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Mother Smokes Now
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,110 76.6 73.6 - 79.3 23.4 20.7 - 26.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,122 52.9 38.6 - 66.8 47.1 33.3 - 61.4
20-24 years 3,506 60.5 53.9 - 66.8 39.5 33.2 - 46.1
25-34 years 7,467 82.8 79.1 - 86.0 17.2 14.0 - 20.9
35+ years 2,013 94.8 88.9 - 97.7 5.2 2.3 - 11.1
Mother's Race                  
White 13,467 76.3 73.2 - 79.1 23.7 20.9 - 26.8
Black 259 # # - # # # - #
Other 358 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 179^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,905^ 76.5 73.4 - 79.3 23.5 20.8 - 26.6
Education                  
< High School 1,539 51.9 40.8 - 62.7 48.1 37.3 - 59.2
High School 4,747 63.7 57.8 - 69.3 36.3 30.8 - 42.2
> High School 7,783 89.6 86.7 - 92.0 10.4 8.0 - 13.4
Marital Status                  
Married 9,182 88.8 85.8 - 91.1 11.3 8.9 - 14.2
Other 4,922 54.8 49.0 - 60.4 45.2 39.6 - 51.0
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,704** 52.1 45.5 - 58.7 47.9 41.3 - 54.6
$15,000-24,999 1,762** 66.6 57.3 - 74.8 33.4 25.2 - 42.7
$25,000-49,999 3,580** 81.5 76.0 - 85.9 18.6 14.1 - 24.1
$50,000 or more 4,501** 96.5 93.8 - 98.1 3.5 1.9 - 6.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,572** 84.8 81.4 - 87.6 15.2 12.4 - 18.6
Yes 4,878** 62.0 56.3 - 67.4 38.0 32.6 - 43.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,062** 93.1 90.4 - 95.1 6.9 4.9 - 9.6
Yes 6,485** 58.4 53.4 - 63.2 41.6 36.8 - 46.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 963 65.3 61.7 - 68.8 34.7 31.2 - 38.3
2500 grams or more 13,140 77.3 74.1 - 80.3 22.7 19.8 - 25.9
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 Q30. How many cigarettes do you smoke on an average day now?
** 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