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Still Owe on Delivery
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
    No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,152 80.5 77.8 - 82.9 19.5 17.1 - 22.2
Age              
<20 years 1,135 94.6 82.0 - 98.6 5.4 1.4 - 18.0
20-24 years 3,580 88.0 83.2 - 91.6 12.0 8.4 - 16.8
25-34 years 7,399 74.9 70.9 - 78.5 25.1 21.5 - 29.1
35+ years 2,037 80.4 72.8 - 86.3 19.6 13.7 - 27.2
Mother's Race              
White 13,494 79.9 77.1 - 82.4 20.1 17.6 - 22.9
Black 299 # # - # # # - #
Other  344 94.9 77.6 - 99.0 5.1 1.0 - 22.4
Hispanic Origin              
Yes 221^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,908^ 80.6 77.9 - 83.0 19.4 17.0 - 22.1
Education              
< High School 1,526 95.1 86.2 - 98.4 4.9 1.6 - 13.8
High School 4,759 79.5 74.4 - 83.9 20.5 16.1 - 25.6
> High School 7,786 78.3 74.7 - 81.5 21.7 18.5 - 25.4
Marital Status              
Married 8,934 77.6 74.1 - 80.7 22.5 19.3 - 26.0
Other 5,216 84.9 80.4 - 88.5 15.1 11.5 - 19.6
Income              
$14,999 or less 3,839** 91.8 87.4 - 94.8 8.2 5.2 - 12.7
$15,000-24,999 1,811** 80.5 72.3 - 86.8 19.5 13.2 - 27.7
$25,000-49,999 3,169** 70.0 63.6 - 75.7 30.0 24.3 - 36.4
$50,000 or more 4,750** 78.3 73.6 - 82.4 21.7 17.6 - 26.4
Enrolled in WIC              
No 8,401** 75.5 71.9 - 78.8 24.5 21.2 - 28.1
Yes 5,063** 88.6 84.5 - 91.7 11.4 8.3 - 15.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid            
No 7,251** 69.8 65.7 - 73.6 30.2 26.4 - 34.3
Yes 6,319** 92.7 89.6 - 95.0 7.3 5.0 - 10.4
Infant's birth weight              
<2500 grams 966 82.9 80.3 - 85.3 17.1 14.7 - 19.7
2500 grams or more 13,184 80.3 77.4 - 82.9 19.7 17.1 - 22.6
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 42:  How was your delivery paid for? Still Owe
** 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