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Number of Cigarettes Smoked During 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 84.4 81.9 - 86.9 7.3 5.5 - 9.1 5.7 4.0 - 7.3 2.7 1.6 - 3.7
Age                                    
<20 years 1,147 65.9 54.3 - 77.6 20.6 10.7 - 30.6 11.9 3.9 - 19.9 1.5 0.0 - 4.4
20-24 years 3,364 74.9 68.8 - 81.0 11.4 6.9 - 16.0 10.6 6.3 - 14.9 3.1 0.5 - 5.7
25-34 years 7,149 90.1 87.4 - 92.8 3.9 2.1 - 5.7 3.3 1.7 - 5.0 2.7 1.2 - 4.1
35+ years 1,886 90.7 85.1 - 96.3 5.0 1.1 - 9.0 1.8 0.0 - 4.6 2.5 0.0 - 5.6
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,013 84.2 81.6 - 86.7 7.5 5.6 - 9.3 5.7 4.0 - 7.3 2.7 1.6 - 3.8
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^ 84.3 81.8 - 86.8 7.3 5.5 - 9.1 5.7 4.1 - 7.3 2.7 1.6 - 3.8
Education                                  
< High School 1,427 52.0 40.8 - 63.3 17.8 9.2 - 26.5 21.7 12.5 - 31.0 8.4 2.2 - 14.6
High School 4,772 77.0 72.2 - 81.7 12.5 8.7 - 16.2 6.7 4.0 - 9.4 3.9 1.7 - 6.0
> High School 7,277 96.3 94.7 - 97.8 1.6 0.6 - 2.7 1.5 0.5 - 2.5 0.6 0.0 - 1.2
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,130 93.4 91.4 - 95.5 3.3 1.8 - 4.8 2.1 0.9 - 3.3 1.2 0.3 - 2.1
Other 4,417 66.2 60.5 - 71.9 15.4 11.0 - 19.8 12.8 8.8 - 16.8 5.6 2.8 - 8.4
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 62.3 55.5 - 69.2 18.6 13.1 - 24.1 13.7 8.8 - 18.5 5.5 2.2 - 8.7
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 82.5 75.1 - 89.8 7.7 2.3 - 13.0 5.1 1.4 - 8.8 4.7 0.0 - 9.0
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 86.7 80.9 - 92.5 5.6 1.7 - 9.5 5.7 1.6 - 9.8 2.1 0.0 - 4.3
$40,000 or more 5,632** 97.5 95.9 - 99.0 1.5 0.3 - 2.7 0.4 0.0 - 0.9 0.7 0.0 - 1.5
Enrolled in WIC                                  
No 8,719** 91.5 89.2 - 93.7 4.4 2.7 - 6.1 2.7 1.4 - 4.0 1.4 0.5 - 2.4
Yes 4,223** 69.6 63.9 - 75.2 13.4 9.2 - 17.6 11.8 7.8 - 15.9 5.2 2.4 - 8.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                  
No 7,899** 95.1 93.3 - 96.9 2.7 1.3 - 4.1 1.7 0.6 - 2.7 0.5 0.0 - 1.1
Yes 5,080** 67.6 62.4 - 72.8 14.5 10.6 - 18.5 11.9 8.3 - 15.5 6.0 3.3 - 8.6
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 855 72.4 69.2 - 75.7 9.5 7.4 - 11.7 12.1 9.7 - 14.5 5.9 4.2 - 7.6
2500 grams or more 12,688 85.1 82.4 - 87.7 7.2 5.3 - 9.1 5.3 3.6 - 7.0 2.5 1.3 - 3.6
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 28:  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 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