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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 |