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Mother Smoked During Pregnancy

2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,110	82.5	79.8	-	85.0	17.5	15.0	-	20.2
Age
	<20 years	1,122	67.4	52.7	-	79.3	32.6	20.7	-	47.3
	20-24 years	3,506	69.8	63.4	-	75.6	30.2	24.5	-	36.6
	25-34 years	7,467	87.5	84.1	-	90.2	12.5	9.8	-	15.9
	35+ years	2,013	95.4	89.9	-	98.0	4.6	2.1	-	10.1

Mother's Race
	White	13,467	82.3	79.5	-	84.7	17.8	15.3	-	20.5
	Black	259	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	358	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	179^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,905^	82.5	79.8	-	85.0	17.5	15.0	-	20.2

Education
	< High School	1,539	59.9	48.8	-	70.0	40.2	30.1	-	51.2
	High School	4,747	73.8	68.2	-	78.7	26.2	21.3	-	31.9
	> High School	7,783	92.7	90.1	-	94.6	7.4	5.4	-	9.9

Marital Status
	Married	9,182	92.9	90.4	-	94.7	7.2	5.3	-	9.6
	Other	4,922	64.2	58.5	-	69.5	35.8	30.5	-	41.5

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,704**	60.7	54.0	-	67.0	39.3	33.0	-	46.0
	$15,000-24,999	1,762**	75.3	66.5	-	82.4	24.7	17.6	-	33.5
	$25,000-49,999	3,580**	89.5	85.0	-	92.8	10.5	7.2	-	15.0
	$50,000 or more	4,501**	97.6	95.2	-	98.8	2.5	1.2	-	4.9

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,572**	89.6	86.7	-	92.0	10.4	8.0	-	13.3
	Yes	4,878**	70.1	64.6	-	75.1	29.9	24.9	-	35.4

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,062**	96.5	94.4	-	97.8	3.5	2.2	-	5.6
	Yes	6,485**	67.2	62.4	-	71.7	32.8	28.3	-	37.7

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	963	69.2	65.7	-	72.6	30.8	27.4	-	34.4
	2500 grams or more	13,140	83.4	80.5	-	86.0	16.6	14.0	-	19.5

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 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