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Binge drink during pregnancy
(5 or more alcoholic drink during one sitting at least one time)
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 10,603** 97.8 96.4 - 98.6 2.2 1.4 - 3.6
Age                    
<20 years 769** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
20-24 years 2,741** 98.0 94.4 - 99.3 2.0 0.7 - 5.6
25-34 years 5,542** 97.8 95.7 - 98.9 2.2 1.1 - 4.3
35+ years 1,550** 96.0 90.1 - 98.5 4.0 1.5 - 9.9
Mother's Race                  
White 10,297** 97.7 96.3 - 98.6 2.3 1.4 - 3.8
Black 132** # # - # # # - #
Other  172** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 164** # # - # # # - #
No 10,438** 97.7 96.3 - 98.6 2.3 1.4 - 3.7
Education                  
< High School 907** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
High School 3,277** 97.3 93.9 - 98.8 2.7 1.2 - 6.1
> High School 6,392** 97.7 95.7 - 98.8 2.3 1.3 - 4.3
Marital Status                  
Married 6,467** 97.8 96.0 - 98.8 2.2 1.2 - 4.0
Other 4,135** 97.7 94.8 - 99.0 2.3 1.0 - 5.2
Income                    
$14,999 or less 2,253** 97.6 93.2 - 99.2 2.4 0.8 - 6.8
$15,000-24,999 1,434** 97.4 90.7 - 99.3 2.7 0.7 - 9.3
$25,000-49,999 2,352** 98.0 94.3 - 99.3 2.0 0.7 - 5.7
$50,000 or more 3,936** 97.6 94.8 - 98.9 2.4 1.1 - 5.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 6,707** 97.6 95.6 - 98.6 2.5 1.4 - 4.4
Yes 3,789** 98.1 95.2 - 99.3 1.9 0.7 - 4.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 5,476** 97.7 95.5 - 98.8 2.3 1.2 - 4.5
Yes 5,127** 97.9 95.6 - 99.0 2.1 1.0 - 4.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 552** 99.3 98.0 - 99.7 0.8 0.3 - 2.0
2500 grams or more 10,045** 97.7 96.2 - 98.6 2.3 1.4 - 3.8
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