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Did Mother Have Health Insurance Coverage Before Pregnancy?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,546 30.5 27.4 - 33.6 69.5 66.4 - 72.6
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 58.3 46.2 - 70.5 41.7 29.5 - 53.8
20-24 years 3,364 55.1 48.3 - 61.9 44.9 38.1 - 51.7
25-34 years 7,149 19.7 16.2 - 23.3 80.3 76.7 - 83.8
35+ years 1,886 10.1 4.4 - 15.7 89.9 84.3 - 95.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 30.4 27.3 - 33.6 69.6 66.4 - 72.7
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 38.7 13.3 - 64.0 61.3 36.0 - 86.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 30.6 27.5 - 33.7 69.4 66.3 - 72.5
Education                  
< High School 1,427 67.8 57.3 - 78.2 32.2 21.8 - 42.7
High School 4,772 43.8 38.3 - 49.4 56.2 50.6 - 61.7
> High School 7,277 13.4 10.4 - 16.4 86.6 83.6 - 89.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 14.9 12.0 - 17.8 85.1 82.2 - 88.0
Other 4,417 61.4 55.6 - 67.2 38.6 32.8 - 44.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 72.1 65.9 - 78.3 27.9 21.7 - 34.1
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 51.2 41.3 - 61.1 48.8 38.9 - 58.7
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 24.6 17.5 - 31.7 75.4 68.3 - 82.5
$40,000 or more 5,632** 2.8 1.2 - 4.4 97.2 95.6 - 98.8
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 14.6 11.7 - 17.4 85.4 82.6 - 88.3
Yes 4,223** 62.9 57.1 - 68.7 37.1 31.3 - 42.9
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 3.8 2.2 - 5.4 96.2 94.6 - 97.8
Yes 5,080** 72.1 67.3 - 77.0 27.9 23.0 - 32.7
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 36.9 33.5 - 40.4 63.1 59.6 - 66.5
2500 grams or more 12,688 30.1 26.8 - 33.4 69.9 66.6 - 73.2
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 1:  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 2002 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