Did Mother Smoke During 3 Months Before Pregnancy?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	69.4	66.4	-	72.4	30.6	27.6	-	33.6
Age
	<20 years	1,322	32.4	22.7	-	42.2	67.6	57.8	-	77.3
	20-24 years	3,313	53.3	46.7	-	59.9	46.7	40.1	-	53.3
	25-34 years	7,236	79.2	75.7	-	82.7	20.8	17.3	-	24.3
	35+ years	1,733	86.1	80.1	-	92.1	13.9	7.9	-	19.9
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	69.3	66.3	-	72.3	30.7	27.7	-	33.7
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	77.0	55.8	-	98.2	23.0	1.8	-	44.2
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	70.3	67.3	-	73.3	29.7	26.7	-	32.7
Education
	< High School	1,474	29.9	21.0	-	38.8	70.1	61.2	-	79.0
	High School	5,093	56.5	51.3	-	61.8	43.5	38.2	-	48.7
	>High School	6,936	88.2	85.4	-	91.0	11.8	9.0	-	14.6
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	82.4	79.5	-	85.3	17.6	14.7	-	20.5
	Other	4,250	40.1	34.4	-	45.8	59.9	54.2	-	65.6
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	41.4	35.2	-	47.5	58.6	52.5	-	64.8
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	63.8	55.4	-	72.2	36.2	27.8	-	44.6
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	77.0	71.0	-	83.0	23.0	17.0	-	29.0
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	89.1	85.9	-	92.4	10.9	7.6	-	14.1
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	80.3	77.2	-	83.4	19.7	16.6	-	22.8
	Yes	4,153**	45.6	39.9	-	51.3	54.4	48.7	-	60.1
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	83.4	80.4	-	86.3	16.6	13.7	-	19.6
	Yes	4,476**	41.9	36.4	-	47.4	58.1	52.6	-	63.6
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	52.2	48.7	-	55.6	47.9	44.4	-	51.3
	2500 grams or more	12,776	70.4	67.2	-	73.5	29.6	26.5	-	32.8
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 22: 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 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