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Mother Drank During Pregnancy | ||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 14,152 | 88.1 | 85.4 | - | 90.4 | 11.9 | 9.6 | - | 14.6 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,135 | 92.7 | 64.2 | - | 98.9 | 7.3 | 1.1 | - | 35.8 | |||
20-24 years | 3,580 | 94.0 | 89.3 | - | 96.7 | 6.0 | 3.3 | - | 10.7 | |||
25-34 years | 7,399 | 87.3 | 83.5 | - | 90.4 | 12.7 | 9.6 | - | 16.5 | |||
35+ years | 2,037 | 79.5 | 70.7 | - | 86.2 | 20.5 | 13.8 | - | 29.4 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 13,494 | 88.3 | 85.5 | - | 90.5 | 11.8 | 9.5 | - | 14.5 | |||
Black | 299 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 344 | 88.4 | 55.8 | - | 97.9 | 11.6 | 2.1 | - | 44.2 | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 221^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 13,908^ | 88.0 | 85.3 | - | 90.3 | 12.0 | 9.7 | - | 14.7 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 1,526 | 86.7 | 68.6 | - | 95.1 | 13.4 | 4.9 | - | 31.4 | |||
High School | 4,759 | 90.5 | 85.6 | - | 93.8 | 9.6 | 6.2 | - | 14.4 | |||
> High School | 7,786 | 87.1 | 83.7 | - | 89.9 | 12.9 | 10.1 | - | 16.3 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 8,934 | 86.0 | 82.4 | - | 88.9 | 14.0 | 11.1 | - | 17.6 | |||
Other | 5,216 | 91.6 | 87.1 | - | 94.7 | 8.4 | 5.3 | - | 12.9 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 2,298** | 90.1 | 83.6 | - | 94.3 | 9.9 | 5.7 | - | 16.4 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,290** | 91.6 | 83.5 | - | 95.9 | 8.4 | 4.1 | - | 16.5 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 2,547** | 90.3 | 84.7 | - | 94.0 | 9.7 | 6.0 | - | 15.3 | |||
$50,000 or more | 3,986** | 84.5 | 79.8 | - | 88.2 | 15.5 | 11.8 | - | 20.2 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 6,779** | 87.0 | 83.7 | - | 89.8 | 13.0 | 10.2 | - | 16.3 | |||
Yes | 3,322** | 90.3 | 85.1 | - | 93.8 | 9.7 | 6.2 | - | 14.9 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 5,823** | 86.5 | 82.9 | - | 89.5 | 13.5 | 10.5 | - | 17.2 | |||
Yes | 4,300** | 90.3 | 85.9 | - | 93.4 | 9.7 | 6.6 | - | 14.1 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 966 | 92.0 | 89.6 | - | 93.9 | 8.0 | 6.1 | - | 10.4 | |||
2500 grams or more | 13,184 | 87.9 | 85.0 | - | 90.3 | 12.1 | 9.7 | - | 15.0 | |||
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. | ||||||||||||
*Recoding of survey question 33A. During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many alcoholic drinks | ||||||||||||
did you drink in an average week? | ||||||||||||
** 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 2006 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 | ||||||||||||
Maine Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||||
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics |