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Does Mother Smoke Now?*      
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,590 76.2 73.3 - 79.1 23.8 20.9 - 26.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,272 51.7 40.2 - 63.3 48.3 36.7 - 59.8
20-24 years 3,351 64.9 58.3 - 71.5 35.1 28.5 - 41.7
25-34 years 7,088 81.6 78.1 - 85.2 18.4 14.8 - 21.9
35+ years 1,875 91.6 86.8 - 96.4 8.4 3.6 - 13.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,144 76.0 73.1 - 78.9 24.0 21.1 - 26.9
Black 122 # # - # # # - #
Other 308 87.0 70.9 - 100.0 13.0 0.0 - 29.1
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 76.1 73.2 - 79.0 23.9 21.0 - 26.8
Education                  
< High School 1,471 39.8 29.6 - 50.0 60.2 50.0 - 70.4
High School 4,894 69.6 64.6 - 74.6 30.4 25.4 - 35.4
> High School 7,065 90.6 88.0 - 93.2 9.4 6.8 - 12.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,398 87.0 84.3 - 89.6 13.0 10.4 - 15.7
Other 4,192 51.1 44.9 - 57.4 48.9 42.6 - 55.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 55.1 48.6 - 61.5 44.9 38.5 - 51.4
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 72.1 63.2 - 81.0 27.9 19.0 - 36.8
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 82.5 76.8 - 88.1 17.5 11.9 - 23.2
$40,000 or more 4,811** 91.1 88.0 - 94.2 8.9 5.8 - 12.0
WIC Recipient                  
No 8,652** 84.4 81.4 - 87.3 15.6 12.7 - 18.6
Yes 4,275** 59.3 53.4 - 65.2 40.7 34.9 - 46.6
Medicaid Recipient                  
No 8,054** 87.8 85.0 - 90.5 12.2 9.5 - 15.0
Yes 4,998** 57.4 52.0 - 62.9 42.6 37.1 - 48.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 819 69.7 66.4 - 72.9 30.3 27.1 - 33.6
2500 grams or more 12,761 76.5 73.5 - 79.6 23.5 20.4 - 26.5
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 constructed from Q29. 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 2000 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