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Health Insurance or HMO Was Used to Pay for Mother's Prenatal Care?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 37.3 34.1 - 40.6 62.7 59.4 - 65.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 75.1 64.3 - 85.9 24.9 14.1 - 35.7
20-24 years 3,364 63.4 56.8 - 69.9 36.7 30.1 - 43.2
25-34 years 7,149 25.1 21.2 - 29.0 74.9 71.0 - 78.8
35+ years 1,886 14.1 7.5 - 20.8 85.9 79.2 - 92.5
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 37.1 33.8 - 40.4 62.9 59.6 - 66.2
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 37.9 12.3 - 63.5 62.1 36.5 - 87.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 37.2 33.9 - 40.5 62.8 59.5 - 66.1
Education                  
< High School 1,427 83.9 75.4 - 92.3 16.2 7.7 - 24.6
High School 4,772 52.9 47.3 - 58.5 47.1 41.5 - 52.7
> High School 7,277 17.0 13.7 - 20.3 83.0 79.7 - 86.3
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 18.7 15.5 - 21.8 81.3 78.2 - 84.5
Other 4,417 74.7 69.6 - 79.9 25.3 20.1 - 30.4
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 85.5 80.6 - 90.4 14.5 9.6 - 19.4
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 69.6 60.7 - 78.5 30.4 21.5 - 39.3
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 23.7 16.7 - 30.7 76.3 69.3 - 83.3
$40,000 or more 5,632** 4.8 2.7 - 6.8 95.2 93.2 - 97.3
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 17.6 14.5 - 20.7 82.4 79.3 - 85.5
Yes 4,223** 77.5 72.5 - 82.4 22.5 17.6 - 27.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 5.9 3.9 - 7.8 94.1 92.2 - 96.1
Yes 5,080** 86.4 82.7 - 90.1 13.6 9.9 - 17.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 46.0 42.4 - 49.5 54.0 50.5 - 57.6
2500 grams or more 12,688 36.8 33.4 - 40.2 63.2 59.8 - 66.6
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 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