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Mother Smokes Now
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,152 79.1 76.1 - 81.8 20.9 18.2 - 23.9
Age              
<20 years 1,135 60.0 44.7 - 73.7 40.0 26.4 - 55.3
20-24 years 3,580 67.2 60.5 - 73.3 32.8 26.7 - 39.5
25-34 years 7,399 84.6 81.0 - 87.7 15.4 12.3 - 19.0
35+ years 2,037 89.4 83.1 - 93.5 10.6 6.5 - 16.9
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 78.8 75.8 - 81.5 21.2 18.5 - 24.3
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 83.1 60.2 - 94.2 16.9 5.9 - 39.8
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 79.0 76.0 - 81.7 21.1 18.3 - 24.0
Education              
< High School 1,526 53.0 40.6 - 65.0 47.0 35.0 - 59.5
High School 4,759 67.5 61.8 - 72.8 32.5 27.2 - 38.3
> High School 7,786 90.3 87.5 - 92.6 9.7 7.4 - 12.5
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 89.4 86.6 - 91.7 10.6 8.3 - 13.4
Other 5,216 63.1 57.3 - 68.5 36.9 31.5 - 42.7
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,720** 60.3 53.4 - 66.9 39.7 33.2 - 46.6
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 69.4 60.3 - 77.2 30.7 22.8 - 39.7
$25,000-49,999 3,127** 84.2 78.4 - 88.7 15.8 11.3 - 21.6
$50,000 or more 4,720** 94.2 91.2 - 96.2 5.8 3.8 - 8.8
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,348** 88.4 85.4 - 90.8 11.7 9.2 - 14.7
Yes 4,965** 63.3 57.5 - 68.7 36.8 31.3 - 42.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid              
No 7,197** 92.0 89.2 - 94.1 8.0 6.0 - 10.8
Yes 6,182** 64.1 58.9 - 68.9 35.9 31.1 - 41.1
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 67.2 63.9 - 70.4 32.8 26.9 - 36.1
2500 grams or more 13,184 79.8 76.7 - 82.7 20.2 17.3 - 23.3
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 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 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