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Mother binge drank before pregnancy
(Among women who drank)
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 9,898** 69.2 65.6 - 72.7 30.8 27.4 - 34.4
Age                    
<20 years 761** 58.9 44.0 - 72.4 41.1 27.6 - 56.1
20-24 years 2,756** 60.2 52.7 - 67.2 39.8 32.8 - 47.3
25-34 years 5,056** 70.7 65.7 - 75.2 29.3 24.8 - 34.3
35+ years 1,323** 88.5 80.4 - 93.5 11.5 6.5 - 19.6
Mother's Race                  
White 9,605** 69.7 66.0 - 73.2 30.3 26.8 - 34.0
Black 49** # # - # # # - #
Other  243** # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 141** # # - # # # - #
No 9,752** 69.4 65.8 - 72.9 30.6 27.1 - 34.2
Education                  
< High School 1,018** 70.9 57.0 - 81.7 29.1 18.3 - 43.0
High School 3,188** 60.4 53.5 - 67.0 39.6 33.0 - 46.5
> High School 5,663** 73.7 69.3 - 77.7 26.3 22.3 - 30.7
Marital Status                  
Married 5,633** 77.2 72.8 - 81.1 22.8 18.9 - 27.2
Other 4,264** 58.7 52.7 - 64.4 41.3 35.6 - 47.3
Income                    
$14,999 or less 2,189** 53.7 45.3 - 62.0 46.3 38.0 - 54.8
$15,000-24,999 1,517** 67.8 58.0 - 76.3 32.2 23.7 - 42.0
$25,000-49,999 1,967** 73.2 65.4 - 79.9 26.8 20.1 - 34.6
$50,000 or more 3,591** 76.3 70.7 - 81.1 23.7 18.9 - 29.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 6,206** 73.7 69.4 - 77.6 26.3 22.4 - 30.6
Yes 3,669** 61.5 55.0 - 67.6 38.5 32.4 - 45.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 4,995** 76.1 71.4 - 80.3 23.9 19.7 - 28.6
Yes 4,902** 62.2 56.6 - 67.5 37.8 32.6 - 43.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 593** 71.2 67.3 - 74.8 28.8 25.2 - 32.7
2500 grams or more 9,302** 69.1 65.2 - 72.7 30.9 27.3 - 34.8
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 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