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Mother Smoked 100+ Cigarettes in Two Years
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,605 65.9 62.6 - 69.0 34.1 31.0 - 37.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 38.4 27.7 - 50.2 61.6 49.8 - 72.3
20-24 years 3,490 43.9 37.4 - 50.5 56.2 49.5 - 62.6
25-34 years 7,126 75.5 71.2 - 79.3 24.5 20.7 - 28.8
35+ years 1,867 90.1 83.4 - 94.3 9.9 5.7 - 16.6
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 65.3 61.9 - 68.6 34.7 31.4 - 38.1
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 77.7 57.1 - 90.1 # # - #
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 65.4 62.0 - 68.6 34.6 31.4 - 38.0
Education                  
< High School 1,477 20.5 12.7 - 31.4 79.5 68.6 - 87.3
High School 4,605 52.6 46.6 - 58.5 47.4 41.6 - 53.4
> High School 7,523 83.4 80.1 - 86.3 16.6 13.7 - 19.9
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 83.4 79.9 - 86.5 16.6 13.6 - 20.1
Other 5,372 42.0 36.9 - 47.3 58.0 52.8 - 63.2
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 36.2 29.6 - 43.3 63.8 26.7 - 70.4
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 54.1 45.5 - 62.4 45.9 37.6 - 54.5
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 74.7 67.8 - 80.5 25.3 19.5 - 32.2
$50,000 or more 4,277** 90.6 86.9 - 93.4 9.4 6.6 - 13.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 79.0 75.2 - 82.4 21.0 17.6 - 24.8
Yes 5,355** 47.0 41.7 - 52.4 53.0 47.6 - 58.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 85.3 81.5 - 88.4 14.7 11.6 - 18.5
Yes 7,062** 49.3 44.6 - 54.0 50.7 46.0 - 55.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 54.3 50.6 - 58.0 45.7 42.0 - 49.4
2500 grams or more 12,689 66.6 63.1 - 69.9 33.4 30.1 - 36.9
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 Q27. Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in the past 2 years? 
** 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 2008 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