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Number of Cigarettes Smoked Before Pregnancy*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      None 1-9 Cigarettes 10-19 Cigarettes 20+ Cigarettes
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 71.2 68.2 - 74.2 4.6 3.2 - 6.0 10.1 8.1 - 12.1 14.1 11.8 - 16.5
Age                                    
<20 years 1,215 44.7 32.1 - 57.2 7.2 0.7 - 13.8 19.5 9.7 - 29.3 28.6 17.1 - 40.1
20-24 years 3,376 52.1 45.3 - 58.8 7.8 4.0 - 11.5 15.4 10.5 - 20.3 24.8 19.0 - 30.6
25-34 years 7,248 81.0 77.6 - 84.5 3.2 1.6 - 4.7 7.4 5.0 - 9.7 8.4 6.0 - 10.9
35+ years 1,909 82.4 75.8 - 89.0 2.9 0.0 - 5.9 5.7 1.7 - 9.8 9.0 4.0 - 13.9
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,231 70.9 67.9 - 74.0 4.7 3.2 - 6.1 10.0 8.0 - 12.1 14.4 12.0 - 16.7
Black 153 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 354 79.3 57.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 18.4 0.0 - 40.6 2.3 0.0 - 4.8
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 71.1 68.1 - 74.1 4.6 3.2 - 6.0 10.2 8.2 - 12.2 14.1 11.8 - 16.4
Education                                  
< High School 1,424 41.4 30.2 - 52.6 7.9 1.6 - 14.2 18.6 9.7 - 27.4 32.2 21.6 - 42.7
High School 4,918 58.2 52.7 - 63.6 3.0 1.1 - 4.8 16.9 12.7 - 21.0 22.1 17.5 - 26.6
> High School 7,278 86.2 83.3 - 89.2 4.7 2.9 - 6.6 4.1 2.4 - 5.8 4.9 3.1 - 6.7
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,387 84.7 81.9 - 87.5 2.6 1.3 - 3.8 6.5 4.6 - 8.4 6.3 4.3 - 8.2
Other 4,359 38.8 32.8 - 44.9 9.4 5.8 - 13.1 18.7 13.8 - 23.6 33.0 27.2 - 38.9
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 40.1 33.3 - 46.8 6.2 2.8 - 9.6 19.4 13.8 - 24.9 34.4 27.8 - 40.9
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 66.5 58.1 - 74.9 5.3 1.3 - 9.3 14.7 8.5 - 21.0 13.4 7.3 - 19.5
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 72.9 66.4 - 79.5 4.2 1.3 - 7.1 8.7 4.6 - 12.8 14.2 9.0 - 19.3
$40,000 or more 5,104** 91.6 88.8 - 94.5 3.1 1.3 - 5.0 3.0 1.2 - 4.8 2.2 0.7 - 3.7
Enrolled in WIC                                  
No 8,872** 81.9 78.9 - 85.0 3.8 2.3 - 5.3 6.2 4.3 - 8.1 8.1 5.9 - 10.2
Yes 4,237** 48.3 42.3 - 54.3 6.2 3.2 - 9.2 18.4 13.8 - 23.1 27.1 21.8 - 32.4
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                  
No 8,181** 85.2 82.3 - 88.2 3.9 2.3 - 5.5 6.0 4.0 - 8.0 4.8 3.1 - 6.6
Yes 4,981** 47.6 42.1 - 53.2 5.7 3.1 - 8.3 16.9 12.7 - 21.1 29.8 24.7 - 34.8
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 819 62.5 59.1 - 65.9 2.7 1.5 - 3.9 9.5 7.4 - 11.5 25.3 22.2 - 28.4
2500 grams or more 12,761 71.7 68.5 - 74.8 4.7 3.2 - 6.2 10.1 8.0 - 12.2 13.5 11.1 - 16.0
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 2001 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