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Mother Did Not Take Vitamins: Not Needed*
2010 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 6,703 74.3 69.7 - 78.4 25.7 21.6 - 30.3
Age                    
<20 years 926 69.6 53.7 - 81.9 30.4 18.1 - 46.3
20-24 years 2,158 72.1 64.1 - 79.0 27.9 21.1 - 35.9
25-34 years 3,060 77.5 71.3 - 82.6 22.5 17.4 - 28.7
35+ years 560 72.1 51.0 - 86.5 # # - #
Mother's Race                  
White 6,426 74.7 70.1 - 78.8 25.3 21.2 - 29.9
Black 100 # # - # # # - #
Other  177 # # - # # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
No 97^ 74.1 69.6 - 78.2 25.9 21.8 - 30.4
Yes 6606^ # # - # # # - #
Education                  
< High School 859 74.2 56.7 - 86.3 # # - #
High School 3,076 74.9 68.1 - 80.7 25.1 19.3 - 31.9
> High School 2,768 73.7 67.1 - 79.4 26.3 20.6 - 32.9
Marital Status                  
Married 2,712 68.8 61.6 - 75.2 31.2 24.8 - 38.4
Not Married 3,992 78.2 72.2 - 83.2 21.8 16.8 - 27.8
Income                    
$14,999 or less 2,523** 79.9 72.6 - 85.7 20.1 14.3 - 27.5
$15,000-24,999 936** 65.9 53.4 - 76.5 34.1 23.5 - 46.7
$25,000-49,999 1,483** 74.2 64.2 - 82.2 25.8 17.8 - 35.8
$50,000 or more 1,093** 67.2 56.2 - 76.6 32.8 23.4 - 43.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 3,213** 73.7 67.0 - 79.4 26.3 20.6 - 33.0
Yes 3,472** 74.9 68.4 - 80.5 25.1 19.5 - 31.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 1,903** 67.4 58.6 - 75.2 32.6 24.8 - 41.4
Yes 4,801** 76.8 71.4 - 81.5 23.2 18.5 - 28.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 403 71.1 66.5 - 75.2 29.0 24.8 - 33.5
2500 grams or more 6,300 74.5 69.6 - 78.8 25.5 21.2 - 30.4
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 4: Reasons for not taking vitamins: Didn't think I needed to take vitamins 
(Mothers that responded they did not take vitamins-Q. 3)
** 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 2010 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