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Delivery Paid By Insurance/HMO
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,152 46.0 42.7 - 49.3 54.0 50.7 - 57.3
Age              
<20 years 1,135 70.6 54.9 - 82.5 29.4 17.5 - 45.1
20-24 years 3,580 76.7 70.8 - 81.6 23.4 18.4 - 29.2
25-34 years 7,399 32.1 28.0 - 36.5 67.9 63.5 - 72.0
35+ years 2,037 28.9 21.7 - 37.3 71.1 62.7 - 78.3
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 45.6 42.3 - 49.0 54.4 51.0 - 57.8
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 42.1 24.4 - 62.1 57.9 37.9 - 75.6
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 46.1 42.8 - 49.5 53.9 50.5 - 57.2
Education              
< High School 1,526 80.4 68.8 - 88.4 19.6 11.6 - 31.2
High School 4,759 69.6 64.0 - 74.6 30.5 25.4 - 36.0
> High School 7,786 27.1 23.5 - 31.0 72.9 69.0 - 76.5
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 26.5 23.0 - 30.2 73.5 69.8 - 77.0
Other 5,216 75.6 70.4 - 80.2 24.4 19.9 - 29.6
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,839** 86.9 81.5 - 90.8 13.2 9.2 - 18.5
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 76.3 67.8 - 83.2 23.7 16.9 - 32.2
$25,000-49,999 3,169** 38.6 32.2 - 45.3 61.5 54.7 - 67.8
$50,000 or more 4,750** 6.4 4.2 - 9.5 93.6 90.5 - 95.8
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,401** 23.6 20.3 - 27.4 76.4 72.6 - 79.7
Yes 5,063** 83.3 78.7 - 87.0 16.7 13.0 - 21.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,251** 9.2 7.0 - 12.0 90.8 88.0 - 93.0
Yes 6,319** 88.2 84.5 - 91.1 11.8 8.9 - 15.5
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 54.3 51.0 - 57.7 45.7 42.4 - 49.0
2500 grams or more 13,184 45.5 41.9 - 49.0 54.6 51.0 - 58.1
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 42:  How was your delivery paid for? Health insurance or HMO
** 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 2006 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