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Dental Insurance*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 14,110 32.7 29.7 - 36.0 67.3 64.1 - 70.3
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 7.0 3.0 - 15.6 93.0 84.4 - 97.0
20-24 years 3,620 35.1 29.0 - 41.8 64.9 58.2 - 71.0
25-34 years 7,307 36.5 32.2 - 41.1 63.5 58.9 - 67.9
35+ years 2,007 31.0 23.7 - 39.3 69.0 60.7 - 76.3
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 33.1 30.0 - 36.4 66.9 63.6 - 70.0
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 19.0 6.8 - 42.9 81.0 57.1 - 93.2
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 32.7 29.6 - 35.9 67.4 64.1 - 70.4
Education                  
< High School 1,490 23.7 14.8 - 35.7 76.3 64.3 - 85.2
High School 4,761 38.3 32.7 - 44.1 61.8 55.9 - 67.3
> High School 7,798 31.5 27.6 - 35.6 68.6 64.5 - 72.4
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 30.2 26.6 - 34.1 69.8 65.9 - 73.5
Other 5,515 36.5 31.3 - 42.0 63.5 58.0 - 68.8
Income                    
$14,999 or less 4,090** 31.6 25.2 - 38.7 68.5 61.3 - 74.8
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 53.1 43.9 - 62.1 46.9 37.9 - 56.1
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 36.5 30.2 - 43.3 63.5 56.7 - 69.8
$50,000 or more 4,547** 21.3 17.1 - 26.1 78.8 73.9 - 82.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,149** 31.1 27.3 - 35.1 68.9 64.9 - 72.7
Yes 5,221** 35.7 30.6 - 41.2 64.3 58.8 - 69.5
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,485** 24.6 20.8 - 28.8 75.4 71.2 - 79.2
Yes 7,027** 40.3 35.7 - 45.1 59.7 54.9 - 64.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 29.8 26.7 - 33.1 70.2 66.9 - 73.3
2500 grams or more 13,207 32.9 29.7 - 36.3 67.1 63.7 - 70.4
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 80: Do you have any insurance that pays for some or all of your dental care?
** 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