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Was Mother Insured by MaineCare/Medicaid before Pregnancy?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,546 82.5 79.9 - 85.1 17.5 14.9 - 20.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 56.4 44.1 - 68.6 43.6 31.4 - 55.9
20-24 years 3,364 71.7 65.4 - 77.9 28.4 22.1 - 34.6
25-34 years 7,149 89.4 86.7 - 92.2 10.6 7.8 - 13.3
35+ years 1,886 91.7 86.3 - 97.2 8.3 2.8 - 13.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 82.8 80.1 - 85.4 17.2 14.6 - 19.9
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 69.7 46.1 - 93.2 30.4 6.8 - 53.9
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 82.6 79.9 - 85.2 17.4 14.8 - 20.1
Education                  
< High School 1,427 45.6 34.5 - 56.7 54.4 43.3 - 65.5
High School 4,772 78.0 73.4 - 82.6 22.0 17.4 - 26.6
> High School 7,277 93.6 91.4 - 95.8 6.4 4.2 - 8.6
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 92.0 89.7 - 94.2 8.0 5.8 - 10.3
Other 4,417 63.7 57.9 - 69.5 36.3 30.5 - 42.1
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 53.1 46.2 - 60.0 46.9 40.0 - 53.8
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 71.3 62.2 - 80.5 28.7 19.5 - 37.8
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 95.2 91.9 - 98.4 4.9 1.6 - 8.1
$40,000 or more 5,632** 98.8 97.8 - 99.9 1.2 0.1 - 2.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 93.4 91.4 - 95.4 6.6 4.6 - 8.6
Yes 4,223** 60.2 54.2 - 66.2 39.8 33.8 - 45.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Yes 5,080** 55.2 49.7 - 60.7 44.8 39.3 - 50.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 76.5 73.5 - 79.6 23.5 20.4 - 26.5
2500 grams or more 12,688 82.9 80.1 - 85.6 17.2 14.4 - 19.9
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 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