Was Previous Birth a Low Birth Weight Baby? *
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	7,244**	92.3	90.1	-	94.4	7.7	5.6	-	9.9
Age
	<20 years	259**	83.9	68.3	-	99.6	16.1	0.4	-	31.7
	20-24 years	1,441**	87.1	80.8	-	93.4	12.9	6.6	-	19.2
	25-34 years	4,213**	93.6	91.0	-	96.1	6.4	3.9	-	9.0
	35+ years	1,331**	95.4	91.5	-	99.3	4.6	0.7	-	8.5
Mother's Race
	White	7,110**	92.4	90.2	-	94.5	7.7	5.5	-	9.8
	Black	66**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	66**	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	16**	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	6,790**	92.1	89.8	-	94.3	8.0	5.7	-	10.2
Education
	< High School	624**	89.6	81.4	-	97.7	10.5	2.3	-	18.6
	High School	2,918**	89.8	85.9	-	93.6	10.3	6.4	-	14.1
	>High School	3,680**	94.8	92.2	-	97.3	5.3	2.7	-	7.8
Marital Status
	Married	5,466**	94.6	92.6	-	96.7	5.4	3.3	-	7.4
	Other	1,779**	85.0	79.0	-	91.0	15.0	9.0	-	21.0
Income
	$15,999 or less	1,884**	86.4	80.9	-	91.9	13.6	8.1	-	19.1
	$16,000-24,999	1,020**	93.9	88.8	-	98.9	6.1	1.1	-	11.2
	$25,000-39,999	1,551**	94.7	90.8	-	98.5	5.3	1.5	-	9.2
	$40,000 or more	2,658**	94.9	92.0	-	97.8	5.1	2.2	-	8.0
WIC Recipient
	No	4,964**	94.1	91.8	-	96.4	5.9	3.6	-	8.2
	Yes	2,281**	88.3	83.6	-	92.9	11.8	7.1	-	16.4
Medicaid Recipient
	No	4,817**	94.1	91.7	-	96.5	5.9	3.5	-	8.3
	Yes	2,428**	88.7	84.3	-	93.0	11.3	7.0	-	15.7
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	295**	61.4	56.2	-	66.6	38.6	33.4	-	43.8
	2500 grams or more	6,945**	93.6	91.3	-	95.8	6.4	4.2	-	8.7
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 2: Did the baby just before your new one weigh 5 pounds, 8 ounces or less at birth?
** 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