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Delivery Paid By Medicaid (MaineCare) | |||||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,110 | 49.8 | 46.5 | - | 53.1 | 50.2 | 46.9 | - | 53.5 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,176 | 10.6 | 5.1 | - | 20.5 | 89.5 | 79.6 | - | 94.9 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,620 | 24.4 | 19.3 | - | 30.3 | 75.7 | 69.7 | - | 80.7 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,307 | 61.7 | 57.1 | - | 66.1 | 38.3 | 33.9 | - | 42.9 | ||||
35+ years | 2,007 | 78.6 | 70.6 | - | 84.9 | 21.4 | 15.1 | - | 29.4 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,392 | 50.3 | 46.9 | - | 53.6 | 49.8 | 46.4 | - | 53.2 | ||||
Black | 330 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 373 | 43.0 | 22.1 | - | 66.8 | 57.0 | 33.2 | - | 77.9 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 208^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,871^ | 49.9 | 46.5 | - | 53.2 | 50.1 | 46.8 | - | 53.5 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,490 | 7.5 | 3.0 | - | 17.2 | 92.5 | 82.8 | - | 97.0 | ||||
High School | 4,761 | 25.3 | 20.6 | - | 30.6 | 74.7 | 69.4 | - | 79.4 | ||||
> High School | 7,798 | 71.5 | 67.4 | - | 75.3 | 28.5 | 24.7 | - | 32.6 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,592 | 74.3 | 70.6 | - | 77.8 | 25.7 | 22.2 | - | 29.5 | ||||
Other | 5,515 | 13.5 | 10.2 | - | 17.7 | 86.5 | 82.3 | - | 89.8 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 4,090** | 6.3 | 3.7 | - | 10.7 | 93.7 | 89.4 | - | 96.4 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,821** | 13.1 | 8.2 | - | 20.5 | 86.9 | 79.5 | - | 91.8 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,054** | 55.2 | 48.3 | - | 61.9 | 44.8 | 38.1 | - | 51.7 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,547** | 95.8 | 92.9 | - | 97.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | - | 7.1 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,149** | 76.7 | 72.8 | - | 80.1 | 23.4 | 19.9 | - | 27.2 | ||||
Yes | 5,221** | 8.1 | 5.6 | - | 11.5 | 91.9 | 88.6 | - | 94.4 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 6,485** | 100.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | ||||
Yes | 7,027** | 3.5 | 2.1 | - | 5.7 | 96.5 | 94.3 | - | 97.9 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 892 | 45.6 | 42.2 | - | 49.1 | 54.4 | 50.9 | - | 57.8 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,207 | 50.1 | 46.5 | - | 53.6 | 50.0 | 46.4 | - | 53.5 | ||||
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 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 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 |