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Mother Smoked Before Pregnancy

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,152	69.3	66.1	-	72.4	30.7	27.6	-	33.9
Age
	<20 years	1,135	46.3	31.7	-	61.4	53.8	38.6	-	68.3
	20-24 years	3,580	53.2	46.4	-	59.8	46.8	40.2	-	53.6
	25-34 years	7,399	76.9	72.8	-	80.5	23.1	19.5	-	27.2
	35+ years	2,037	82.1	74.7	-	87.7	17.9	12.3	-	25.4

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	68.9	65.6	-	72.0	31.1	28.0	-	34.4
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	76.2	53.8	-	89.8	23.8	10.3	-	46.2

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	69.2	65.9	-	72.2	30.9	27.8	-	34.1

Education
	< High School	1,526	46.4	34.4	-	58.9	53.6	41.1	-	65.6
	High School	4,759	53.5	47.6	-	59.3	46.5	40.7	-	52.4
	> High School	7,786	82.2	78.7	-	85.2	17.8	14.8	-	21.4

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	82.7	79.4	-	85.6	17.3	14.5	-	20.6
	Other	5,216	48.8	43.1	-	54.5	51.2	45.5	-	56.9

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,768**	47.3	40.6	-	54.2	52.7	45.8	-	59.4
	$15,000-24,999	1,811**	59.6	50.4	-	68.2	40.4	31.8	-	49.6
	$25,000-49,999	3,145**	70.8	64.2	-	76.7	29.2	23.3	-	35.8
	$50,000 or more	4,719**	89.6	86.0	-	92.5	10.4	7.6	-	14.0

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,367**	81.0	77.5	-	84.0	19.0	16.0	-	22.5
	Yes	5,023**	50.0	44.3	-	55.8	50.0	44.2	-	55.7

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,196**	85.6	82.2	-	88.4	14.5	11.6	-	17.8
	Yes	6,248**	50.7	45.5	-	55.8	49.4	44.2	-	54.5

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	57.5	54.1	-	60.9	42.5	39.1	-	45.9
	2500 grams or more	13,184	70.1	66.6	-	73.3	29.9	26.7	-	33.4

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 2006 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


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