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Medicaid Paid for Mother's Prenatal Care?*
2001 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Groups   Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,750 64.8 61.6 - 67.9 35.2 32.1 - 38.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,215 22.5 12.0 - 33.0 77.5 67.0 - 88.0
20-24 years 3,376 36.6 30.3 - 42.9 63.4 57.1 - 69.7
25-34 years 7,248 78.7 75.1 - 82.4 21.3 17.6 - 24.9
35+ years 1,909 86.5 80.4 - 92.6 13.5 7.4 - 19.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,231 65.0 61.8 - 68.2 35.0 31.8 - 38.2
Black 153 # # - # # # - #
Other 354 59.5 32.5 - 86.6 40.5 13.4 - 67.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 178^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,555^ 65.1 61.9 - 68.3 34.9 31.7 - 38.1
Education                  
< High School 1,424 19.3 10.4 - 28.3 80.7 71.7 - 89.6
High School 4,918 46.4 40.9 - 51.8 53.6 48.2 - 59.1
> High School 7,278 86.7 83.8 - 89.7 13.3 10.3 - 16.2
Marital Status                  
Married 9,387 81.5 78.4 - 84.6 18.5 15.4 - 21.6
Other 4,359 25.7 20.4 - 30.9 74.4 69.1 - 79.6
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,234** 14.0 9.4 - 18.6 86.0 81.4 - 90.6
$16,000-24,999 1,821** 48.9 40.0 - 57.8 51.1 42.2 - 60.0
$25,000-39,999 2,607** 75.2 68.8 - 81.7 24.8 18.3 - 31.2
$40,000 or more 5,104** 97.3 95.6 - 99.0 2.7 1.0 - 4.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,872** 87.2 84.5 - 89.8 12.8 10.2 - 15.5
Yes 4,237** 18.1 13.7 - 22.6 81.9 77.4 - 86.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 8,181** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Yes 4,981** 6.7 4.0 - 9.4 93.3 90.6 - 96.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 831 57.8 54.4 - 61.3 42.2 38.7 - 45.6
2500 grams or more 12,909 65.2 61.8 - 68.5 34.9 31.5 - 38.2
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? 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