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Mother Smoked During Pregnancy | ||||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 14,110 | 80.1 | 77.2 | - | 82.7 | 19.9 | 17.3 | - | 22.8 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,176 | 62.0 | 49.2 | - | 73.4 | 38.0 | 26.6 | - | 50.8 | |||
20-24 years | 3,620 | 70.2 | 63.7 | - | 76.1 | 29.8 | 23.9 | - | 36.3 | |||
25-34 years | 7,307 | 84.4 | 80.7 | - | 87.4 | 15.7 | 12.6 | - | 19.3 | |||
35+ years | 2,007 | 94.0 | 88.3 | - | 97.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | - | 11.7 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 13,392 | 79.9 | 76.9 | - | 82.6 | 20.1 | 17.4 | - | 23.1 | |||
Black | 330 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 373 | 84.5 | 58.0 | - | 95.6 | 15.5 | 4.4 | - | 42.0 | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 208^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 13,871^ | 80.0 | 77.1 | - | 82.7 | 20.0 | 17.3 | - | 22.9 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 1,490 | 58.0 | 45.6 | - | 69.5 | 42.0 | 30.5 | - | 54.4 | |||
High School | 4,761 | 65.0 | 59.2 | - | 70.4 | 35.0 | 29.6 | - | 40.8 | |||
> High School | 7,798 | 92.3 | 89.7 | - | 94.3 | 7.7 | 5.7 | - | 10.3 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 8,592 | 91.6 | 89.1 | - | 93.6 | 8.4 | 6.4 | - | 10.9 | |||
Other | 5,515 | 62.8 | 57.2 | - | 68.1 | 37.2 | 31.9 | - | 42.8 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,167** | 53.5 | 46.1 | - | 60.7 | 46.6 | 39.3 | - | 53.9 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,801** | 72.8 | 63.9 | - | 80.2 | 27.2 | 19.8 | - | 36.1 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,054** | 89.4 | 84.5 | - | 92.9 | 10.6 | 7.2 | - | 15.5 | |||
$50,000 or more | 4,531** | 95.8 | 93.0 | - | 97.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | - | 7.1 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 8,113** | 91.3 | 88.6 | - | 93.4 | 8.7 | 6.6 | - | 11.4 | |||
Yes | 5,177** | 62.4 | 56.8 | - | 67.7 | 37.6 | 32.3 | - | 43.2 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 6,451** | 94.8 | 92.3 | - | 96.5 | 5.2 | 3.5 | - | 7.7 | |||
Yes | 6,962** | 66.4 | 61.7 | - | 70.9 | 33.6 | 29.2 | - | 38.3 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 892 | 71.6 | 68.4 | - | 74.7 | 28.4 | 25.3 | - | 31.6 | |||
2500 grams or more | 13,207 | 80.6 | 77.5 | - | 83.3 | 19.4 | 16.7 | - | 22.5 | |||
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 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 2007 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 |