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Office Of Health Data And Program Management > PRAMS > PRAMS Tables 2001 > Mother's Body Mass Index Before Pregnancy

Mother's Body Mass Index Before Pregnancy*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      Underweight Normal Overweight Obese
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 12.2 10.1 - 14.4 55.0 51.7 - 58.3 11.2 9.1 - 13.3 21.6 18.9 - 24.3
Age                                    
<20 years 1,215 23.8 12.9 - 34.7 58.8 46.2 - 71.3 9.8 2.2 - 17.3 7.7 0.9 - 14.4
20-24 years 3,376 15.7 10.9 - 20.6 47.8 41.0 - 54.5 8.0 4.4 - 11.6 28.5 22.3 - 34.7
25-34 years 7,248 9.9 7.2 - 12.5 54.8 50.4 - 59.2 12.5 9.6 - 15.5 22.8 19.1 - 26.5
35+ years 1,909 8.4 3.5 - 13.2 66.1 57.7 - 74.6 12.3 6.3 - 18.3 13.2 7.2 - 19.2
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,231 12.3 10.1 - 14.5 54.7 51.3 - 58.0 11.1 9.0 - 13.2 21.9 19.2 - 24.7
Black 153 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 354 9.1 0.0 - 23.8 79.9 59.8 - 99.9 1.6 0.0 - 3.2 9.5 0.0 - 24.3
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 12.2 10.0 - 14.4 54.7 51.4 - 58.0 11.3 9.2 - 13.4 21.8 19.1 - 24.6
Education                                  
< High School 1,424 18.7 9.8 - 27.6 50.4 38.9 - 61.8 11.6 4.2 - 19.0 19.4 10.2 - 28.6
High School 4,918 15.4 11.3 - 19.4 48.8 43.2 - 54.4 9.9 6.5 - 13.3 25.9 21.0 - 30.8
> High School 7,278 8.8 6.3 - 11.2 60.4 56.2 - 64.7 11.8 9.0 - 14.6 19.0 15.6 - 22.4
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,387 9.4 7.1 - 11.7 55.7 51.8 - 59.6 12.1 9.6 - 14.6 22.8 19.5 - 26.1
Other 4,359 18.9 14.0 - 23.7 53.2 47.0 - 59.4 9.0 5.5 - 12.6 18.9 14.1 - 23.7
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 19.0 13.6 - 24.3 45.5 38.7 - 52.3 11.9 7.4 - 16.5 23.7 17.9 - 29.4
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 10.7 5.3 - 16.1 49.0 39.9 - 58.1 13.1 7.1 - 19.2 27.2 19.1 - 35.3
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 12.3 7.2 - 17.3 48.4 41.0 - 55.9 9.7 5.3 - 14.0 29.6 22.8 - 36.4
$40,000 or more 5,104** 8.0 5.2 - 10.9 66.3 61.5 - 71.2 10.7 7.6 - 13.9 14.9 11.3 - 18.5
Enrolled in WIC                                  
No 8,872** 10.7 8.3 - 13.2 59.2 55.3 - 63.1 11.6 9.1 - 14.1 18.4 15.4 - 21.5
Yes 4,237** 15.7 11.2 - 20.1 45.2 39.2 - 51.3 10.3 6.5 - 14.1 28.8 23.3 - 34.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                  
No 8,181** 9.3 6.9 - 11.7 59.6 55.6 - 63.6 12.0 9.4 - 14.6 19.1 15.9 - 22.4
Yes 4,981** 17.2 13.0 - 21.4 47.2 41.7 - 52.8 9.9 6.4 - 13.3 25.8 20.9 - 30.6
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 831 17.0 14.3 - 19.6 53.0 49.5 - 56.4 9.1 7.2 - 11.1 21.0 18.2 - 23.7
2500 grams or more 12,909 12.0 9.7 - 14.2 55.1 51.6 - 58.6 11.3 9.1 - 13.5 21.7 18.8 - 24.5
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 Questions 5 and 6: Just before you got pregnant, how much did you weigh?
How tall are you without shoes?
** 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 2001 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