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Was Mother Insured by MaineCare/Medicaid before Pregnancy?*  
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,750 84.9 82.4 - 87.3 15.1 12.7 - 17.6
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 49.0 36.5 - 61.4 51.1 38.6 - 63.5
20-24 years 3,376 78.0 72.5 - 83.6 22.0 16.4 - 27.5
25-34 years 7,248 91.4 88.9 - 93.9 8.6 6.1 - 11.1
35+ years 1,909 94.4 90.3 - 98.4 5.6 1.6 - 9.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 85.0 82.6 - 87.5 15.0 12.6 - 17.5
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 73.7 47.3 - 100.0 26.3 0.0 - 52.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 85.1 82.6 - 87.5 15.0 12.5 - 17.4
Education                  
< High School 1,424 48.3 37.1 - 59.6 51.7 40.4 - 62.9
High School 4,918 78.4 73.8 - 82.9 21.7 17.1 - 26.2
> High School 7,278 96.8 95.3 - 98.3 3.2 1.7 - 4.7
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 93.1 91.0 - 95.1 6.9 4.9 - 9.0
Other 4,359 65.8 59.9 - 71.7 34.2 28.3 - 40.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 57.2 50.4 - 63.9 42.8 36.1 - 49.6
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 81.4 74.5 - 88.4 18.6 11.6 - 25.5
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 93.1 89.2 - 97.1 6.9 2.9 - 10.8
$40,000 or more 5,104** 99.7 99.1 - 100.0 0.3 0.0 - 0.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 96.7 95.3 - 98.1 3.3 1.9 - 4.7
Yes 4,237** 60.3 54.5 - 66.2 39.7 33.8 - 45.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Yes 4,981** 60.1 54.7 - 65.4 39.9 34.6 - 45.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 78.7 75.7 - 81.7 21.3 18.3 - 24.3
2500 grams or more 12,909 85.2 82.7 - 87.8 14.8 12.2 - 17.3
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 2: Just before you got pregnant, were you on 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