Was Mother Insured by MaineCare/Medicaid before Pregnancy - Division of Public Health Systems | MeCDC

Was Mother Insured by MaineCare/Medicaid before Pregnancy?*

2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

				No				Yes
Demographic Groups		Population	%	95% CI			%	95% CI
	Total	14,152	72.5	69.3	-	75.5	27.5	24.5	-	30.7
Age
	<20 years	1,135	36.4	23.6	-	51.5	63.6	48.5	-	76.5
	20-24 years	3,580	56.3	49.6	-	62.9	43.7	37.1	-	50.4
	25-34 years	7,399	82.0	78.1	-	85.3	18.1	14.8	-	21.9
	35+ years	2,037	84.9	77.6	-	90.1	15.1	9.9	-	22.4

Mother's Race
	White	13,494	73.0	69.7	-	76.0	27.0	24.0	-	30.3
	Black	299	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	Other	344	75.9	55.4	-	88.9	24.1	11.1	-	44.6

Hispanic Origin
	Yes	221^	#	#	-	#	#	#	-	#
	No	13,908^	72.4	69.2	-	75.4	27.6	24.6	-	30.8

Education
	< High School	1,526	31.1	20.9	-	43.6	68.9	56.4	-	79.1
	High School	4,759	58.2	52.3	-	63.9	41.8	36.1	-	47.7
	> High School	7,786	88.0	84.9	-	90.5	12.0	9.5	-	15.1

Marital Status
	Married	8,934	84.8	81.6	-	87.6	15.2	12.4	-	18.4
	Other	5,216	53.9	48.1	-	59.5	46.2	40.5	-	51.9

Income
	$14,999 or less	3,840**	36.5	30.3	-	43.1	63.5	56.9	-	69.7
	$15,000-24,999	1,811**	65.6	56.4	-	73.7	34.4	26.3	-	43.6
	$25,000-49,999	3,169**	80.5	74.5	-	85.3	19.5	14.7	-	25.5
	$50,000 or more	4,750**	99.0	97.2	-	99.7	1.0	0.3	-	2.8

Enrolled in WIC
	No	8,403**	89.9	86.9	-	92.2	10.2	7.8	-	13.1
	Yes	5,063**	43.6	38.0	-	49.3	56.4	50.7	-	62.0

Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid
	No	7,252**	100.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0
	Yes	6,319**	41.0	36.1	-	46.1	59.0	53.9	-	63.9

Infant's birth weight
	<2500 grams	966	66.8	63.4	-	69.9	33.2	30.1	-	36.6
	2500 grams or more	13,184	72.9	69.5	-	76.1	27.1	24.0	-	30.5

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 2: Just before you got pregnant, were you on 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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