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Mother Smoked Before Pregnancy

2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,110	67.9	64.7	-	71.0	32.1	29.0	-	35.3
Age
	<20 years	1,122	38.8	25.7	-	53.8	61.2	46.2	-	74.3
	20-24 years	3,506	49.0	42.5	-	55.6	51.0	44.5	-	57.5
	25-34 years	7,467	74.4	70.2	-	78.1	25.6	21.9	-	29.8
	35+ years	2,013	93.6	87.4	-	96.9	6.4	3.2	-	12.6

Mother's Race
	White	13,467	67.6	64.3	-	70.7	32.4	29.3	-	35.7
	Black	259	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	358	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	179^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,905^	67.9	64.7	-	71.0	32.1	29.0	-	35.4

Education
	< High School	1,539	40.5	30.2	-	51.8	59.5	48.2	-	69.9
	High School	4,747	52.2	46.2	-	58.1	47.8	41.9	-	53.8
	> High School	7,783	83.3	79.9	-	86.2	16.7	13.8	-	20.2

Marital Status
	Married	9,182	83.1	79.8	-	85.9	16.9	14.1	-	20.2
	Other	4,922	40.8	35.3	-	46.5	59.2	53.5	-	64.7

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,704**	39.8	33.6	-	46.4	60.2	53.6	-	66.5
	$15,000-24,999	1,762**	54.1	44.8	-	63.2	45.9	36.8	-	55.2
	$25,000-49,999	3,580**	73.9	67.9	-	79.1	26.1	20.9	-	32.1
	$50,000 or more	4,501**	91.7	88.1	-	94.3	8.3	5.7	-	12.0

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,572**	78.6	75.0	-	81.9	21.4	18.1	-	25.0
	Yes	4,878**	49.2	43.5	-	54.9	50.8	45.1	-	56.5

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,062**	86.7	83.3	-	89.5	13.3	10.5	-	16.7
	Yes	6,485**	47.3	42.4	-	52.2	52.7	47.8	-	57.7

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	963	56.1	52.5	-	59.7	43.9	40.3	-	47.5
	2500 grams or more	13,140	68.7	65.3	-	71.9	31.3	28.1	-	34.8

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.
* Survey Question: Variable developed from Q28. In the 3 months before 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 2005 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