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Was Mother Insured by MaineCare/Medicaid before Pregnancy?*
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 14,110 69.8 66.6 - 72.9 30.2 27.1 - 33.4
Age                    
<20 years 1,176 42.6 30.9 - 55.1 57.5 44.9 - 69.2
20-24 years 3,620 57.1 50.3 - 63.6 42.9 36.4 - 49.7
25-34 years 7,307 77.1 73.0 - 80.9 22.9 19.2 - 27.0
35+ years 2,007 84.4 76.8 - 89.8 15.6 10.2 - 23.2
Mother's Race                  
White 13,392 70.5 67.2 - 73.5 29.6 26.5 - 32.8
Black 330 # # - # # # - #
Other  373 68.5 43.0 - 86.3 31.5 13.7 - 57.0
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 208^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,871^ 69.9 66.6 - 72.9 30.2 27.1 - 33.4
Education                  
< High School 1,490 32.8 22.4 - 45.1 67.2 54.9 - 77.6
High School 4,761 54.8 48.9 - 60.5 45.2 39.5 - 51.1
> High School 7,798 85.3 81.9 - 88.2 14.7 11.9 - 18.1
Marital Status                  
Married 8,592 84.3 81.1 - 87.2 15.7 12.9 - 18.9
Other 5,515 48.4 42.8 - 54.0 51.6 46.0 - 57.2
Income                    
$14,999 or less 4,090** 36.3 29.6 - 43.6 63.7 56.4 - 70.4
$15,000-24,999 1,821** 57.7 48.4 - 66.5 42.3 33.5 - 51.6
$25,000-49,999 3,054** 78.2 72.0 - 83.4 21.8 16.6 - 28.0
$50,000 or more 4,547** 97.0 94.3 - 98.4 3.1 1.6 - 5.7
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,149** 86.3 83.0 - 89.0 13.7 11.0 - 17.0
Yes 5,221** 44.2 38.8 - 49.8 55.8 50.2 - 61.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,485** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Yes 7,027** 42.0 37.4 - 46.8 58.0 53.2 - 62.6
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 892 67.4 64.0 - 70.6 32.6 29.4 - 36.0
2500 grams or more 13,207 70.0 66.5 - 73.2 30.1 26.8 - 33.5
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 2:  Just before you got pregnant, were you on 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