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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 | ||||||||||