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Did Mother Drink During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy?*  
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 94.9 93.4 - 96.3 5.1 3.7 - 6.6
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 99.8 99.6 - 100.0 0.2 0.0 - 0.4
20-24 years 3,351 97.6 95.5 - 99.6 2.5 0.4 - 4.5
25-34 years 7,088 94.9 93.0 - 96.8 5.1 3.2 - 7.0
35+ years 1,875 86.4 80.4 - 92.5 13.6 7.5 - 19.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 94.7 93.3 - 96.2 5.3 3.8 - 6.7
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 95.0 93.5 - 96.4 5.1 3.6 - 6.5
Education                  
< High School 1,471 98.4 96.0 - 100.0 1.6 0.0 - 4.0
High School 4,894 97.0 95.1 - 98.8 3.1 1.2 - 4.9
>High School 7,065 92.4 90.0 - 94.8 7.6 5.2 - 10.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 93.6 91.7 - 95.5 6.4 4.5 - 8.3
Other 4,192 97.9 96.3 - 99.5 2.1 0.5 - 3.7
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 98.9 97.8 - 100.0 1.1 0.0 - 2.2
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 92.5 87.0 - 97.9 7.5 2.1 - 13.0
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 94.7 91.5 - 98.0 5.3 2.0 - 8.5
$40,000 or more 4,811** 92.5 89.7 - 95.2 7.5 4.8 - 10.3
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 93.3 91.3 - 95.3 6.7 4.7 - 8.7
Yes 4,275** 97.9 96.3 - 99.4 2.1 0.6 - 3.7
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 93.5 91.5 - 95.5 6.5 4.5 - 8.5
Yes 4,998** 97.0 95.3 - 98.8 3.0 1.2 - 4.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 94.3 92.7 - 95.9 5.7 4.1 - 7.3
2500 grams or more 12,761 94.9 93.4 - 96.4 5.1 3.6 - 6.6
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: Variable developed from Q32a. During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many alcoholic drinks did you
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 2000 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