Number of Cigarettes Smoked Now - Division of Public Health Systems | MeCDC

Number of Cigarettes Smoked Now*

2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

			None				1-10 Cigarettes				11-20 Cigarettes				20+ Cigarettes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI		%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,929	73.3	70.1	-	76.3	14.8	12.4	-	17.5	9.0	7.2	-	11.3	2.9	1.9	-	4.5
Age
	<20 years	1,102	45.8	32.7	-	59.4	33.8	22.3	-	47.7	17.2	8.9	-	30.6	3.2	0.7	-	13.3
	20-24 years	3,427	52.6	45.4	-	59.7	26.8	20.8	-	33.7	15.5	10.9	-	21.5	5.2	2.7	-	9.8
	25-34 years	7,434	82.8	79.0	-	86.1	8.8	6.5	-	11.8	6.0	4.1	-	8.6	2.4	1.3	-	4.4
	35+ years	1,961	87.0	79.7	-	91.9	7.0	3.6	-	13.2	5.0	2.3	-	10.6	1.0	0.2	-	6.4

Mother's Race
	White	13,340	73.0	69.7	-	76.0	15.0	12.6	-	17.8	9.2	7.3	-	11.5	2.8	1.8	-	4.4
	Black	224	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	343	83.5	55.2	-	95.4	15.9	4.2	-	44.8	0.7	0.2	-	2.7	0.0	0.0	-	0.0

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	178^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,722^	73.3	70.1	-	76.3	14.6	12.3	-	17.3	9.1	7.2	-	11.4	3.0	1.9	-	4.5

Education
	< High School	1,424	29.8	19.8	-	42.1	32.0	21.7	-	44.3	26.4	17.1	-	38.5	11.9	6.0	-	22.1
	High School	4,823	60.0	54.0	-	65.7	23.7	19.0	-	29.1	12.4	9.1	-	16.8	3.9	2.2	-	7.1
	> High School	7,600	89.6	86.5	-	92.0	6.4	4.5	-	9.0	3.7	2.4	-	5.9	0.3	0.1	-	1.2

Marital Status
	Married	9,208	84.0	80.7	-	86.8	9.9	7.7	-	12.7	4.6	3.2	-	6.8	1.5	0.7	-	3.0
	Other	4,721	47.6	41.0	-	54.2	26.5	21.0	-	32.7	19.6	14.8	-	25.4	6.4	3.8	-	10.8

Income
	$15,999 or less	3,480**	42.9	36.1	-	49.9	28.5	22.6	-	35.3	20.7	15.5	-	27.0	8.0	4.9	-	12.9
	$16,000-24,999	1,753**	64.5	54.6	-	73.3	22.0	15.0	-	31.2	10.4	5.7	-	18.0	3.1	0.9	-	10.7
	$25,000-39,999	2,262**	80.8	74.8	-	85.6	13.3	9.2	-	18.7	4.7	2.6	-	8.6	1.2	0.4	-	4.0
	$40,000 or more	5,227**	93.0	89.4	-	95.5	3.4	1.8	-	6.3	3.2	1.7	-	5.9	0.4	0.1	-	2.6

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,691**	83.1	79.6	-	86.0	9.6	7.3	-	12.4	5.4	3.8	-	7.7	2.0	1.0	-	3.8
	Yes	4,493**	53.7	47.5	-	59.7	25.3	20.3	-	31.1	16.2	12.0	-	21.3	4.9	2.8	-	8.3

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,586**	89.0	85.8	-	91.5	7.3	5.3	-	10.1	2.8	1.7	-	4.7	0.9	0.3	-	2.4
	Yes	5,658**	51.8	46.3	-	57.2	25.0	20.5	-	30.0	17.5	13.7	-	22.1	5.7	3.6	-	9.0

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	891	64.7	61.0	-	68.2	16.3	13.7	-	19.4	15.0	12.4	-	18.0	3.9	2.6	-	5.8
	2500 grams or more	13,028	73.8	70.4	-	77.0	14.7	12.2	-	17.5	8.7	6.7	-	11.1	2.9	1.8	-	4.5

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 30: How many cigarettes or packs of cigarettes did 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 2004 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