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Mother Smoked Before Pregnancy
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,110 68.4 65.1 - 71.5 31.6 28.5 - 34.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 47.3 35.1 - 59.9 52.7 40.1 - 64.9
20-24 years 3,620 51.6 44.9 - 58.3 48.4 41.7 - 55.1
25-34 years 7,307 74.9 70.6 - 78.7 25.1 21.3 - 29.4
35+ years 2,007 88.6 81.8 - 93.1 11.4 6.9 - 18.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 67.9 64.6 - 71.1 32.1 28.9 - 35.4
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 76.6 49.8 - 91.5 23.4 8.5 - 50.2
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 68.3 65.0 - 71.4 31.7 28.6 - 35.0
Education                  
< High School 1,490 39.1 27.7 - 51.7 61.0 48.3 - 72.3
High School 4,761 52.6 46.7 - 58.4 47.4 41.6 - 53.3
> High School 7,798 82.7 79.1 - 85.7 17.4 14.3 - 20.9
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 83.9 80.6 - 86.8 16.1 13.2 - 19.4
Other 5,515 45.3 39.7 - 50.9 54.8 49.1 - 60.3
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,167** 40.0 33.0 - 47.3 60.0 52.7 - 67.0
$15,000-24,999 1,803** 53.7 44.4 - 62.7 46.3 37.3 - 55.6
$25,000-49,999 3,002** 77.9 71.7 - 83.1 22.1 16.9 - 28.3
$50,000 or more 4,516** 89.0 85.1 - 92.1 11.0 8.0 - 15.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,099** 80.1 76.4 - 83.3 19.9 16.7 - 23.6
Yes 5,195** 49.9 44.3 - 55.5 50.1 44.5 - 55.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,420** 86.7 83.1 - 89.5 13.4 10.5 - 16.9
Yes 6,921** 51.4 46.6 - 56.3 48.6 43.8 - 53.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 61.1 57.6 - 64.4 38.9 35.6 - 42.4
2500 grams or more 13,207 68.8 65.4 - 72.1 31.2 27.9 - 34.7
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 2007 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
Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics