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Did Mother Smoke During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,750 82.7 80.2 - 85.2 17.3 14.8 - 19.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 62.1 49.8 - 74.3 37.9 25.7 - 50.2
20-24 years 3,376 71.8 65.8 - 77.9 28.2 22.1 - 34.2
25-34 years 7,248 90.1 87.5 - 92.7 9.9 7.3 - 12.5
35+ years 1,909 85.4 79.3 - 91.5 14.6 8.5 - 20.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 82.5 79.9 - 85.1 17.5 14.9 - 20.1
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 89.7 73.0 - 100.0 10.3 0.0 - 27.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 82.7 80.2 - 85.2 17.3 14.8 - 19.8
Education                  
< High School 1,424 56.8 45.5 - 68.0 43.3 32.0 - 54.5
High School 4,918 73.9 69.1 - 78.7 26.1 21.3 - 30.9
> High School 7,278 94.2 92.3 - 96.2 5.8 3.8 - 7.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 91.2 88.9 - 93.4 8.9 6.6 - 11.1
Other 4,359 62.6 56.6 - 68.6 37.4 31.4 - 43.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 55.3 48.4 - 62.1 44.7 37.9 - 51.6
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 83.8 77.4 - 90.2 16.2 9.8 - 22.6
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 87.2 82.3 - 92.1 12.8 7.9 - 17.7
$40,000 or more 5,104** 97.6 96.1 - 99.1 2.4 0.9 - 3.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 92.0 89.8 - 94.1 8.0 5.9 - 10.2
Yes 4,237** 63.4 57.7 - 69.2 36.6 30.8 - 42.3
Enrolled in MaineCare                  
No 8,181** 94.0 92.0 - 96.0 6.0 4.0 - 8.0
Yes 4,981** 63.9 58.6 - 69.2 36.1 30.8 - 41.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 74.6 71.5 - 77.8 25.4 22.2 - 28.5
2500 grams or more 12,909 83.1 80.5 - 85.8 16.9 14.2 - 19.5
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 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