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Did Mother Smoke During Last 3 Months of Pregnancy?*  
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 81.7 79.2 - 84.1 18.3 15.9 - 20.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 59.4 49.3 - 69.6 40.6 30.4 - 50.7
20-24 years 3,313 70.5 64.6 - 76.5 29.5 23.5 - 35.4
25-34 years 7,236 87.6 84.7 - 90.4 12.4 9.6 - 15.3
35+ years 1,733 94.9 91.3 - 98.6 5.1 1.4 - 8.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 81.7 79.2 - 84.2 18.3 15.8 - 20.8
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 84.4 66.2 - 102.6 15.6 0.0 - 33.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 81.9 79.4 - 84.4 18.1 15.6 - 20.6
Education                  
< High School 1,474 43.7 34.1 - 53.3 56.3 46.7 - 65.9
High School 5,093 76.0 71.6 - 80.5 24.0 19.5 - 28.4
>High School 6,936 94.6 92.6 - 96.6 5.4 3.4 - 7.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 91.2 89.1 - 93.4 8.8 6.6 - 10.9
Other 4,250 60.6 54.9 - 66.2 39.5 33.8 - 45.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 61.5 55.5 - 67.4 38.6 32.6 - 44.5
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 77.7 70.4 - 85.0 22.3 15.0 - 29.6
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 86.4 81.5 - 91.2 13.6 8.8 - 18.5
$40,000 or more 4,684** 96.3 94.4 - 98.2 3.7 1.8 - 5.6
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 89.6 87.2 - 92.0 10.4 8.0 - 12.8
Yes 4,153** 64.5 59.1 - 69.9 35.5 30.1 - 40.9
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 91.9 89.8 - 94.0 8.1 6.0 - 10.2
Yes 4,476** 61.8 56.4 - 67.1 38.2 32.9 - 43.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 68.5 65.2 - 71.8 31.5 28.2 - 34.8
2500 grams or more 12,776 82.4 79.8 - 85.0 17.6 15.0 - 20.2
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 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