Was Prenatal Care Paid by Medicaid?*
1999 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Groups		Population	%		CI		%		CI
	Total	13,604	67.3	64.3	-	70.2	32.8	29.8	-	35.7
Age
	<20 years	1,322	23.1	14.4	-	31.8	76.9	68.2	-	85.6
	20-24 years	3,313	42.3	35.8	-	48.8	57.7	51.2	-	64.2
	25-34 years	7,236	81.0	77.6	-	84.4	19.0	15.6	-	22.4
	35+ years	1,733	90.8	85.7	-	95.8	9.3	4.2	-	14.3
Mother's Race
	White	13,198	67.8	64.8	-	70.8	32.2	29.2	-	35.2
	Black	105	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	270	49.9	24.9	-	75.0	50.1	25.0	-	75.1
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	134^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	12,771^	68.3	65.2	-	71.4	31.7	28.6	-	34.8
Education
	< High School	1,474	22.1	14.1	-	30.1	77.9	69.9	-	85.9
	High School	5,093	55.5	50.3	-	60.8	44.5	39.2	-	49.7
	>High School	6,936	86.6	83.6	-	89.6	13.4	10.4	-	16.4
Marital Status
	Married	9,354	84.2	81.4	-	87.0	15.8	13.0	-	18.6
	Other	4,250	29.6	24.4	-	34.8	70.4	65.2	-	75.6
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,593**	18.0	13.3	-	22.7	82.0	77.3	-	86.7
	$16,000-24,999	1,786**	57.8	49.2	-	66.3	42.2	33.7	-	50.8
	$25,000-39,999	2,670**	87.3	82.6	-	92.1	12.7	7.9	-	17.4
	$40,000 or more	4,684**	97.9	96.4	-	99.4	2.1	0.6	-	3.6
WIC Recipient
	No	8,842**	86.5	83.9	-	89.2	13.5	10.8	-	16.1
	Yes	4,153**	26.1	21.1	-	31.1	73.9	68.9	-	78.9
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,545**	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	Yes	4,476**	4.2	2.1	-	6.3	95.8	93.7	-	97.9
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	822	56.3	52.9	-	59.7	43.7	40.3	-	47.1
	2500 grams or more	12,776	67.9	64.7	-	71.0	32.1	29.0	-	35.3
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 15: How was your prenatal care paid for? Medicaid
** 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