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Binge drink during pregnancy | ||||||||||
(5 or more alcoholic drink during one sitting at least one time) | ||||||||||
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||
Total | 9,898** | 98.4 | 97.1 | - | 99.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | - | 2.9 | |
Age | ||||||||||
<20 years | 761** | 97.8 | 86.5 | - | 99.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | - | 13.5 | |
20-24 years | 2,756** | 98.0 | 94.6 | - | 99.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | - | 5.4 | |
25-34 years | 5,056** | 99.1 | 97.4 | - | 99.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | - | 2.7 | |
35+ years | 1,323** | 96.9 | 89.2 | - | 99.2 | 3.1 | 0.8 | - | 10.8 | |
Mother's Race | ||||||||||
White | 9,605** | 98.8 | 97.6 | - | 99.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | - | 2.4 | |
Black | 49** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
Other | 243** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||
Yes | 141** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
No | 9,752** | 98.8 | 97.6 | - | 99.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | - | 2.4 | |
Education | ||||||||||
< High School | 1,018** | 99.7 | 98.6 | - | 99.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - | 1.4 | |
High School | 3,188** | 97.8 | 94.6 | - | 99.1 | 2.2 | 0.9 | - | 5.4 | |
> High School | 5,663** | 98.5 | 96.5 | - | 99.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | - | 3.5 | |
Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married | 5,633** | 99.0 | 97.1 | - | 99.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | - | 2.9 | |
Other | 4,264** | 97.6 | 95.1 | - | 98.9 | 2.4 | 1.1 | - | 4.9 | |
Income | ||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 2,189** | 99.2 | 95.0 | - | 99.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | - | 5.0 | |
$15,000-24,999 | 1,517** | 97.7 | 92.0 | - | 99.4 | 2.3 | 0.7 | - | 8.1 | |
$25,000-49,999 | 1,967** | 97.5 | 93.1 | - | 99.2 | 2.5 | 0.9 | - | 6.9 | |
$50,000 or more | 3,591** | 98.4 | 95.5 | - | 99.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | - | 4.5 | |
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||
No | 6,206** | 98.8 | 97.1 | - | 99.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | - | 2.9 | |
Yes | 3,669** | 97.7 | 94.8 | - | 99.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | - | 5.2 | |
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||
No | 4,995** | 98.0 | 95.6 | - | 99.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | - | 4.4 | |
Yes | 4,902** | 98.9 | 97.0 | - | 99.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | - | 3.1 | |
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||
<2500 grams | 593** | 98.8 | 97.3 | - | 99.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | - | 2.7 | |
2500 grams or more | 9,302** | 98.4 | 96.9 | - | 99.1 | 1.6 | 0.9 | - | 3.1 | |
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 | ||||||||||