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Mother Smokes Now
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,929 75.5 72.5 - 78.3 24.5 21.7 - 27.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,102 52.5 39.9 - 64.9 47.5 35.1 - 60.1
20-24 years 3,427 58.1 51.3 - 64.6 41.9 35.4 - 48.7
25-34 years 7,434 84.2 80.7 - 87.2 15.8 12.8 - 19.3
35+ years 1,961 87.1 79.8 - 92.0 12.9 8.0 - 20.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,340 75.2 72.2 - 78.1 24.8 21.9 - 27.8
Black 224 78.8 45.1 - 94.4 21.2 5.6 - 54.9
Other 343 84.6 57.6 - 95.7 15.4 4.3 - 42.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,722^ 75.5 72.5 - 78.4 24.5 26.7 - 27.5
Education                  
< High School 1,424 31.5 21.5 - 43.6 68.5 56.4 - 78.5
High School 4,823 65.7 60.3 - 70.8 34.3 29.2 - 39.7
> High School 7,600 90.2 87.3 - 92.5 9.8 7.5 - 12.8
Marital Status                  
Married 9,208 85.1 82.0 - 87.7 14.9 12.3 - 18.0
Other 4,721 53.4 47.1 - 59.5 46.6 40.5 - 52.9
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,480** 48.8 42.2 - 55.4 51.2 44.6 - 57.8
$15,000-24,999 1,753** 68.1 58.8 - 76.1 32.0 23.9 - 41.2
$25,000-49,999 2,262** 82.6 77.1 - 87.0 17.4 13.0 - 23.0
$50,000 or more 5,227** 93.4 90.0 - 95.7 6.6 4.3 - 10.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,691** 84.0 80.7 - 86.9 16.0 13.1 - 19.6
Yes 4,493** 59.6 53.8 - 65.1 40.4 34.9 - 46.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,586** 89.6 86.6 - 92.0 10.4 8.0 - 13.4
Yes 5,658** 57.4 52.3 - 62.4 42.6 37.6 - 47.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 891 66.9 63.4 - 70.3 33.1 29.7 - 36.6
2500 grams or more 13,028 76.0 72.8 - 79.0 24.0 21.0 - 27.2
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 Q30. How many cigarettes do you smoke on an average day now?
** 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 2004 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