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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