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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 |