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Change in Smoking Before Pregnancy to Now
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      NonSmoker Smoker who quit # Cigs Reduced # Cigs same or more Non Smoker Resumed
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,929 68.4 65.2 - 71.4 7.1 5.6 - 9.0 8.1 6.5 - 10.1 15.7 13.3 - 18.3 0.7 0.3 - 1.7
Age                                            
<20 years 1,102 40.0 28.4 - 52.9 12.5 6.3 - 23.3 16.5 9.1 - 28.0 28.8 18.5 - 41.7 2.2 0.3 - 13.4
20-24 years 3,427 47.5 40.9 - 54.2 10.6 7.2 - 15.4 15.4 11.1 - 21.0 25.4 19.9 - 31.9 1.2 0.3 - 4.5
25-34 years 7,434 77.8 73.8 - 81.3 6.4 4.6 - 9.0 4.8 3.2 - 7.0 10.6 8.0 - 13.8 0.5 0.1 - 1.7
35+ years 1,961 87.1 79.8 - 92.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 3.0 1.1 - 7.5 10.0 5.7 - 16.9 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Mother's Race                                          
White 13,340 68.0 64.7 - 71.1 7.2 5.7 - 9.2 8.3 6.6 - 10.4 15.7 13.4 - 18.4 0.8 0.3 - 1.8
Black 224 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 343 77.5 51.8 - 91.7 7.1 1.3 - 31.0 6.3 0.9 - 32.4 9.1 1.6 - 38.6 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                                          
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,722^ 68.4 65.2 - 71.5 7.1 5.6 - 9.0 8.2 6.6 - 10.3 15.5 13.2 - 18.2 0.7 0.3 - 1.7
Education                                          
< High School 1,424 29.1 19.4 - 41.3 2.5 0.6 - 9.1 15.6 8.8 - 26.2 49.4 37.5 - 61.3 3.5 0.9 - 12.3
High School 4,823 53.4 47.8 - 58.8 12.3 9.0 - 16.5 11.9 8.7 - 15.9 21.8 17.6 - 26.7 0.7 0.2 - 2.7
> High School 7,600 85.5 82.1 - 88.3 4.7 3.2 - 6.9 4.4 2.9 - 6.6 5.2 3.6 - 7.6 0.2 0.0 - 1.3
Marital Status                                          
Married 9,208 79.1 75.7 - 82.1 6.0 4.4 - 8.2 5.1 3.6 - 7.1 9.3 7.2 - 12.0 0.5 0.2 - 1.6
Other 4,721 43.6 37.6 - 49.9 9.8 6.8 - 14.0 15.1 11.2 - 20.1 30.4 24.9 - 36.4 1.1 0.3 - 4.3
Income                                            
$14,999 or less 3,480** 38.9 32.7 - 45.5 9.9 6.7 - 14.5 17.2 12.7 - 22.7 33.4 27.4 - 40.0 0.7 0.1 - 4.2
$15,000-24,999 1,753** 59.0 49.6 - 67.7 9.1 5.0 - 15.9 7.9 4.2 - 14.5 23.0 16.0 - 31.9 1.0 0.2 - 6.5
$25,000-49,999 2,262** 73.9 67.8 - 79.3 8.6 5.5 - 13.1 6.1 3.6 - 10.0 10.4 7.0 - 15.3 1.0 0.3 - 3.5
$50,000 or more 5,227** 90.2 86.3 - 93.0 3.2 1.8 - 5.8 2.8 1.5 - 5.4 3.3 1.8 - 6.0 0.5 0.1 - 3.2
Enrolled in WIC                                          
No 8,691** 79.7 76.2 - 82.9 4.3 2.9 - 6.3 5.6 4.0 - 7.9 9.5 7.3 - 12.3 0.9 0.3 - 2.2
Yes 4,493** 47.1 41.5 - 52.9 12.5 9.2 - 16.7 12.8 9.5 - 17.1 27.1 22.3 - 32.6 0.5 0.1 - 3.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                                        
No 7,586** 85.8 82.5 - 88.6 3.8 2.5 - 5.8 3.9 2.5 - 5.9 6.0 4.2 - 8.5 0.5 0.1 - 2.0
Yes 5,658** 46.1 41.0 - 51.2 11.4 8.6 - 15.0 13.6 10.4 - 17.5 28.0 23.6 - 32.9 1.0 0.3 - 2.9
Infant's birth weight                                          
<2500 grams 891 61.1 57.5 - 64.5 6.3 4.8 - 8.3 11.4 9.2 - 14.1 21.0 18.1 - 24.2 0.2 0.1 - 0.7
2500 grams or more 13,028 68.8 65.4 - 72.0 7.2 5.6 - 9.2 7.9 6.2 - 10.1 15.3 12.9 - 18.2 0.8 0.3 - 1.8
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.
* Combination of Survey Question 28 and survey question 30: In the 3 months before pregnancy, how many cigarettes did you smoke
 and 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 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