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Delivery Paid By Personal Income

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,152	81.0	78.4	-	83.4	19.0	16.6	-	21.6
Age
	<20 years	1,135	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	20-24 years	3,580	93.1	89.1	-	95.6	7.0	4.4	-	10.9
	25-34 years	7,399	74.0	70.0	-	77.7	26.0	22.3	-	30.0
	35+ years	2,037	75.8	67.8	-	82.3	24.2	17.7	-	32.2

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	80.6	77.9	-	83.0	19.4	17.0	-	22.1
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	90.4	72.1	-	97.1	9.7	2.9	-	27.9

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	80.9	78.2	-	83.3	19.1	16.7	-	21.8

Education
	< High School	1,526	97.1	89.0	-	99.3	2.9	0.7	-	11.0
	High School	4,759	89.7	85.6	-	92.7	10.3	7.3	-	14.4
	> High School	7,786	73.3	69.5	-	76.8	26.7	23.2	-	30.5

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	72.5	68.8	-	76.0	27.5	24.0	-	31.2
	Other	5,216	94.0	90.7	-	96.1	6.0	3.9	-	9.3

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,839**	97.8	95.0	-	99.0	2.2	1.0	-	5.0
	$15,000-24,999	1,811**	89.7	82.9	-	94.0	10.3	6.0	-	17.1
	$25,000-49,999	3,169**	79.3	73.5	-	84.1	20.7	15.9	-	26.5
	$50,000 or more	4,750**	65.3	60.1	-	70.2	34.7	29.8	-	39.9

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,401**	72.2	68.4	-	75.7	27.8	24.4	-	31.6
	Yes	5,063**	95.7	92.9	-	97.4	4.3	2.6	-	7.1

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,251**	66.6	62.4	-	70.5	33.4	29.5	-	37.6
	Yes	6,319**	97.6	95.6	-	98.7	2.4	1.3	-	4.4

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	86.9	84.6	-	89.0	13.1	11.0	-	15.4
	2500 grams or more	13,184	80.7	77.8	-	83.2	19.3	16.8	-	22.2

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 42: How was your delivery paid for?					Personal Income
** 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 2006 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




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