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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 |