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Ever Breastfed
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 21.8 19.1 - 24.7 78.2 75.3 - 80.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 37.7 26.4 - 50.5 62.3 49.5 - 73.6
20-24 years 3,620 26.7 21.1 - 33.2 73.3 66.8 - 78.9
25-34 years 7,307 20.2 16.7 - 24.3 79.8 75.8 - 83.3
35+ years 2,007 8.5 4.9 - 14.4 91.5 85.6 - 95.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 22.3 19.5 - 25.3 77.8 74.7 - 80.5
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 1.0 0.2 - 4.2 99.0 95.8 - 99.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 21.8 19.1 - 24.8 78.2 75.2 - 80.9
Education                  
< High School 1,490 35.7 24.9 - 48.3 64.3 51.7 - 75.1
High School 4,761 31.8 26.6 - 37.5 68.2 62.5 - 73.4
> High School 7,798 13.6 10.9 - 16.9 86.4 83.1 - 89.1
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 14.9 12.2 - 18.2 85.1 81.8 - 87.8
Other 5,515 31.8 26.8 - 37.3 68.2 62.7 - 73.2
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,840** 36.8 30.8 - 43.3 63.2 56.7 - 69.2
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 25.3 18.0 - 34.4 74.7 65.6 - 82.0
$25,000-49,999 3,169** 15.4 11.1 - 21.0 84.6 79.1 - 88.9
$50,000 or more 4,750** 11.2 8.1 - 15.2 88.8 84.8 - 91.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,403** 15.3 12.5 - 18.6 84.7 81.4 - 87.6
Yes 5,063** 32.1 27.0 - 37.6 67.9 62.4 - 73.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,252** 12.5 9.7 - 15.8 87.6 84.2 - 90.3
Yes 6,319** 30.3 26.0 - 35.0 69.7 65.0 - 74.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 23.9 20.9 - 27.2 76.1 72.8 - 79.1
2500 grams or more 13,207 21.7 18.8 - 24.8 78.4 75.2 - 81.2
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.
Survey Question 47:  Did you ever breastfeed or pump breast milk to feed your new baby after delivery?
** 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 2007 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
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics