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Did Mother Have Health Insurance Coverage Before Pregnancy?*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups   Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,750 32.4 29.3 - 35.5 67.6 64.5 - 70.7
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 57.8 45.5 - 70.1 42.2 29.9 - 54.5
20-24 years 3,376 60.1 53.7 - 66.5 39.9 33.5 - 46.3
25-34 years 7,248 20.4 16.8 - 23.9 79.6 76.1 - 83.2
35+ years 1,909 14.4 8.1 - 20.6 85.6 79.4 - 91.9
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 32.1 29.0 - 35.3 67.9 64.7 - 71.0
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 42.3 15.2 - 69.3 57.8 30.7 - 84.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 32.2 29.1 - 35.3 67.8 64.7 - 70.9
Education                  
< High School 1,424 68.0 57.4 - 78.5 32.0 21.5 - 42.6
High School 4,918 50.3 44.8 - 55.8 49.7 44.2 - 55.2
> High School 7,278 13.2 10.3 - 16.1 86.8 83.9 - 89.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 19.3 16.2 - 22.4 80.7 77.6 - 83.8
Other 4,359 63.1 57.2 - 68.9 36.9 31.1 - 42.8
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 75.5 69.7 - 81.4 24.5 18.6 - 30.3
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 47.1 38.2 - 55.9 52.9 44.1 - 61.8
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 25.2 18.7 - 31.6 74.9 68.4 - 81.3
$40,000 or more 5,104** 3.1 1.3 - 5.0 96.9 95.0 - 98.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 14.6 11.8 - 17.4 85.4 82.6 - 88.2
Yes 4,237** 69.5 64.0 - 74.9 30.6 25.1 - 36.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 6.4 4.3 - 8.4 93.6 91.6 - 95.7
Yes 4,981** 75.3 70.6 - 80.0 24.7 20.0 - 29.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 37.2 33.8 - 40.6 62.8 59.4 - 66.2
2500 grams or more 12,909 32.2 28.9 - 35.4 67.8 64.6 - 71.1
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: Just before you got pregnant, did you have health insurance? (Do not 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 2001 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