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

Number of Cigarettes Smoked During 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 84.0 81.3 - 86.3 7.9 6.2 - 9.9 4.9 3.6 - 6.6 3.3 2.2 - 4.9
Age                                    
<20 years 1,141 74.4 61.5 - 84.1 13.2 6.6 - 24.7 9.3 4.0 - 20.0 3.2 0.8 - 12.1
20-24 years 3,389 69.7 62.6 - 76.0 15.3 10.7 - 21.5 10.0 6.4 - 15.2 5.0 2.5 - 9.7
25-34 years 7,370 89.1 85.9 - 91.6 5.7 3.9 - 8.1 3.1 1.9 - 5.0 2.1 1.1 - 4.1
35+ years 1,950 92.9 86.8 - 96.3 1.3 0.4 - 4.1 1.1 0.3 - 4.2 4.8 2.0 - 11.0
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,330 84.0 81.2 - 86.4 7.9 6.2 - 10.0 5.1 3.8 - 6.8 3.1 2.0 - 4.7
Black 182 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 309 87.8 62.8 - 96.8 12.2 3.2 - 37.2 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 166^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,666 84.1 81.4 - 86.5 7.8 6.2 - 9.9 4.9 3.7 - 6.6 3.2 2.1 - 4.7
Education                                  
< High School 1,467 57.9 45.6 - 69.2 18.6 10.9 - 30.0 8.6 3.9 - 17.6 15.0 8.1 - 25.9
High School 4,756 76.0 70.7 - 80.5 11.7 8.5 - 16.0 8.5 5.8 - 12.3 3.8 2.2 - 6.8
> High School 7,491 94.1 91.8 - 95.8 3.5 2.3 - 5.4 1.7 1.0 - 3.2 0.7 0.2 - 1.9
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,210 92.2 89.7 - 94.1 4.0 3.7 - 5.8 1.8 1.0 - 3.0 2.1 1.1 - 4.0
Other 4,640 67.9 61.9 - 73.3 15.6 11.6 - 20.6 11.0 7.8 - 15.5 5.6 3.3 - 9.1
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,480** 63.0 56.1 - 69.6 18.6 13.7 - 24.6 11.1 7.4 - 16.3 7.2 4.2 - 12.2
$16,000-24,999 1,753** 83.1 75.4 - 88.7 5.8 2.8 - 11.6 7.1 3.8 - 13.0 4.1 1.7 - 9.4
$25,000-39,999 2,262** 89.1 83.0 - 93.2 6.8 3.7 - 12.2 1.9 0.6 - 5.5 2.2 0.7 - 6.6
$40,000 or more 5,227** 94.9 92.0 - 96.8 2.2 1.2 - 4.2 1.7 0.8 - 3.8 1.2 0.4 - 3.4
Enrolled in WIC                                  
No 8,691** 91.3 88.7 - 93.4 5.0 3.4 - 7.2 1.6 0.9 - 2.9 2.1 1.2 - 3.8
Yes 4,493** 69.5 63.6 - 74.7 13.6 10.0 - 18.3 11.3 8.0 - 15.7 5.6 3.3 - 9.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                  
No 7,586** 93.0 90.4 - 95.0 3.6 2.3 - 5.6 1.3 0.7 - 2.7 2.0 1.1 - 3.9
Yes 5,658** 71.6 66.5 - 76.2 13.7 10.4 - 17.9 9.8 7.1 - 13.4 5.0 3.0 - 8.1
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 904 70.3 67.1 - 73.3 12.9 10.8 - 15.4 11.5 9.5 - 13.9 5.3 3.9 - 7.1
2500 grams or more 12,940 84.8 81.9 - 87.3 7.6 5.8 - 9.8 4.5 3.2 - 6.3 3.2 2.0 - 4.9
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 28: In the last 3 months of your pregnancy, 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