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Mother Smoked Before Pregnancy | |||||||||||
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||
Total | 13,605 | 67.7 | 64.4 | - | 70.8 | 32.3 | 29.2 | - | 35.6 | ||
Age | |||||||||||
<20 years | 1,119 | 39.7 | 28.8 | - | 51.8 | 60.3 | 48.3 | - | 71.2 | ||
20-24 years | 3,490 | 46.6 | 40.0 | - | 53.3 | 53.4 | 46.7 | - | 60.0 | ||
25-34 years | 7,126 | 77.2 | 73.0 | - | 81.0 | 22.8 | 19.1 | - | 27.0 | ||
35+ years | 1,867 | 90.4 | 83.6 | - | 94.5 | 9.6 | 5.5 | - | 16.4 | ||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||
White | 12,829 | 67.2 | 63.8 | - | 70.4 | 32.8 | 29.6 | - | 36.2 | ||
Black | 367 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
Other | 390 | 77.7 | 57.1 | - | 90.1 | 22.3 | 9.9 | - | 42.9 | ||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||
Yes | 220^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
No | 13365^ | 67.2 | 63.9 | - | 70.4 | 32.8 | 29.6 | - | 36.1 | ||
Education | |||||||||||
< High School | 1,477 | 20.9 | 12.9 | - | 31.9 | 79.1 | 68.1 | - | 87.1 | ||
High School | 4,605 | 54.5 | 48.5 | - | 60.3 | 45.6 | 39.7 | - | 51.5 | ||
> High School | 7,523 | 85.4 | 82.2 | - | 88.1 | 14.6 | 11.9 | - | 17.8 | ||
Marital Status | |||||||||||
Married | 8,232 | 84.8 | 81.3 | - | 87.7 | 15.2 | 12.3 | - | 18.7 | ||
Other | 5,372 | 44.3 | 39.1 | - | 49.6 | 55.7 | 50.4 | - | 60.9 | ||
Income | |||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,041** | 37.3 | 30.7 | - | 44.5 | 62.7 | 55.5 | - | 69.3 | ||
$15,000-24,999 | 2,115** | 57.0 | 48.3 | - | 65.2 | 43.1 | 34.8 | - | 51.7 | ||
$25,000-49,999 | 2,627** | 77.2 | 70.4 | - | 82.7 | 22.9 | 17.3 | - | 29.6 | ||
$50,000 or more | 4,277** | 92.2 | 88.7 | - | 94.7 | 7.8 | 5.3 | - | 11.4 | ||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||
No | 7,660** | 81.2 | 77.5 | - | 84.4 | 18.9 | 15.6 | - | 22.5 | ||
Yes | 5,355** | 48.6 | 43.2 | - | 53.9 | 51.5 | 46.1 | - | 56.8 | ||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||
No | 6,009** | 87.2 | 83.5 | - | 90.1 | 12.8 | 9.9 | - | 16.5 | ||
Yes | 7,062** | 51.1 | 46.4 | - | 55.8 | 48.9 | 44.2 | - | 53.6 | ||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||
<2500 grams | 910 | 55.7 | 52.0 | - | 59.3 | 44.3 | 40.7 | - | 48.1 | ||
2500 grams or more | 12,689 | 68.5 | 65.0 | - | 71.8 | 31.5 | 28.2 | - | 35.0 | ||
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 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 | |||||||||||
Department of Health and Human Services | |||||||||||
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics |