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                     Did Mother Receive Counseling on Smoking?*    
                                                     2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,590 22.3 19.5 - 25.0 77.8 75.0 - 80.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 8.4 1.8 - 15.1 91.6 84.9 - 98.2
20-24 years 3,351 17.1 11.9 - 22.2 82.9 77.8 - 88.1
25-34 years 7,088 25.4 21.5 - 29.2 74.7 70.8 - 78.5
35+ years 1,875 28.8 20.8 - 36.7 71.2 63.3 - 79.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 22.2 19.4 - 24.9 77.8 75.1 - 80.6
Black 112 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 29.6 8.5 - 50.6 70.4 49.4 - 91.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 22.0 19.2 - 24.7 78.0 75.3 - 80.8
Education                  
< High School 1,471 9.6 3.3 - 15.9 90.4 84.1 - 96.7
High School 4,894 16.9 12.7 - 21.0 83.1 79.0 - 87.3
> High School 7,065 29.6 25.5 - 33.6 70.5 66.4 - 74.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 27.3 23.9 - 30.8 72.7 69.2 - 76.1
Other 4,192 10.6 6.8 - 14.5 89.4 85.5 - 93.2
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 13.7 9.2 - 18.1 86.3 81.9 - 90.8
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 18.1 10.6 - 25.6 81.9 74.4 - 89.4
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 25.2 18.8 - 31.6 74.8 68.4 - 81.2
$40,000 or more 4,811** 29.7 24.9 - 34.5 70.3 65.5 - 75.1
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 25.7 22.2 - 29.2 74.3 70.8 - 77.8
Yes 4,275** 15.5 11.2 - 19.7 84.5 80.3 - 88.8
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 26.6 23.0 - 30.2 73.4 69.8 - 77.0
Yes 4,998** 15.2 11.3 - 19.2 84.8 80.8 - 88.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 16.2 13.8 - 18.7 83.8 81.3 - 86.2
2500 grams or more 12,761 22.6 19.7 - 25.5 77.4 74.5 - 80.3
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:  During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you
  about any of the things listed below?  a. How smoking during pregnancy could affect your baby
** 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 2000 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