Number of Cigarettes Smoked Before Pregnancy*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
			None				1-9 Cigarettes				10-19 Cigarettes				20+ Cigarettes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,590	68.8	65.7	-	72.0	5.4	3.9	-	6.9	9.1	7.1	-	11.1	16.6	14.1	-	19.2
Age
	<20 years	1,272	42.6	31.2	-	53.9	12.6	5.0	-	20.3	19.5	10.3	-	28.7	25.3	15.4	-	35.2
	20-24 years	3,351	56.2	49.3	-	63.1	6.1	2.8	-	9.5	12.5	7.9	-	17.2	25.2	19.0	-	31.3
	25-34 years	7,088	74.1	70.0	-	78.1	4.9	3.0	-	6.9	6.6	4.4	-	8.9	14.4	11.2	-	17.7
	35+ years	1,875	89.1	83.8	-	94.5	1.3	0.0	-	3.1	5.6	1.4	-	9.7	4.0	1.0	-	7.1
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	68.8	65.6	-	71.9	5.2	3.8	-	6.7	9.3	7.3	-	11.3	16.7	14.1	-	19.3
	Black	112	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	70.6	49.6	-	91.6	13.7	0.0	-	30.6	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	15.7	0.0	-	31.6
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	68.7	65.6	-	71.9	5.4	3.9	-	6.9	9.1	7.2	-	11.1	16.7	14.2	-	19.3
Education
	< High School	1,471	30.9	21.1	-	40.6	7.3	1.9	-	12.6	18.4	10.3	-	26.5	43.5	33.0	-	53.9
	High School	4,894	61.2	55.8	-	66.6	5.4	2.9	-	7.9	12.9	9.2	-	16.6	20.5	16.0	-	24.9
	> High School	7,065	84.1	80.8	-	87.4	4.7	2.8	-	6.7	4.1	2.3	-	6.0	7.0	4.7	-	9.3
Marital Status
	Married	9,398	81.3	78.2	-	84.4	3.9	2.4	-	5.5	5.4	3.6	-	7.3	9.4	7.1	-	11.7
	Other	4,192	39.9	33.7	-	46.0	8.9	5.4	-	12.5	17.6	12.8	-	22.4	33.6	27.6	-	39.6
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	42.4	36.0	-	48.9	9.6	5.8	-	13.5	16.5	11.6	-	21.4	31.5	25.4	-	37.6
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	67.4	58.0	-	76.7	3.5	0.0	-	7.1	7.4	2.4	-	12.4	21.7	13.4	-	30.0
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	75.6	69.2	-	82.0	2.1	0.0	-	18.2	6.4	2.8	-	10.1	15.9	10.3	-	21.5
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	87.0	83.3	-	90.6	4.1	2.0	-	6.1	4.7	2.4	-	7.0	4.3	2.1	-	6.4
WIC Recipient
	No	8,652**	78.5	75.1	-	81.8	5.0	3.2	-	6.7	5.9	4.0	-	7.9	10.7	8.1	-	13.2
	Yes	4,275**	49.3	43.3	-	55.2	6.6	3.6	-	9.5	15.8	11.4	-	20.2	28.4	22.9	-	33.9
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,054**	83.2	80.0	-	86.3	4.5	2.8	-	6.2	5.0	3.1	-	6.8	7.4	5.2	-	9.6
	Yes	4,998**	45.5	40.0	-	51.1	7.0	4.2	-	9.8	15.8	11.7	-	19.9	31.7	26.4	-	36.9
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	63.6	60.2	-	67.0	6.6	4.9	-	8.4	10.8	8.6	-	13.0	18.9	16.1	-	21.7
	2500 grams or more	12,761	69.1	65.8	-	72.4	5.4	3.8	-	7.0	9.0	6.9	-	11.1	16.5	13.8	-	19.2
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 27:  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 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