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Did Mother Have Health Insurance Coverage Before Pregnancy?*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 14,110 42.2 38.9 - 45.5 57.8 54.5 - 61.1
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 58.5 45.8 - 70.2 41.5 29.8 - 54.2
20-24 years 3,620 63.1 56.5 - 69.2 36.9 30.8 - 43.5
25-34 years 7,307 36.7 32.3 - 41.3 63.3 58.7 - 67.7
35+ years 2,007 13.1 8.2 - 20.3 86.9 79.7 - 91.8
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 41.7 38.3 - 45.1 58.4 54.9 - 61.7
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 46.7 24.7 - 70.1 53.3 29.9 - 75.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 42.0 38.7 - 45.4 58.0 54.6 - 61.3
Education                  
< High School 1,490 70.3 57.9 - 80.3 29.7 19.7 - 42.1
High School 4,761 63.3 57.5 - 68.7 36.7 31.3 - 42.5
> High School 7,798 25.0 21.4 - 28.9 75.0 71.1 - 78.6
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 26.3 22.8 - 30.1 73.7 69.9 - 77.2
Other 5,515 65.5 60.0 - 70.6 34.5 29.4 - 40.0
Income                    
$14,999 or less 4,090** 77.1 71.2 - 82.1 22.9 18.0 - 28.8
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 65.1 55.9 - 73.2 34.9 26.8 - 44.1
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 35.5 29.2 - 42.3 64.5 57.7 - 70.8
$50,000 or more 4,547** 6.1 3.9 - 9.4 93.9 90.7 - 96.1
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,149** 23.7 20.3 - 27.6 76.3 72.4 - 79.7
Yes 5,221** 70.6 65.3 - 75.4 29.4 24.6 - 34.7
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                  
No 6,485** 5.6 3.8 - 8.1 94.4 91.9 - 96.2
Yes 7,027** 76.0 71.6 - 79.8 24.1 20.2 - 28.4
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 42.1 38.7 - 45.5 57.9 54.5 - 61.3
2500 grams or more 13,207 42.2 38.7 - 45.7 57.8 54.3 - 61.3
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 1:  Just before you got pregnant, did you have health insurance?  (Do not count 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