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Delivery Paid By Medicaid (MaineCare)

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%		95% CI		%		95% CI
	Total	14,152	55.2	51.8	-	58.5	44.9	41.5	-	48.2
Age
	<20 years	1,135	14.1	6.3	-	28.5	85.9	71.6	-	93.7
	20-24 years	3,580	22.1	17.3	-	27.7	78.0	72.3	-	82.8
	25-34 years	7,399	71.2	66.9	-	75.1	28.8	24.9	-	33.2
	35+ years	2,037	76.7	68.7	-	83.3	23.3	16.8	-	31.4

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	55.6	52.1	-	58.9	44.4	41.1	-	47.9
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	53.8	34.2	-	72.3	46.2	27.7	-	65.8

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	54.9	51.6	-	58.3	45.1	41.8	-	48.5

Education
	< High School	1,526	12.0	6.0	-	22.5	88.0	77.5	-	94.0
	High School	4,759	31.8	26.6	-	37.4	68.2	62.6	-	73.4
	> High School	7,786	75.7	71.8	-	79.2	24.3	20.9	-	28.2

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	78.1	74.5	-	81.3	21.9	18.7	-	25.5
	Other	5,216	20.4	16.2	-	25.3	79.6	74.7	-	83.8

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,839**	11.0	7.5	-	15.7	89.1	84.3	-	92.5
	$15,000-24,999	1,811**	22.8	16.2	-	31.3	77.2	68.7	-	83.8
	$25,000-49,999	3,169**	63.1	56.3	-	69.4	36.9	30.6	-	43.7
	$50,000 or more	4,750**	97.9	95.6	-	99.0	2.1	1.0	-	4.5

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,401**	81.1	77.5	-	84.2	18.9	15.8	-	22.6
	Yes	5,063**	12.5	9.3	-	16.7	87.5	83.3	-	90.7

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,251**	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	Yes	6,319**	3.7	2.2	-	6.2	96.3	93.8	-	97.8

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	44.1	40.8	-	47.4	55.9	52.6	-	59.2
	2500 grams or more	13,184	55.9	52.3	-	59.4	44.1	40.6	-	47.7

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?					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 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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