Number of Cigarettes Smoked Before Pregnancy*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
			None				1-9 Cigarettes				10-19 Cigarettes				20+ Cigarettes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,546	71.3	68.2	-	74.4	3.7	2.5	-	5.0	10.1	8.0	-	12.2	14.8	12.4	-	17.3
Age
	<20 years	1,147	49.2	36.6	-	61.7	2.7	0.0	-	6.5	20.4	9.9	-	30.9	27.7	16.8	-	38.7
	20-24 years	3,364	51.0	43.9	-	58.0	6.2	2.9	-	9.4	16.7	11.4	-	21.9	26.2	19.9	-	32.6
	25-34 years	7,149	80.2	76.6	-	83.7	3.3	1.7	-	4.8	7.1	4.8	-	9.5	9.5	6.9	-	12.0
	35+ years	1,886	86.4	80.0	-	92.8	1.8	0.0	-	3.6	3.8	0.1	-	7.5	8.0	2.8	-	13.2
Mother's Race
	White	13,013	71.1	68.0	-	74.2	3.6	2.4	-	4.8	10.3	8.1	-	12.4	15.0	12.5	-	17.5
	Black	171	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	337	90.5	75.3	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	8.3	0.0	-	23.4	1.2	0.0	-	2.9
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	168^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,373^	71.1	68.0	-	74.2	3.8	2.5	-	5.0	10.3	8.1	-	12.4	14.9	12.4	-	17.3
Education
	< High School	1,427	38.9	27.7	-	50.2	2.3	0.0	-	5.3	21.8	12.1	-	31.4	37.0	25.9	-	48.1
	High School	4,772	57.7	52.0	-	63.4	3.6	1.4	-	5.7	15.7	11.5	-	19.9	23.0	18.2	-	27.8
	> High School	7,277	86.7	83.8	-	89.6	4.2	2.5	-	5.9	4.2	2.4	-	5.9	5.0	3.1	-	6.9
Marital Status
	Married	9,130	84.2	81.2	-	87.2	3.5	2.0	-	4.9	6.2	4.2	-	8.2	6.1	4.2	-	8.1
	Other	4,417	45.1	39.0	-	51.1	4.3	1.9	-	6.6	18.1	13.4	-	22.9	32.5	26.8	-	38.2
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,227**	42.1	35.1	-	49.1	4.0	1.2	-	6.7	20.6	14.7	-	26.4	33.4	26.6	-	40.1
	$16,000-24,999	1,461**	63.5	53.8	-	73.2	5.7	1.3	-	10.2	11.9	5.2	-	18.5	18.9	11.1	-	26.7
	$25,000-39,999	2,076**	69.9	62.3	-	77.5	4.7	1.3	-	8.1	12.6	7.0	-	18.1	12.9	7.2	-	18.6
	$40,000 or more	5,632**	90.1	87.2	-	93.0	3.1	1.4	-	4.7	3.1	1.4	-	4.8	3.8	1.9	-	5.6
Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,719**	80.3	77.1	-	83.5	3.9	2.3	-	5.4	6.9	4.9	-	9.0	8.9	6.6	-	11.2
	Yes	4,223**	52.0	45.8	-	58.2	3.4	1.3	-	5.5	17.0	12.2	-	21.7	27.6	22.0	-	33.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,899**	85.3	82.3	-	88.3	3.7	2.1	-	5.2	5.1	3.2	-	7.0	5.9	3.9	-	7.9
	Yes	5,080**	48.8	43.2	-	54.4	3.8	1.8	-	5.8	18.2	13.8	-	22.6	29.2	24.0	-	34.3
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	855	57.5	54.0	-	61.1	5.8	4.1	-	7.5	10.2	8.0	-	12.4	26.5	23.3	-	29.7
	2500 grams or more	12,688	72.1	68.8	-	75.4	3.6	2.3	-	4.9	10.1	7.9	-	12.4	14.2	11.6	-	16.7
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 2002 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