.1	-	17.6
	Other	5,216	91.6	87.1	-	94.7	8.4	5.3	-	12.9

Income
	$14,999 or less	2,298**	90.1	83.6	-	94.3	9.9	5.7	-	16.4
	$15,000-24,999	1,290**	91.6	83.5	-	95.9	8.4	4.1	-	16.5
	$25,000-49,999	2,547**	90.3	84.7	-	94.0	9.7	6.0	-	15.3
	$50,000 or more	3,986**	84.5	79.8	-	88.2	15.5	11.8	-	20.2

Enrolled in WIC
	No	6,779**	87.0	83.7	-	89.8	13.0	10.2	-	16.3
	Yes	3,322**	90.3	85.1	-	93.8	9.7	6.2	-	14.9

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	5,823**	86.5	82.9	-	89.5	13.5	10.5	-	17.2
	Yes	4,300**	90.3	85.9	-	93.4	9.7	6.6	-	14.1

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	92.0	89.6	-	93.9	8.0	6.1	-	10.4
	2500 grams or more	13,184	87.9	85.0	-	90.3	12.1	9.7	-	15.0

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.
*Recoding of survey question 33A. During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many alcoholic drinks
did you drink in an average week?

** 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 2006 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



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