Did Mother Receive Counseling on Breastfeeding?*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,750	9.5	7.6	-	11.4	90.5	88.6	-	92.4
Age
	<20 years	1,215	8.6	1.4	-	15.7	91.4	84.3	-	98.6
	20-24 years	3,376	6.5	3.4	-	9.6	93.5	90.4	-	96.6
	25-34 years	7,248	10.5	7.8	-	13.2	89.5	86.8	-	92.2
	35+ years	1,909	11.7	6.0	-	17.4	88.3	82.6	-	94.0
Mother's Race
	White	13,231	9.4	7.5	-	11.4	90.6	88.6	-	92.5
	Black	153	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	354	18.1	0.0	-	39.9	81.9	60.1	-	100.0
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,555^	9.4	7.5	-	11.3	90.6	88.7	-	92.5
Education
	< High School	1,424	5.3	0.5	-	10.2	94.7	89.8	-	99.5
	High School	4,918	10.0	6.7	-	13.4	90.0	86.6	-	93.3
	> High School	7,278	9.9	7.3	-	12.5	90.1	87.5	-	92.7
Marital Status
	Married	9,387	10.9	8.5	-	13.4	89.1	86.6	-	91.5
	Other	4,359	6.2	3.4	-	9.0	93.8	91.0	-	96.6
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,234**	7.5	3.9	-	11.0	92.5	89.0	-	96.1
	$16,000-24,999	1,821**	10.0	4.8	-	15.1	90.0	84.9	-	95.2
	$25,000-39,999	2,607**	10.4	5.9	-	14.9	89.6	85.1	-	94.1
	$40,000 or more	5,104**	9.9	6.8	-	12.9	90.2	87.1	-	93.2
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,872**	9.6	7.3	-	12.0	90.4	88.0	-	92.7
	Yes	4,237**	9.3	5.9	-	12.7	90.7	87.3	-	94.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	8,181**	10.1	7.7	-	12.6	89.9	87.4	-	92.3
	Yes	4,981**	8.5	5.5	-	11.5	91.5	88.5	-	94.5
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	831	11.8	9.6	-	14.0	88.2	86.0	-	90.4
	2500 grams or more	12,909	9.4	7.4	-	11.4	90.6	88.6	-	92.6
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 22: During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
	about any of the things listed below?				b. Breastfeeding your baby
** 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 2001 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