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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