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Did Mother Receive Counseling on Illegal Drugs?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 25.0 22.2 - 27.8 75.0 72.2 - 77.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 14.7 7.3 - 22.0 85.4 78.0 - 92.7
20-24 years 3,313 15.1 10.3 - 19.9 84.9 80.1 - 89.7
25-34 years 7,236 29.0 25.0 - 32.9 71.1 67.1 - 75.0
35+ years 1,733 35.2 26.4 - 44.0 64.8 56.0 - 73.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 25.2 22.4 - 28.0 74.8 72.0 - 77.6
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 13.5 0.0 - 30.5 86.5 69.5 - 100.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 24.9 22.0 - 27.7 75.1 72.3 - 78.0
Education                  
< High School 1,474 17.7 10.3 - 25.1 82.3 74.9 - 89.7
High School 5,093 21.1 16.8 - 25.5 78.9 74.5 - 83.2
>High School 6,936 29.6 25.5 - 33.7 70.4 66.3 - 74.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 29.1 25.6 - 32.7 70.9 67.3 - 74.4
Other 4,250 15.8 11.6 - 20.0 84.2 80.0 - 88.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 15.9 11.3 - 20.5 84.1 79.5 - 88.7
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 19.7 12.8 - 26.6 80.3 73.4 - 87.2
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 32.1 25.4 - 38.7 67.9 61.3 - 74.6
$40,000 or more 4,684** 28.8 23.9 - 33.7 71.2 66.3 - 76.1
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 27.3 23.8 - 30.8 72.7 69.2 - 76.2
Yes 4,153** 19.9 15.3 - 24.5 80.1 75.5 - 84.7
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 28.7 25.1 - 32.3 71.3 67.7 - 74.9
Yes 4,476** 17.9 13.7 - 22.1 82.1 77.9 - 86.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 19.8 17.1 - 22.6 80.2 77.4 - 82.9
2500 grams or more 12,776 25.2 22.3 - 28.2 74.8 71.8 - 77.7
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 16: During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
about any of the things listed below? h. How using illegal drugs could affect your 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 1999 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