Number of Cigarettes Smoked Before 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	69.4	66.4	-	72.4	4.1	2.8	-	5.4	7.7	6.0	-	9.4	18.8	16.3	-	21.3
Age
	<20 years	1,322	32.4	22.7	-	42.2	10.4	3.9	-	16.9	21.2	12.5	-	29.8	36.0	26.0	-	46.0
	20-24 years	3,313	53.3	46.7	-	59.9	3.4	1.0	-	5.7	10.8	6.7	-	14.8	32.6	26.4	-	38.8
	25-34 years	7,236	79.2	75.7	-	82.7	3.8	2.1	-	5.5	4.4	2.6	-	6.1	12.6	9.8	-	15.5
	35+ years	1,733	86.1	80.1	-	92.1	2.1	0.0	-	4.7	5.7	1.6	-	9.7	6.1	2.0	-	10.1
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	69.3	66.3	-	72.3	4.0	2.7	-	5.3	7.9	6.1	-	9.6	18.9	16.3	-	21.4
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	77.0	55.8	-	98.2	7.4	0.0	-	20.8	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	15.6	0.0	-	33.8
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	70.3	67.3	-	73.3	4.3	2.9	-	5.7	7.6	5.9	-	9.3	17.9	15.3	-	20.4
Education
	< High School	1,474	29.9	21.0	-	38.8	7.8	2.5	-	13.1	18.2	10.7	-	25.8	44.1	34.5	-	53.7
	High School	5,093	56.5	51.3	-	61.8	5.8	3.3	-	8.3	10.2	7.1	-	13.3	27.5	22.8	-	32.2
	>High School	6,936	88.2	85.4	-	91.0	2.0	0.8	-	3.3	3.4	1.8	-	4.9	6.4	4.3	-	8.5
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	82.4	79.5	-	85.3	3.2	1.8	-	4.5	4.5	3.0	-	6.1	9.9	7.6	-	12.2
	Other	4,250	40.1	34.4	-	45.8	6.4	3.5	-	9.2	14.8	10.7	-	18.9	38.7	33.0	-	44.3
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	41.4	35.2	-	47.5	7.6	4.3	-	11.0	13.5	9.3	-	17.7	37.5	31.5	-	43.5
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	63.8	55.4	-	72.2	4.0	0.5	-	7.4	6.8	2.4	-	11.2	25.4	17.8	-	33.0
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	77.0	71.0	-	83.0	3.6	0.9	-	6.4	6.8	3.3	-	10.2	12.6	7.9	-	17.3
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	89.1	85.9	-	92.4	2.1	0.6	-	3.7	4.0	2.0	-	6.0	4.8	2.5	-	7.0
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	80.3	77.2	-	83.4	2.8	1.5	-	4.0	5.2	3.5	-	6.9	11.7	9.2	-	14.2
	Yes	4,153**	45.6	39.9	-	51.3	7.2	4.2	-	10.1	13.1	9.2	-	16.9	34.2	28.8	-	39.6
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	83.4	80.4	-	86.3	3.1	1.7	-	4.5	4.8	3.1	-	6.4	8.8	6.6	-	11.1
	Yes	4,476**	41.9	36.4	-	47.4	6.2	3.5	-	8.9	13.5	9.7	-	17.3	38.5	33.1	-	43.9
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	52.2	48.8	-	55.5	3.2	2.0	-	4.5	14.7	12.2	-	17.1	30.0	26.7	-	33.2
	2500 grams or more	12,776	70.4	67.9	-	72.8	4.2	2.8	-	5.6	7.3	5.5	-	9.1	18.2	15.5	-	20.8
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