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Binge drink during pregnancy | |||||||||||||
(5 or more alcoholic drink during one sitting at least one time) | |||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 10,123** | 99.3 | 98.0 | - | 99.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | - | 2.0 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 392** | 92.7 | 64.2 | - | 98.9 | 7.3 | 1.1 | - | 35.8 | ||||
20-24 years | 2,654** | 98.5 | 94.8 | - | 99.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | - | 5.2 | ||||
25-34 years | 5,569** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | ||||
35+ years | 1,508** | 99.9 | 99.6 | - | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | - | 0.4 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 9,935** | 99.3 | 98.0 | - | 99.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | - | 2.0 | ||||
Black | 38** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 149** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 85** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 10,038** | 99.3 | 98.0 | - | 99.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | - | 2.0 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 697** | 95.9 | 77.0 | - | 99.4 | 4.1 | 0.6 | - | 23.0 | ||||
High School | 3,082** | 98.8 | 95.5 | - | 99.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | - | 4.5 | ||||
> High School | 6,327** | 100.0 | 99.9 | - | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | - | 0.1 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 6,276** | 99.5 | 97.1 | - | 99.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | - | 2.9 | ||||
Other | 3,847** | 99.0 | 96.4 | - | 99.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | - | 3.6 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 2,298** | 97.1 | 91.6 | - | 99.1 | 2.9 | 0.9 | - | 8.5 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,290** | 99.9 | 99.5 | - | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | - | 0.5 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 2,547** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 3,986** | 100.0 | 99.8 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.2 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 6,779** | 99.7 | 98.3 | - | 100.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - | 1.7 | ||||
Yes | 3,322** | 98.5 | 94.6 | - | 99.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | - | 5.4 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 5,823** | 100.0 | 99.9 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.1 | ||||
Yes | 4,300** | 98.4 | 95.4 | - | 99.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | - | 4.6 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 582** | 99.4 | 98.5 | - | 99.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | - | 1.5 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 9,540** | 99.3 | 97.9 | - | 99.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | - | 2.1 | ||||
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 | |||||||||||||