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Mother Smoked During Pregnancy | ||||||||||
2004 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||
Total | 13,929 | 80.0 | 77.1 | - | 82.5 | 20.0 | 17.5 | - | 22.9 | |
Age | ||||||||||
<20 years | 1,102 | 66.4 | 53.3 | - | 77.3 | 33.6 | 22.7 | - | 46.7 | |
20-24 years | 3,427 | 64.7 | 57.9 | - | 70.9 | 35.3 | 29.1 | - | 42.1 | |
25-34 years | 7,434 | 87.1 | 83.8 | - | 89.8 | 12.9 | 10.2 | - | 16.2 | |
35+ years | 1,961 | 88.1 | 81.0 | - | 92.8 | 11.9 | 7.2 | - | 19.0 | |
Mother's Race | ||||||||||
White | 13,340 | 79.9 | 76.9 | - | 82.5 | 20.2 | 17.5 | - | 23.1 | |
Black | 224 | 78.8 | 45.1 | - | 94.4 | 21.2 | 5.6 | - | 54.9 | |
Other | 343 | 84.6 | 57.6 | - | 95.7 | 15.4 | 4.3 | - | 42.4 | |
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||
Yes | 178^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |
No | 13,722^ | 79.8 | 77.0 | - | 82.4 | 20.2 | 17.6 | - | 23.1 | |
Education | ||||||||||
< High School | 1,424 | 43.0 | 31.6 | - | 55.1 | 57.0 | 44.9 | - | 68.4 | |
High School | 4,823 | 71.5 | 66.2 | - | 76.2 | 28.6 | 23.8 | - | 33.8 | |
> High School | 7,600 | 92.5 | 89.9 | - | 94.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 | - | 10.1 | |
Marital Status | ||||||||||
Married | 9,208 | 88.3 | 85.5 | - | 90.7 | 11.7 | 9.4 | - | 14.6 | |
Other | 4,721 | 60.6 | 54.4 | - | 66.5 | 39.4 | 33.5 | - | 45.6 | |
Income | ||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,480** | 56.5 | 49.8 | - | 62.9 | 43.6 | 37.1 | - | 50.2 | |
$15,000-24,999 | 1,753** | 75.6 | 66.6 | - | 82.8 | 24.4 | 17.3 | - | 33.4 | |
$25,000-49,999 | 2,262** | 86.2 | 81.0 | - | 90.1 | 13.8 | 9.9 | - | 19.0 | |
$50,000 or more | 5,227** | 94.8 | 91.7 | - | 96.8 | 5.2 | 3.2 | - | 8.3 | |
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||
No | 8,691** | 87.4 | 84.4 | - | 90.0 | 12.6 | 10.0 | - | 15.6 | |
Yes | 4,493** | 66.0 | 60.3 | - | 71.2 | 34.1 | 28.8 | - | 39.7 | |
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||
No | 7,586** | 92.4 | 89.7 | - | 94.4 | 7.6 | 5.6 | - | 10.3 | |
Yes | 5,658** | 64.0 | 58.9 | - | 68.8 | 36.0 | 31.2 | - | 41.1 | |
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||
<2500 grams | 891 | 71.9 | 68.5 | - | 75.1 | 28.1 | 24.9 | - | 31.5 | |
2500 grams or more | 13,028 | 80.4 | 77.4 | - | 83.1 | 19.6 | 16.9 | - | 22.6 | |
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: Variable developed from Q29. In the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many 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 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 | ||||||||||