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2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,605 42.4 38.7 - 46.2 57.6 53.8 - 61.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 81.0 65.5 - 90.5 19.0 9.5 - 34.5
20-24 years 3,490 59.3 51.6 - 66.6 40.7 33.4 - 48.4
25-34 years 7,126 35.2 30.6 - 40.2 64.8 59.8 - 69.5
35+ years 1,867 22.6 15.5 - 31.8 77.4 68.2 - 84.5
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 42.7 38.9 - 46.6 57.3 53.5 - 61.1
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 38.4 19.7 - 61.2 61.6 38.8 - 80.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 42.8 39.1 - 46.6 57.2 53.4 - 60.9
Education                  
< High School 1,477 69.0 51.0 - 82.6 31.0 17.4 - 49.0
High School 4,605 57.8 50.8 - 64.5 42.2 35.5 - 49.2
> High School 7,523 31.9 27.8 - 36.3 68.1 63.7 - 72.2
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 30.6 26.4 - 35.0 69.5 65.0 - 73.6
Other 5,372 62.9 56.6 - 68.8 37.1 31.2 - 43.4
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 68.6 59.7 - 76.4 31.4 23.7 - 40.4
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 57.3 47.5 - 66.5 42.8 33.5 - 52.5
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 31.3 24.6 - 38.9 68.7 61.1 - 75.4
$50,000 or more 4,277** 26.6 21.6 - 32.2 73.4 67.8 - 78.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 31.7 27.5 - 36.1 68.3 63.9 - 72.5
Yes 5,355** 62.0 55.6 - 68.1 38.0 32.0 - 44.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 28.4 24.0 - 33.2 71.7 66.8 - 76.0
Yes 7,062** 57.2 51.6 - 62.5 42.9 37.5 - 48.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 59.6 55.4 - 63.7 40.4 36.3 - 44.6
2500 grams or more 12,689 41.4 37.5 - 45.4 58.6 54.6 - 62.5
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 49:  Are you still breastfeeding or feeding pumped milk to your new baby?
** 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 2008 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