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Mother Smoked During Pregnancy | ||||||||||||
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 13,605 | 80.5 | 77.6 | - | 83.2 | 19.5 | 16.9 | - | 22.4 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,119 | 58.3 | 46.1 | - | 69.6 | 41.7 | 30.4 | - | 54.0 | |||
20-24 years | 3,490 | 69.3 | 62.6 | - | 75.2 | 30.7 | 24.8 | - | 37.4 | |||
25-34 years | 7,126 | 87.0 | 83.4 | - | 89.9 | 13.1 | 10.1 | - | 16.7 | |||
35+ years | 1,867 | 92.5 | 85.9 | - | 96.1 | 7.5 | 3.9 | - | 14.1 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 12,829 | 80.4 | 77.4 | - | 83.1 | 19.6 | 17.0 | - | 22.6 | |||
Black | 367 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 390 | 84.3 | 64.5 | - | 94.1 | 15.7 | 5.9 | - | 35.5 | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 220^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 13365^ | 80.3 | 77.3 | - | 82.9 | 19.7 | 17.1 | - | 22.7 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 1,477 | 37.4 | 26.9 | - | 49.3 | 62.6 | 50.7 | - | 73.1 | |||
High School | 4,605 | 73.2 | 67.6 | - | 78.1 | 26.8 | 21.9 | - | 32.4 | |||
> High School | 7,523 | 94.0 | 91.8 | - | 95.7 | 6.0 | 4.3 | - | 8.2 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 8,232 | 92.7 | 90.0 | - | 94.7 | 7.3 | 5.3 | - | 10.0 | |||
Other | 5,372 | 63.7 | 58.4 | - | 68.8 | 36.3 | 31.2 | - | 41.6 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,041** | 59.1 | 51.8 | - | 66.1 | 40.9 | 33.9 | - | 48.2 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 2,115** | 73.4 | 65.0 | - | 80.4 | 26.6 | 19.6 | - | 35.0 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 2,627** | 87.9 | 82.4 | - | 91.9 | 12.1 | 8.1 | - | 17.6 | |||
$50,000 or more | 4,277** | 97.8 | 95.5 | - | 98.9 | 2.2 | 1.1 | - | 4.5 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 7,660** | 90.3 | 87.2 | - | 92.6 | 9.8 | 7.4 | - | 12.8 | |||
Yes | 5,355** | 66.9 | 61.6 | - | 71.9 | 33.1 | 28.1 | - | 38.5 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 6,009** | 95.9 | 93.4 | - | 97.5 | 4.1 | 2.5 | - | 6.6 | |||
Yes | 7,062** | 67.3 | 62.7 | - | 71.7 | 32.7 | 28.4 | - | 37.3 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 910 | 68.8 | 65.2 | - | 72.3 | 31.2 | 27.7 | - | 34.8 | |||
2500 grams or more | 12,689 | 81.3 | 78.2 | - | 84.0 | 18.7 | 16.0 | - | 21.9 | |||
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 Q29. In the last 3 months of your 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 | ||||||||||||
Maine Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||||
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics |