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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