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Did Mother Smoke in the 3 Months Before Pregnancy?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,750 70.2 67.1 - 73.2 29.8 26.8 - 32.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 42.7 30.3 - 55.2 57.3 44.8 - 69.7
20-24 years 3,376 51.4 44.7 - 58.1 48.6 41.9 - 55.3
25-34 years 7,248 80.0 76.4 - 83.5 20.0 16.5 - 23.6
35+ years 1,909 81.5 74.7 - 88.3 18.5 11.7 - 25.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 70.1 67.0 - 73.1 30.0 26.9 - 33.0
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 66.8 39.4 - 94.3 33.2 5.7 - 60.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 70.0 67.0 - 73.1 30.0 26.9 - 33.0
Education                  
< High School 1,424 39.9 28.7 - 51.0 60.2 49.0 - 71.3
High School 4,918 57.8 52.3 - 63.3 42.2 36.7 - 47.7
> High School 7,278 84.9 81.8 - 87.9 15.2 12.1 - 18.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 83.5 80.6 - 86.4 16.5 13.6 - 19.4
Other 4,359 38.2 32.2 - 44.2 61.8 55.8 - 67.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 37.8 31.2 - 44.5 62.2 55.5 - 68.8
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 66.4 58.0 - 74.8 33.6 25.2 - 42.0
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 72.9 66.3 - 79.4 27.1 20.6 - 33.7
$40,000 or more 5,104** 90.5 87.4 - 93.5 9.5 6.5 - 12.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 81.1 77.9 - 84.2 19.0 15.8 - 22.1
Yes 4,237** 47.3 41.3 - 53.3 52.7 46.7 - 58.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 84.5 81.5 - 87.5 15.5 12.5 - 18.5
Yes 4,981** 46.1 40.6 - 51.7 53.9 48.3 - 59.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 61.7 58.2 - 65.1 38.3 34.9 - 41.8
2500 grams or more 12,909 70.6 67.4 - 73.8 29.4 26.2 - 32.6
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 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