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Number of Cigarettes Smoked During Pregnancy*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
      None 1-9 Cigarettes 10-19 Cigarettes 20+ Cigarettes
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI   %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,590 82.5 80.0 - 85.1 7.6 5.8 - 9.3 6.3 4.7 - 8.0 3.6 2.3 - 4.8
Age                                    
<20 years 1,272 68.5 57.9 - 79.1 15.3 7.1 - 23.4 12.4 5.0 - 19.8 3.9 0.0 - 8.5
20-24 years 3,351 73.6 67.4 - 79.7 10.8 6.5 - 15.1 8.0 4.2 - 11.7 7.7 3.8 - 11.5
25-34 years 7,088 86.3 83.1 - 89.4 6.3 4.1 - 8.5 5.5 3.4 - 7.7 1.9 0.6 - 3.2
35+ years 1,875 93.6 89.4 - 97.7 1.6 0.0 - 3.5 2.4 0.0 - 5.3 2.4 0.0 - 4.8
Mother's Race                                  
White 13,144 82.1 79.4 - 84.7 7.8 6.0 - 9.6 6.5 4.8 - 8.2 3.6 2.3 - 5.0
Black 112 # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
Other 308 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Hispanic Origin                                  
Yes 138^ # # - # # # - # # # - # # # - #
No 13,441^ 82.6 80.0 - 85.1 7.6 5.8 - 9.4 6.3 4.6 - 7.9 3.6 2.3 - 4.9
Education                                  
< High School 1,471 54.4 44.0 - 64.8 15.6 8.2 - 23.1 15.5 8.0 - 22.9 14.5 7.0 - 22.0
High School 4,894 77.5 72.9 - 82.0 10.6 7.2 - 14.0 8.0 5.1 - 10.9 4.0 1.9 - 6.0
> High School 7,065 93.6 91.3 - 95.8 3.4 1.8 - 5.0 2.6 1.1 - 4.0 0.5 0.0 - 1.1
Marital Status                                  
Married 9,398 90.6 88.2 - 92.9 4.5 2.9 - 6.1 3.8 2.2 - 5.3 1.2 0.3 - 2.0
Other 4,192 63.9 57.9 - 69.9 14.7 10.3 - 19.1 12.3 8.2 - 16.4 9.1 5.4 - 12.8
Income                                    
$15,999 or less 3,654** 65.9 59.7 - 72.1 12.8 8.5 - 17.1 13.4 8.9 - 17.9 7.9 4.3 - 11.5
$16,000-24,999 1,459** 80.8 73.1 - 88.5 7.5 2.4 - 12.5 7.9 2.5 - 13.3 3.9 0.2 - 7.6
$25,000-39,999 2,620** 87.9 83.0 - 92.7 6.1 2.5 - 9.6 3.8 1.0 - 6.6 2.3 0.0 - 4.7
$40,000 or more 4,811** 93.7 91.1 - 96.4 4.4 2.2 - 6.7 1.5 0.2 - 2.8 0.3 0.0 - 0.9
WIC Recipient                                  
No 8,652** 88.4 85.8 - 91.0 6.6 4.6 - 8.7 3.5 2.0 - 5.0 1.5 0.5 - 2.4
Yes 4,275** 70.1 64.6 - 75.6 9.7 6.2 - 13.2 12.3 8.4 - 16.3 7.9 4.5 - 11.3
Medicaid Recipient                                  
No 8,054** 91.0 88.6 - 93.4 5.4 3.4 - 7.3 3.0 1.6 - 4.4 0.7 0.1 - 1.3
Yes 4,998** 68.9 63.7 - 74.0 11.2 7.7 - 14.6 11.8 8.2 - 15.4 8.2 5.0 - 11.3
Infant's birth weight                                  
<2500 grams 819 74.0 70.9 - 77.1 12.3 10.0 - 14.7 8.7 6.7 - 10.8 4.9 3.4 - 6.5
2500 grams or more 12,761 83.0 80.3 - 85.7 7.3 5.4 - 9.2 6.2 4.5 - 8.0 3.5 2.1 - 4.8
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 27: In the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many cigarettes or packs of 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 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