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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