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Delivery Paid By Military
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,152 97.9 96.8 - 98.7 2.1 1.3 - 3.2
Age              
<20 years 1,135 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
20-24 years 3,580 97.7 95.1 - 99.0 2.3 1.0 - 4.9
25-34 years 7,399 97.4 95.6 - 98.5 2.6 1.5 - 4.4
35+ years 2,037 99.2 94.9 - 99.9 0.8 0.1 - 5.1
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 98.1 97.1 - 98.8 1.9 1.2 - 3.0
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 94.2 72.7 - 99.0 5.9 1.0 - 27.3
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 98.0 96.9 - 98.7 2.0 1.3 - 3.1
Education              
< High School 1,526 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
High School 4,759 98.0 95.7 - 99.1 2.0 0.9 - 4.3
> High School 7,786 97.5 95.8 - 98.5 2.5 1.5 - 4.2
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 97.1 95.4 - 98.2 2.9 1.8 - 4.6
Other 5,216 99.3 97.4 - 99.8 0.8 0.2 - 2.6
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,839** 99.4 97.2 - 99.9 0.6 0.1 - 2.9
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 95.0 89.5 - 97.7 5.0 2.3 - 10.5
$25,000-49,999 3,169** 97.4 94.4 - 98.8 2.6 1.2 - 5.6
$50,000 or more 4,750** 98.2 96.1 - 99.2 1.8 0.8 - 3.9
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,401** 97.5 95.9 - 98.5 2.5 1.5 - 4.1
Yes 5,063** 98.6 96.7 - 99.4 1.4 0.6 - 3.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,251** 96.6 94.6 - 97.8 3.4 2.2 - 5.4
Yes 6,319** 99.5 98.2 - 99.9 0.5 0.1 - 1.8
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 98.0 96.8 - 98.7 2.1 1.3 - 3.2
2500 grams or more 13,184 97.9 96.8 - 98.7 2.1 1.3 - 3.3
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? Military
** 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
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics