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              Did Mother Smoke During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy?*  
                                                     2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,590 82.5 80.0 - 85.1 17.5 14.9 - 20.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 68.5 57.9 - 79.1 31.5 20.9 - 42.1
20-24 years 3,351 73.6 67.4 - 79.7 26.4 20.3 - 32.6
25-34 years 7,088 86.3 83.1 - 89.4 13.7 10.6 - 16.9
35+ years 1,875 93.6 89.4 - 97.7 6.4 2.3 - 10.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 82.1 79.4 - 84.7 17.9 15.3 - 20.6
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 82.6 80.0 - 85.1 17.4 14.9 - 20.0
Education                  
< High School 1,471 54.4 44.0 - 64.8 45.6 35.2 - 56.0
High School 4,894 77.5 72.9 - 82.0 22.5 18.0 - 27.1
> High School 7,065 93.6 91.3 - 95.8 6.4 4.2 - 8.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 90.6 88.2 - 92.9 9.5 7.1 - 11.8
Other 4,192 63.9 57.9 - 69.9 36.1 30.1 - 42.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 65.9 59.7 - 72.1 34.1 27.9 - 40.3
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 80.8 73.1 - 88.5 19.2 11.5 - 26.9
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 87.9 83.0 - 92.7 12.2 7.3 - 17.0
$40,000 or more 4,811** 93.7 91.1 - 96.4 6.3 3.6 - 8.9
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 88.4 85.8 - 91.0 11.6 9.0 - 14.2
Yes 4,275** 70.1 64.6 - 75.6 29.9 24.4 - 35.4
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 91.0 88.6 - 93.4 9.0 6.6 - 11.4
Yes 4,998** 68.9 63.7 - 74.0 31.2 26.0 - 36.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 74.0 70.9 - 77.1 26.0 22.9 - 29.1
2500 grams or more 12,761 83.0 80.3 - 85.7 17.0 14.3 - 19.7
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:  Variable constructed from Q28. 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 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