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Mother Smokes Now
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,605 74.7 71.6 - 77.6 25.3 22.4 - 28.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 47.4 35.7 - 59.3 52.6 40.7 - 64.3
20-24 years 3,490 55.8 49.1 - 62.4 44.2 37.6 - 50.9
25-34 years 7,126 84.5 80.7 - 87.6 15.6 12.4 - 19.3
35+ years 1,867 92.2 85.7 - 95.9 7.8 4.1 - 14.4
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 74.3 71.1 - 77.3 25.7 22.7 - 28.9
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 84.3 64.5 - 94.1 15.7 5.9 - 35.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 74.4 71.2 - 77.3 25.6 22.7 - 28.8
Education                  
< High School 1,477 30.2 20.7 - 41.9 69.8 58.1 - 79.4
High School 4,605 61.6 55.7 - 67.3 38.4 32.8 - 44.3
> High School 7,523 91.6 89.0 - 93.6 8.4 6.4 - 11.0
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 89.3 86.2 - 91.8 10.7 8.3 - 13.8
Other 5,372 54.7 49.3 - 60.0 45.3 40.1 - 50.7
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 47.4 40.3 - 54.6 52.6 45.4 - 59.7
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 68.1 59.5 - 75.6 31.9 24.4 - 40.5
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 84.0 77.9 - 88.6 16.0 11.4 - 22.1
$50,000 or more 4,277** 95.2 92.1 - 97.1 4.8 2.9 - 7.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 86.9 83.6 - 89.7 13.1 10.3 - 16.4
Yes 5,355** 57.5 52.1 - 62.8 42.5 37.2 - 47.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                  
No 6,009** 92.7 89.7 - 94.9 7.3 5.1 - 10.3
Yes 7,062** 59.3 54.6 - 63.9 40.7 36.1 - 45.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 63.7 60.0 - 67.3 36.3 32.7 - 40.0
2500 grams or more 12,689 75.4 72.1 - 78.5 24.6 21.5 - 27.9
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 Q30. How many cigarettes do you smoke on an average day now?
** 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