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Did Mother Smoke after Pregnancy?*    
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,604 77.8 75.2 - 80.5 22.2 19.5 - 24.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,322 46.7 36.4 - 57.0 53.3 43.0 - 63.6
20-24 years 3,313 66.0 59.8 - 72.2 34.0 27.8 - 40.2
25-34 years 7,236 85.4 82.3 - 88.4 14.6 11.6 - 17.7
35+ years 1,733 92.6 88.2 - 97.0 7.4 3.0 - 11.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,198 78.1 75.4 - 80.7 21.9 19.3 - 24.6
Black 105 # # - # # # - #
Other 270 77.0 55.8 - 98.2 23.0 0.0 - 44.2
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 134^ # # - # # # - #
No 12,771^ 78.2 75.5 - 80.9 21.8 19.1 - 24.5
Education                  
< High School 1,474 33.3 24.2 - 42.3 66.8 57.7 - 75.8
High School 5,093 71.3 66.6 - 76.0 28.7 24.0 - 33.4
>High School 6,936 93.1 90.9 - 95.3 6.9 4.7 - 9.1
Marital Status                  
Married 9,354 88.5 86.0 - 90.9 11.6 9.1 - 14.0
Other 4,250 54.6 48.9 - 60.3 45.4 39.7 - 51.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,593** 54.0 47.9 - 60.1 46.0 39.9 - 52.1
$16,000-24,999 1,786** 73.8 66.1 - 81.5 26.2 18.5 - 33.9
$25,000-39,999 2,670** 85.2 80.2 - 90.2 14.8 9.8 - 19.8
$40,000 or more 4,684** 94.6 92.2 - 96.9 5.4 3.1 - 7.8
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,842** 87.3 84.8 - 89.9 12.7 10.1 - 15.2
Yes 4,153** 57.5 51.9 - 63.1 42.5 36.9 - 48.1
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,545** 89.4 86.9 - 91.8 10.6 8.2 - 13.1
Yes 4,476** 55.6 50.2 - 61.0 44.4 39.0 - 49.8
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 822 62.0 58.6 - 65.4 38.0 34.6 - 41.4
2500 grams or more 12,776 78.7 75.9 - 81.5 21.3 18.5 - 24.1
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 24: How many cigarettes or packs of 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 1999 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