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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 | ||||||||||