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Dental Insurance*
2005 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 36.2 33.1 - 39.5 63.8 60.6 - 66.9
Age                    
<20 years 1,122 6.8 2.0 - 20.5 93.2 79.5 - 98.0
20-24 years 3,506 44.5 38.1 - 51.2 55.5 48.8 - 61.9
25-34 years 7,467 35.5 31.3 - 39.8 64.5 60.2 - 68.7
35+ years 2,013 36.1 28.4 - 44.5 64.0 55.5 - 71.6
Mother's Race                  
White 13,467 36.5 33.3 - 39.8 63.5 60.2 - 66.7
Black 259 # # - # # # - #
Other  358 36.1 15.7 - 63.3 63.9 36.7 - 84.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 179^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,905^ 36.0 32.9 - 39.3 64.0 60.7 - 67.1
Education                  
< High School 1,539 28.0 19.2 - 38.9 72.0 61.1 - 80.8
High School 4,747 40.7 34.9 - 46.7 59.3 53.3 - 65.1
> High School 7,783 34.9 31.0 - 39.0 65.1 61.0 - 69.0
Marital Status                  
Married 9,182 33.4 29.7 - 37.3 66.6 62.7 - 70.3
Other 4,922 41.2 35.7 - 47.0 58.8 53.1 - 64.3
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,704** 39.6 33.3 - 46.2 60.4 53.8 - 66.7
$15,000-24,999 1,762** 47.0 37.9 - 56.4 53.0 43.6 - 62.2
$25,000-49,999 3,580** 42.8 36.5 - 49.2 57.3 50.8 - 63.5
$50,000 or more 4,501** 24.2 20.0 - 29.1 75.8 70.9 - 80.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,572** 32.7 29.0 - 36.6 67.3 63.4 - 71.0
Yes 4,878** 42.5 36.9 - 48.2 57.5 51.8 - 63.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,062** 27.0 23.3 - 31.1 73.0 68.9 - 76.7
Yes 6,485** 46.3 41.4 - 51.3 53.7 48.7 - 58.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 963 35.7 32.4 - 39.2 64.3 60.8 - 67.6
2500 grams or more 13,140 36.2 32.9 - 39.7 63.8 60.3 - 67.1
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 80: Do you have any insurance that pays for some or all of your dental care?
** 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 2005 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