Number of Cigarettes Smoked During Pregnancy*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				None				1-9/day				10-19/day				20+/day
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	81.7	79.2	-	84.1	8.8	6.9	-	10.6	5.7	4.2	-	7.1	3.9	2.7	-	5.1
Age
	<20 years	1,322	59.4	49.3	-	69.6	22.5	13.8	-	31.2	14.6	7.2	-	22.0	3.5	0.1	-	6.9
	20-24 years	3,313	70.5	64.6	-	76.5	15.4	10.6	-	20.2	8.1	4.6	-	11.7	5.9	2.9	-	9.0
	25-34 years	7,236	87.6	84.7	-	90.4	5.3	3.3	-	7.2	4.0	2.3	-	5.6	3.2	1.7	-	4.7
	35+ years	1,733	94.9	91.3	-	98.6	0.4	0.1	-	0.6	1.2	-0.7	-	3.0	3.5	0.3	-	6.7
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	81.7	79.2	-	84.2	8.9	7.0	-	10.7	5.7	4.2	-	7.1	3.8	2.6	-	5.0
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	84.4	66.2	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	8.2	0.0	-	21.7	7.4	0.0	-	20.8
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	81.9	79.4	-	84.4	8.8	6.9	-	10.7	5.4	3.9	-	6.9	3.9	2.7	-	5.1
Education
	< High School	1,474	43.7	34.1	-	53.3	24.2	15.9	-	32.5	16.4	9.3	-	23.5	15.7	8.7	-	22.6
	High School	5,093	76.0	71.6	-	80.5	11.0	7.7	-	14.3	7.5	4.8	-	10.2	5.5	3.2	-	7.8
	>High School	6,936	94.6	92.6	-	96.6	3.6	2.0	-	5.2	1.7	0.5	-	2.8	0.1	0.0	-	0.2
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	91.2	89.1	-	93.4	4.0	2.5	-	5.4	2.3	1.1	-	3.4	2.6	1.3	-	3.8
	Other	4,250	60.6	54.9	-	66.2	19.4	14.8	-	24.0	13.2	9.3	-	17.1	6.9	4.2	-	9.7
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	61.5	55.5	-	67.4	18.3	13.5	-	23.1	10.8	7.0	-	14.5	9.5	6.0	-	13.0
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	77.7	70.4	-	85.0	12.2	6.3	-	18.0	5.8	1.7	-	9.8	4.3	0.9	-	7.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	86.4	81.5	-	91.2	4.6	1.6	-	7.5	6.6	3.1	-	10.0	2.5	0.3	-	4.8
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	96.3	94.4	-	98.2	2.4	0.8	-	3.9	0.8	0.0	-	1.7	0.5	0.0	-	1.2
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	89.6	87.2	-	92.0	5.0	3.3	-	6.7	3.3	1.9	-	4.7	2.1	1.0	-	3.1
	Yes	4,153**	64.5	59.1	-	69.9	16.9	12.6	-	21.2	10.7	7.2	-	14.1	8.0	5.0	-	10.9
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	91.9	89.8	-	94.0	3.8	22.0	-	2.6	2.6	1.4	-	3.9	1.7	0.7	-	2.6
	Yes	4,476**	61.8	56.4	-	67.1	18.4	56.0	-	11.5	11.5	8.0	-	15.0	8.4	5.4	-	11.3
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	68.5	65.2	-	71.8	10.7	8.5	-	12.9	10.4	8.2	-	12.6	10.4	8.2	-	12.6
	2500 grams or more	12,776	82.4	79.8	-	85.0	8.7	6.7	-	10.6	5.4	3.8	-	6.9	3.6	2.3	-	4.8
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 23: 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 1999 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