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Mother Smoked During Pregnancy
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,152 82.9 80.1 - 85.3 17.1 14.7 - 19.9
Age              
<20 years 1,135 71.3 56.2 - 82.8 28.7 17.2 - 43.8
20-24 years 3,580 71.9 65.3 - 77.7 28.1 22.3 - 34.7
25-34 years 7,399 87.1 83.7 - 90.0 12.9 10.1 - 16.3
35+ years 2,037 92.8 87.4 - 96.1 7.2 3.9 - 12.7
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 82.7 79.8 - 85.2 17.3 14.8 - 20.2
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 83.1 60.2 - 94.2 16.9 5.9 - 39.8
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 82.8 80.0 - 85.3 17.2 14.7 - 20.0
Education              
< High School 1,526 59.3 46.7 - 70.8 40.7 29.2 - 53.3
High School 4,759 72.1 66.5 - 77.1 27.9 22.9 - 33.5
> High School 7,786 93.2 90.7 - 95.1 6.8 4.9 - 9.4
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 92.3 89.8 - 94.2 7.7 5.8 - 10.2
Other 5,216 68.3 62.6 - 73.4 31.7 26.6 - 37.4
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,736** 65.2 58.4 - 71.4 34.8 28.6 - 41.6
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 74.9 66.1 - 82.1 25.1 17.9 - 33.9
$25,000-49,999 3,127** 87.6 82.0 - 91.6 12.4 8.4 - 18.0
$50,000 or more 4,720** 96.8 94.4 - 98.2 3.2 1.8 - 5.6
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8348** 90.7 87.9 - 92.9 9.3 7.1 - 12.1
Yes 4,980** 69.5 63.8 - 74.6 30.5 25.4 - 36.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,197** 94.9 92.7 - 96.5 5.1 3.5 - 7.3
Yes 6,197** 68.9 63.8 - 73.5 31.2 26.5 - 36.2
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 70.2 66.9 - 73.3 29.8 26.7 - 33.1
2500 grams or more 13,184 83.7 80.7 - 86.3 16.3 13.7 - 19.3
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 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
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics