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Did Mother Smoke During the Last 3 Months of Pregnancy?*  
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,546 84.1 81.6 - 86.6 15.9 13.4 - 18.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 65.8 54.1 - 77.4 34.2 22.6 - 45.9
20-24 years 3,364 74.9 68.8 - 81.0 25.1 19.0 - 31.2
25-34 years 7,149 89.7 86.9 - 92.4 10.3 7.6 - 13.1
35+ years 1,886 90.6 85.0 - 96.1 9.4 3.9 - 15.0
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 83.9 81.3 - 86.4 16.1 13.6 - 18.7
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 90.5 75.3 - 100.0 9.5 0.0 - 24.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 84.1 81.5 - 86.6 15.9 13.4 - 18.5
Education                  
< High School 1,427 52.0 40.8 - 63.3 48.0 36.7 - 59.2
High School 4,772 76.5 71.8 - 81.3 23.5 18.7 - 28.2
> High School 7,277 96.0 94.4 - 97.6 4.0 2.4 - 5.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 93.2 91.1 - 95.3 6.8 4.7 - 8.9
Other 4,417 65.8 60.1 - 71.6 34.2 28.4 - 39.9
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 61.7 54.8 - 68.6 38.3 31.4 - 45.2
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 82.5 75.1 - 89.8 17.5 10.2 - 24.9
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 86.0 80.1 - 91.9 14.0 8.1 - 19.9
$40,000 or more 5,632** 97.4 95.9 - 99.0 2.6 1.0 - 4.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 91.3 89.0 - 93.6 8.7 6.4 - 11.0
Yes 4,223** 69.1 63.4 - 74.8 30.9 25.2 - 36.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 95.1 93.2 - 96.9 4.9 3.1 - 6.8
Yes 5,080** 67.0 61.7 - 72.2 33.1 27.8 - 38.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 71.9 68.7 - 75.2 28.1 24.8 - 31.3
2500 grams or more 12,688 84.8 82.1 - 87.5 15.2 12.5 - 17.9
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: 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 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