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Mother Smoked During Pregnancy
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,110 80.1 77.2 - 82.7 19.9 17.3 - 22.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 62.0 49.2 - 73.4 38.0 26.6 - 50.8
20-24 years 3,620 70.2 63.7 - 76.1 29.8 23.9 - 36.3
25-34 years 7,307 84.4 80.7 - 87.4 15.7 12.6 - 19.3
35+ years 2,007 94.0 88.3 - 97.0 6.0 3.0 - 11.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 79.9 76.9 - 82.6 20.1 17.4 - 23.1
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 84.5 58.0 - 95.6 15.5 4.4 - 42.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 80.0 77.1 - 82.7 20.0 17.3 - 22.9
Education                  
< High School 1,490 58.0 45.6 - 69.5 42.0 30.5 - 54.4
High School 4,761 65.0 59.2 - 70.4 35.0 29.6 - 40.8
> High School 7,798 92.3 89.7 - 94.3 7.7 5.7 - 10.3
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 91.6 89.1 - 93.6 8.4 6.4 - 10.9
Other 5,515 62.8 57.2 - 68.1 37.2 31.9 - 42.8
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,167** 53.5 46.1 - 60.7 46.6 39.3 - 53.9
$15,000-24,999 1,801** 72.8 63.9 - 80.2 27.2 19.8 - 36.1
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 89.4 84.5 - 92.9 10.6 7.2 - 15.5
$50,000 or more 4,531** 95.8 93.0 - 97.5 4.2 2.5 - 7.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,113** 91.3 88.6 - 93.4 8.7 6.6 - 11.4
Yes 5,177** 62.4 56.8 - 67.7 37.6 32.3 - 43.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,451** 94.8 92.3 - 96.5 5.2 3.5 - 7.7
Yes 6,962** 66.4 61.7 - 70.9 33.6 29.2 - 38.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 71.6 68.4 - 74.7 28.4 25.3 - 31.6
2500 grams or more 13,207 80.6 77.5 - 83.3 19.4 16.7 - 22.5
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 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
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics