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Does Mother Smoke Now?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,546 78.4 75.6 - 81.2 21.6 18.8 - 24.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 52.2 39.8 - 64.5 47.9 35.5 - 60.2
20-24 years 3,364 65.5 58.8 - 72.1 34.6 27.9 - 41.2
25-34 years 7,149 86.0 82.9 - 89.1 14.0 10.9 - 17.1
35+ years 1,886 88.2 82.2 - 94.3 11.8 5.7 - 17.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 78.2 75.4 - 81.1 21.8 18.9 - 24.6
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 90.5 75.3 - 100.0 9.5 0.0 - 24.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 78.3 75.4 - 81.1 21.7 18.9 - 24.6
Education                  
< High School 1,427 41.5 30.4 - 52.5 58.5 5.0 - 69.6
High School 4,772 68.7 63.4 - 73.9 31.3 26.1 - 36.6
> High School 7,277 92.9 90.8 - 95.1 7.1 4.9 - 9.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 89.4 86.9 - 91.9 10.6 8.1 - 13.1
Other 4,417 56.3 50.4 - 62.3 43.7 37.7 - 49.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 50.6 43.7 - 57.6 49.4 42.4 - 56.3
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 76.0 67.7 - 84.4 24.0 15.6 - 32.3
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 79.8 73.1 - 86.5 20.2 13.5 - 26.9
$40,000 or more 5,632** 94.9 92.8 - 97.1 5.1 2.9 - 7.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 86.8 84.1 - 89.6 13.2 10.4 - 15.9
Yes 4,223** 60.8 54.8 - 66.8 39.2 33.2 - 45.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 90.9 88.5 - 93.3 9.1 6.7 - 11.5
Yes 5,080** 58.9 53.4 - 64.3 41.1 35.7 - 46.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 65.0 61.5 - 68.4 35.0 31.6 - 38.5
2500 grams or more 12,688 79.2 76.2 - 82.1 20.8 17.9 - 23.8
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 Q29. How many cigarettes or packs of cigarettes do you
 smoke on an average day now?
** 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