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Health Insurance or HMO Was Used to Pay for Mother's Prenatal Care?*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 35.2 32.0 - 38.3 64.8 61.7 - 68.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 69.1 57.3 - 80.8 30.9 19.2 - 42.7
20-24 years 3,376 60.2 53.8 - 66.6 39.8 33.4 - 46.2
25-34 years 7,248 22.4 18.7 - 26.1 77.6 73.9 - 81.3
35+ years 1,909 19.6 12.4 - 26.8 80.4 73.2 - 87.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 34.7 31.5 - 37.9 65.3 62.1 - 68.5
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 50.3 23.2 - 77.3 49.7 22.7 - 76.8
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 34.8 31.7 - 38.0 65.2 62.0 - 68.3
Education                  
< High School 1,424 79.6 70.4 - 88.8 20.4 11.2 - 29.6
High School 4,918 52.0 46.5 - 57.5 48.0 42.5 - 53.5
> High School 7,278 14.4 11.4 - 17.4 85.6 82.6 - 88.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 20.2 17.0 - 23.4 79.8 76.6 - 83.0
Other 4,359 70.2 64.6 - 75.7 29.9 24.3 - 35.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 84.5 79.7 - 89.3 15.5 10.7 - 20.3
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 43.5 34.7 - 52.3 56.5 47.7 - 65.3
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 24.7 18.3 - 31.1 75.3 68.9 - 81.7
$40,000 or more 5,104** 5.4 3.0 - 7.8 94.6 92.2 - 97.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 16.3 13.4 - 19.3 83.7 80.8 - 86.6
Yes 4,237** 74.3 69.2 - 79.5 25.7 20.5 - 30.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 6.4 4.4 - 8.5 93.6 91.5 - 95.6
Yes 4,981** 82.5 78.3 - 86.7 17.5 13.3 - 21.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 44.4 40.9 - 47.8 55.6 52.2 - 59.1
2500 grams or more 12,909 34.6 31.3 - 37.9 65.4 62.1 - 68.7
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 21: How was your prenatal care 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 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