Mother Smoked During Pregnancy - Division of Public Health Systems

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