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Mother binge drank before pregnancy
(Among women who drank)
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 10,603** 71.7 68.1 - 74.9 28.4 25.1 - 31.9
Age                    
<20 years 769** 59.2 43.5 - 73.2 40.8 26.8 - 56.5
20-24 years 2,741** 60.6 52.9 - 67.8 39.4 32.2 - 47.1
25-34 years 5,542** 74.6 69.9 - 78.7 25.4 21.3 - 30.1
35+ years 1,550** 86.8 79.1 - 92.0 13.2 8.0 - 20.9
Mother's Race                  
White 10,297** 71.6 68.0 - 74.9 28.4 25.1 - 32.0
Black 132** # # - # # # - #
Other  172** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 164** # # - # # # - #
No 10,438** 71.8 68.2 - 75.1 28.2 24.9 - 31.8
Education                  
< High School 907** 69.5 53.7 - 81.7 30.5 18.3 - 46.3
High School 3,277** 64.3 57.6 - 70.5 35.7 29.5 - 42.4
> High School 6,392** 75.6 71.3 - 79.4 24.4 20.6 - 28.7
Marital Status                  
Married 6,467** 80.2 76.3 - 83.6 19.8 16.4 - 23.7
Other 4,135** 58.3 51.9 - 64.5 41.7 35.5 - 48.1
Income                    
$14,999 or less 2,253** 57.6 48.9 - 65.9 42.4 34.1 - 51.1
$15,000-24,999 1,434** 64.7 54.2 - 74.0 35.3 26.0 - 45.8
$25,000-49,999 2,352** 72.1 64.5 - 78.6 27.9 21.4 - 35.5
$50,000 or more 3,936** 80.8 75.8 - 85.0 19.2 15.0 - 24.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 6,707** 76.6 72.5 - 80.3 23.4 19.7 - 27.5
Yes 3,789** 63.2 56.6 - 69.3 36.8 30.7 - 43.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 5,476** 79.0 74.6 - 82.8 21.0 17.2 - 25.4
Yes 5,127** 63.8 58.2 - 69.0 36.2 31.0 - 41.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 552** 69.6 65.7 - 73.2 30.4 26.8 - 34.3
2500 grams or more 10,045** 71.8 68.0 - 75.2 28.3 24.8 - 32.0
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.
* 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