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Delivery Paid By Medicaid (MaineCare) | |||||||||||||
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 13,605 | 47.9 | 44.6 | - | 51.3 | 52.1 | 48.7 | - | 55.4 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,119 | 3.5 | 1.3 | - | 9.6 | 96.5 | 90.4 | - | 98.8 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,490 | 21.0 | 16.1 | - | 26.8 | 79.0 | 73.2 | - | 83.9 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,126 | 62.4 | 57.8 | - | 66.8 | 37.6 | 33.2 | - | 42.2 | ||||
35+ years | 1,867 | 75.0 | 66.6 | - | 81.9 | 25.0 | 18.2 | - | 33.4 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 12,829 | 48.1 | 44.7 | - | 51.5 | 51.9 | 48.5 | - | 55.3 | ||||
Black | 367 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 390 | 42.3 | 25.5 | - | 61.2 | 57.7 | 38.8 | - | 74.6 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 220^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13365^ | 48.1 | 44.7 | - | 51.4 | 52.0 | 48.6 | - | 55.3 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,477 | 4.5 | 1.7 | - | 11.7 | 95.5 | 88.3 | - | 98.3 | ||||
High School | 4,605 | 23.2 | 18.5 | - | 28.6 | 76.8 | 71.4 | - | 81.5 | ||||
> High School | 7,523 | 71.5 | 67.5 | - | 75.2 | 28.5 | 24.8 | - | 32.5 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,232 | 73.5 | 69.4 | - | 77.2 | 26.5 | 22.9 | - | 30.6 | ||||
Other | 5,372 | 13.2 | 10.2 | - | 17.0 | 86.8 | 83.0 | - | 89.9 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,041** | 4.4 | 2.4 | - | 7.8 | 95.6 | 92.2 | - | 97.6 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 2,115** | 17.7 | 11.9 | - | 25.3 | 82.3 | 74.7 | - | 88.1 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 2,627** | 53.2 | 46.0 | - | 60.4 | 46.8 | 39.6 | - | 54.1 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,277** | 95.8 | 92.8 | - | 97.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 | - | 7.2 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 7,660** | 75.4 | 71.4 | - | 79.0 | 24.6 | 21.1 | - | 28.6 | ||||
Yes | 5,355** | 8.8 | 6.2 | - | 12.3 | 91.2 | 87.8 | - | 93.8 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 6,009** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | ||||
Yes | 7,062** | 3.5 | 2.1 | - | 5.7 | 96.5 | 94.3 | - | 97.9 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 910 | 38.5 | 35.1 | - | 42.0 | 61.5 | 58.0 | - | 64.9 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 12,689 | 48.5 | 45.0 | - | 52.1 | 51.5 | 47.9 | - | 55.0 | ||||
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 2008 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 |