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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