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Mother Smokes Now
2007Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,110 76.5 73.4 - 79.3 23.5 20.7 - 26.6
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 54.4 41.8 - 66.5 45.6 33.5 - 58.2
20-24 years 3,620 62.4 55.7 - 68.7 37.6 31.3 - 44.4
25-34 years 7,307 83.1 79.3 - 86.3 16.9 13.7 - 20.7
35+ years 2,007 92.5 86.5 - 96.0 7.5 4.0 - 13.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 76.2 73.1 - 79.0 23.8 21.0 - 26.9
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 84.5 58.0 - 95.6 15.5 4.4 - 42.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 76.5 73.4 - 79.3 23.5 20.7 - 26.6
Education                  
< High School 1,490 48.3 36.2 - 60.5 51.7 39.5 - 63.8
High School 4,761 60.4 54.6 - 66.0 39.6 34.0 - 45.5
> High School 7,798 90.7 87.9 - 93.0 9.3 7.0 - 12.1
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 89.5 86.6 - 91.8 10.5 8.2 - 13.4
Other 5,515 57.1 51.5 - 62.6 42.9 37.4 - 48.5
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,167** 46.8 39.6 - 54.2 53.2 45.9 - 60.4
$15,000-24,999 1,801** 69.6 60.4 - 77.4 30.5 22.6 - 39.6
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 87.5 82.3 - 91.3 12.5 8.7 - 17.7
$50,000 or more 4,531** 93.8 90.4 - 96.0 6.2 4.0 - 9.6
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,113** 88.3 85.3 - 90.8 11.7 9.2 - 14.7
Yes 5,177** 58.0 52.4 - 63.5 42.0 36.5 - 47.6
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                  
No 6,451** 93.6 90.9 - 95.5 6.4 4.5 - 9.1
Yes 6,962** 60.6 55.8 - 65.3 39.4 34.7 - 44.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 68.5 65.2 - 71.7 31.5 28.3 - 34.8
2500 grams or more 13,207 77.0 73.7 - 79.9 23.1 20.1 - 26.3
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 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