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Delivery Paid By Insurance/HMO
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,110 49.0 45.7 - 52.4 51.0 47.6 - 54.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 85.0 73.8 - 92.0 15.0 8.1 - 26.2
20-24 years 3,620 75.3 69.4 - 80.5 24.7 19.5 - 30.6
25-34 years 7,307 37.1 32.7 - 41.7 62.9 58.4 - 67.3
35+ years 2,007 21.0 14.8 - 28.9 79.0 71.1 - 85.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 48.6 45.2 - 52.0 51.5 48.0 - 54.8
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 42.2 21.3 - 66.3 57.8 33.7 - 78.7
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 48.8 45.4 - 52.2 51.2 47.8 - 54.6
Education                  
< High School 1,490 89.0 78.4 - 94.7 11.0 5.3 - 21.6
High School 4,761 72.0 66.5 - 76.9 28.0 23.1 - 33.5
> High School 7,798 28.6 24.9 - 32.7 71.4 67.3 - 75.1
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 28.1 24.6 - 32.0 71.9 68.0 - 75.4
Other 5,515 79.9 75.2 - 84.0 20.1 16.0 - 24.9
Income                    
$14,999 or less 4,090** 91.7 86.9 - 94.9 8.3 5.1 - 13.1
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 75.7 67.0 - 82.7 24.3 17.3 - 33.0
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 43.0 36.4 - 49.9 57.0 50.2 - 63.6
$50,000 or more 4,547** 7.2 4.8 - 10.6 92.8 89.4 - 95.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,149** 25.2 21.7 - 29.1 74.8 70.9 - 78.3
Yes 5,221** 86.0 81.8 - 89.3 14.0 10.7 - 18.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                  
No 6,485** 6.8 4.8 - 9.4 93.2 90.6 - 95.2
Yes 7,027** 88.0 84.6 - 90.8 12.0 9.3 - 15.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 52.7 49.3 - 56.2 47.3 43.8 - 50.7
2500 grams or more 13,207 48.8 45.3 - 52.3 51.2 47.7 - 54.7
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? Health insurance or HMO
** 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 2007 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