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Mother drank before pregnancy | ||||||||||||
(Among women who have had an alcohol drink in the past 2 years) | ||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 10,140** | 13.7 | 11.3 | - | 16.6 | 86.3 | 83.4 | - | 88.7 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 392** | 14.2 | 4.5 | - | 36.9 | 85.8 | 63.1 | - | 95.5 | |||
20-24 years | 2,655** | 15.6 | 10.9 | - | 21.8 | 84.4 | 78.2 | - | 89.1 | |||
25-34 years | 5,584** | 12.7 | 9.7 | - | 16.5 | 87.3 | 83.5 | - | 90.3 | |||
35+ years | 1,508** | 14.1 | 8.8 | - | 22.0 | 85.9 | 78.0 | - | 91.2 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 9,952** | 13.5 | 11.1 | - | 16.3 | 86.5 | 83.7 | - | 88.9 | |||
Black | 38** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 149** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 85** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 10,055** | 13.5 | 11.1 | - | 16.3 | 86.5 | 83.7 | - | 88.9 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 697** | 18.1 | 7.9 | - | 36.5 | 81.9 | 63.5 | - | 92.2 | |||
High School | 3,097** | 16.6 | 12.1 | - | 22.2 | 83.4 | 77.8 | - | 87.9 | |||
> High School | 6,328** | 11.9 | 9.2 | - | 15.2 | 88.1 | 84.8 | - | 90.8 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 6,291** | 15.1 | 12.1 | - | 18.8 | 84.9 | 81.2 | - | 87.9 | |||
Other | 3,849** | 11.5 | 7.9 | - | 16.3 | 88.6 | 83.7 | - | 92.1 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 2,298** | 16.1 | 10.7 | - | 23.4 | 83.9 | 76.6 | - | 89.3 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,292** | 18.9 | 11.9 | - | 28.8 | 81.1 | 71.2 | - | 88.1 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 2,563** | 12.7 | 8.6 | - | 18.5 | 87.3 | 81.5 | - | 91.4 | |||
$50,000 or more | 3,986** | 11.3 | 8.2 | - | 15.5 | 88.7 | 84.5 | - | 91.8 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 6,779** | 12.4 | 9.7 | - | 15.6 | 87.6 | 84.4 | - | 90.3 | |||
Yes | 3,339** | 16.5 | 12.0 | - | 22.3 | 83.5 | 77.7 | - | 88.0 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 5,825** | 12.1 | 9.3 | - | 15.5 | 88.0 | 84.5 | - | 90.7 | |||
Yes | 4,315** | 16.0 | 12.0 | - | 21.0 | 84.0 | 79.0 | - | 88.0 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 584** | 17.0 | 14.2 | - | 20.2 | 83.0 | 79.8 | - | 85.8 | |||
2500 grams or more | 9,555** | 13.5 | 11.0 | - | 16.5 | 86.5 | 83.5 | - | 89.0 | |||
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 32a: During the 3 months before you goty pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have | ||||||||||||
in an average week? | ||||||||||||
** 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 | ||||||||||||