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Office Of Health Data And Program Management > PRAMS > PRAMS Tables 2003 > Number of Cigarettes Smoked Before Pregnancy

Number of Cigarettes Smoked Before Pregnancy*
2003 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      None 1-9 Cigarettes 10-19 Cigarettes 20+ Cigarettes
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,851 71.2 68.0 - 74.2 6.1 4.7 - 8.0 8.6 6.8 - 10.7 14.1 11.9 - 16.7
Age                                    
<20 years 1,141 35.4 23.9 - 48.9 21.7 12.4 - 35.1 20.0 11.2 - 33.2 22.9 13.9 - 35.5
20-24 years 3,389 50.8 43.6 - 57.9 6.3 3.7 - 10.8 13.1 9.0 - 18.7 29.8 23.6 - 36.9
25-34 years 7,370 80.3 76.5 - 83.7 4.4 2.9 - 6.6 6.9 4.9 - 9.6 8.4 6.2 - 11.3
35+ years 1,950 88.6 82.0 - 93.0 4.0 1.7 - 8.9 1.5 0.5 - 4.1 5.9 2.8 - 12.1
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,330 71.6 68.3 - 74.6 5.7 4.3 - 7.6 8.4 6.7 - 10.6 14.3 12.0 - 17.0
Black 182 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 309 12.2 35.5 - 100.0 10.1 6.6 - 46.2 13.6 3.6 - 40.0 6.8 1.0 - 34.3
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 166^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,666 71.2 68.0 - 74.2 6.2 4.7 - 81.2 8.5 6.8 - 10.7 14.1 11.9 - 16.7
Education                                  
< High School 1,467 37.7 26.8 - 50.0 14.5 7.7 - 25.5 14.8 8.0 - 25.7 33.1 22.8 - 45.2
High School 4,756 56.7 50.8 - 62.8 5.5 3.4 - 8.8 15.4 11.6 - 20.1 22.5 17.9 - 27.8
> High School 7,491 86.3 83.2 - 89.0 5.0 3.4 - 7.2 3.4 2.2 - 5.3 5.3 3.7 - 7.5
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,210 84.9 81.8 - 87.5 4.1 2.8 - 5.9 3.6 2.4 - 5.3 7.5 5.6 - 10.0
Other 4,640 44.0 38.0 - 50.2 10.2 6.9 - 14.8 18.4 14.1 - 23.7 27.3 22.2 - 33.2
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,480** 41.4 34.7 - 48.4 8.7 5.4 - 13.7 18.1 13.2 - 24.3 31.9 25.6 - 38.8
$16,000-24,999 1,753** 65.3 56.2 - 73.5 7.7 4.0 - 14.4 5.4 2.6 - 10.8 21.6 15.1 - 30.1
$25,000-39,999 2,262** 78.8 71.6 - 84.6 5.6 2.9 - 10.6 1.9 3.2 - 11.1 9.6 5.8 - 15.5
$40,000 or more 5,227** 89.0 85.4 - 91.8 3.5 2.1 - 5.8 1.0 2.5 - 6.6 3.5 2.0 - 6.1
Enrolled in WIC                                  
No 8,691** 80.7 77.2 - 83.8 6.0 4.3 - 8.4 5.8 4.1 - 8.0 7.6 5.6 - 10.1
Yes 4,493** 52.0 45.9 - 58.0 6.4 4.0 - 10.3 14.2 10.4 - 19.0 27.4 22.3 - 33.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                  
No 7,586** 84.7 81.3 - 87.5 4.4 3.0 - 6.6 4.4 3.0 - 6.6 6.5 4.6 - 9.0
Yes 5,658** 52.4 47.0 - 57.8 8.5 5.9 - 12.2 14.3 10.9 - 18.6 24.8 20.4 - 29.8
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 904 58.9 55.6 - 62.2 5.3 4.0 - 7.1 11.5 9.5 - 13.9 24.3 21.4 - 27.3
2500 grams or more 12,940 71.9 68.5 - 75.1 6.2 4.6 - 8.2 8.4 6.5 - 10.7 13.5 11.1 - 16.3
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 27: In the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many cigarettes or packs of cigarettes did you
smoke on an average day?
** 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 2003 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