Did Mother Smoke in the 3 Months Before Pregnancy?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%	95% CI			%	95% CI
	Total	13,590	68.8	65.7	-	72.0	31.2	28.0	-	34.3
Age
	<20 years	1,272	42.6	31.2	-	53.9	57.4	46.1	-	68.8
	20-24 years	3,351	56.2	49.3	-	63.1	43.8	36.9	-	50.7
	25-34 years	7,088	74.1	70.0	-	78.1	26.0	21.9	-	30.0
	35+ years	1,875	89.1	83.8	-	94.5	10.9	5.5	-	16.2
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	68.8	65.6	-	71.9	31.2	28.1	-	34.4
	Black	122	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	70.6	49.6	-	91.6	29.4	8.4	-	50.4
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	68.7	65.6	-	71.9	31.3	28.1	-	34.4
Education
	< High School	1,471	30.9	21.1	-	40.6	69.2	59.4	-	78.9
	High School	4,894	61.2	55.8	-	66.6	38.8	33.4	-	44.2
	> High School	7,065	84.1	80.8	-	87.4	15.9	12.6	-	19.2
Marital Status
	Married	9,398	81.3	78.2	-	84.4	18.7	15.6	-	21.8
	Other	4,192	39.9	33.7	-	46.0	60.1	54.0	-	66.3
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	42.4	36.0	-	48.9	57.6	51.1	-	64.0
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	67.4	58.0	-	76.7	32.6	23.3	-	42.0
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	75.6	69.2	-	82.0	24.4	18.0	-	30.8
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	87.0	83.3	-	90.6	13.0	9.4	-	16.7
WIC Recipient
	No	8,652**	78.5	75.1	-	81.8	21.5	18.2	-	24.9
	Yes	4,275**	49.3	43.3	-	55.2	50.8	44.8	-	56.7
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,054**	83.2	80.0	-	86.3	16.9	13.7	-	20.0
	Yes	4,998**	45.5	40.0	-	51.1	54.5	48.9	-	60.0
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	63.6	60.2	-	67.0	36.4	33.0	-	39.8
	2500 grams or more	12,761	69.1	65.8	-	72.4	30.9	27.6	-	34.2
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:		Variable constructed from Q27. 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