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Number of Cigarettes Smoked Now*
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 77.8 75.0 - 80.5 6.0 4.4 - 7.6 8.0 6.2 - 9.8 8.3 6.4 - 10.1
Age                                    
<20 years 1,215 58.0 45.6 - 70.4 13.0 4.5 - 21.5 14.2 5.5 - 22.8 14.9 5.9 - 23.8
20-24 years 3,376 60.6 54.0 - 67.2 10.7 6.5 - 14.9 13.9 9.2 - 18.6 14.8 9.9 - 19.7
25-34 years 7,248 87.0 84.1 - 89.9 3.3 1.8 - 4.9 5.2 3.3 - 7.2 4.5 2.6 - 6.3
35+ years 1,909 83.5 77.0 - 89.9 3.8 0.4 - 7.2 4.9 1.2 - 8.6 7.8 3.1 - 12.5
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,231 77.5 74.7 - 80.3 6.1 4.4 - 7.7 8.0 6.2 - 9.8 8.4 6.5 - 10.3
Black 153 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 354 88.2 71.6 - 100.0 1.1 0.0 - 2.7 10.7 0.0 - 27.2 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 77.7 74.9 - 80.5 6.0 4.4 - 7.6 7.9 6.1 - 9.7 8.3 6.5 - 10.2
Education                                  
< High School 1,424 52.2 40.8 - 63.5 11.0 4.1 - 17.9 17.9 9.1 - 26.6 18.9 10.2 - 27.7
High School 4,918 65.4 60.2 - 70.7 8.3 5.1 - 11.4 12.0 8.5 - 15.5 14.3 10.5 - 18.2
> High School 7,278 91.5 89.1 - 93.9 3.5 1.9 - 5.1 3.5 1.9 - 5.0 1.5 0.5 - 2.5
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,387 88.4 85.9 - 90.9 3.7 2.2 - 5.1 4.4 2.8 - 5.9 3.6 2.1 - 5.0
Other 4,359 52.3 46.1 - 58.5 11.5 7.5 - 15.5 16.7 12.0 - 21.4 19.5 14.6 - 24.4
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 48.1 41.3 - 55.0 10.7 6.4 - 15.0 18.6 13.2 - 23.9 22.6 16.9 - 28.3
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 77.0 69.6 - 84.4 5.5 1.6 - 9.4 13.0 7.0 - 18.9 4.6 0.9 - 8.2
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 81.8 76.1 - 87.5 7.5 3.6 - 11.3 4.6 1.6 - 7.6 6.1 2.5 - 9.8
$40,000 or more 5,104** 95.6 93.5 - 97.7 1.7 0.3 - 3.1 1.3 0.1 - 2.4 1.4 0.2 - 2.5
Enrolled in WIC                                  
No 8,872** 87.7 85.1 - 90.3 4.7 3.0 - 6.4 3.4 2.0 - 4.8 4.2 2.6 - 5.8
Yes 4,237** 57.0 51.1 - 63.0 8.7 5.3 - 12.1 17.8 13.2 - 22.4 16.5 12.1 - 20.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                  
No 8,181** 90.5 88.1 - 92.9 4.2 2.6 - 5.9 2.8 1.4 - 4.1 2.5 1.2 - 3.8
Yes 4,981** 56.7 51.2 - 62.1 8.9 5.7 - 12.0 16.7 12.6 - 20.8 17.8 13.6 - 22.0
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 831 68.7 65.4 - 72.0 6.2 4.4 - 8.0 10.6 8.4 - 12.8 14.5 12.0 - 17.1
2500 grams or more 12,909 78.3 75.3 - 81.2 6.0 4.3 - 7.6 7.9 6.0 - 9.8 7.9 6.0 - 9.9
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 29: How many cigarettes or packs of cigarettes did you smoke on an average day now?
** 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