Did Mother Have Health Insurance Coverage Before Pregnancy?*
2000 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	13,590	33.0	29.9	-	36.1	67.0	63.9	-	70.1
Age
	<20 years	1,272	65.3	54.5	-	76.1	34.7	23.9	-	45.5
	20-24 years	3,351	57.3	50.6	-	64.0	42.7	36.0	-	49.4
	25-34 years	7,088	20.6	16.9	-	24.3	79.4	75.7	-	83.1
	35+ years	1,875	15.9	9.3	-	22.4	84.1	77.6	-	90.7
Mother's Race
	White	13,144	32.4	29.2	-	35.6	67.6	64.4	-	70.8
	Black	112	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	308	59.0	37.6	-	80.4	41.0	19.6	-	62.4
Hispanic Origin
	Yes	138^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,441^	32.8	29.6	-	35.9	67.2	64.1	-	70.4
Education
	< High School	1,471	71.0	61.6	-	80.4	29.0	19.6	-	38.4
	High School	4,894	46.9	41.5	-	52.4	53.1	47.6	-	58.5
	> High School	7,065	12.8	9.8	-	15.8	87.2	84.2	-	90.2
Marital Status
	Married	9,398	18.5	15.4	-	21.6	81.5	78.4	-	84.6
	Other	4,192	66.5	60.7	-	72.3	33.5	27.7	-	39.3
Income
	$15,999 or less	3,654**	73.0	67.3	-	78.7	27.0	21.3	-	32.7
	$16,000-24,999	1,459**	47.6	37.8	-	57.5	52.4	42.5	-	62.2
	$25,000-39,999	2,620**	20.8	14.8	-	26.8	79.2	73.2	-	85.2
	$40,000 or more	4,811**	3.8	1.7	-	6.0	96.2	94.0	-	98.3
WIC Recipient
	No	8,652**	16.1	13.1	-	19.1	83.9	80.9	-	86.9
	Yes	4,275**	67.0	61.4	-	72.5	33.1	27.5	-	38.6
Medicaid Recipient
	No	8,054**	6.4	4.3	-	8.4	93.6	91.6	-	95.7
	Yes	4,998**	76.0	71.3	-	80.6	24.0	19.4	-	28.7
Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	819	34.5	31.2	-	37.8	65.5	62.2	-	68.8
	2500 grams or more	12,761	32.9	29.6	-	36.2	67.1	63.8	-	70.4
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 1:  Just before you got pregnant, did you have health insurance?  (Don't count 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 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