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Dental Insurance*
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,605 34.1 31.0 - 37.4 65.9 62.6 - 69.0
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 11.1 5.7 - 20.5 88.9 79.5 - 94.3
20-24 years 3,490 41.4 35.0 - 48.2 58.6 51.8 - 65.0
25-34 years 7,126 34.2 29.9 - 38.7 65.8 61.3 - 70.1
35+ years 1,867 35.4 27.5 - 44.2 64.6 55.8 - 72.5
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 33.6 30.4 - 36.9 66.4 63.1 - 69.6
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 48.8 30.5 - 67.4 51.2 32.7 - 69.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 33.9 30.8 - 37.2 66.1 62.8 - 69.2
Education                  
< High School 1,477 26.6 17.6 - 38.1 73.4 61.9 - 82.4
High School 4,605 42.7 36.9 - 48.7 57.3 51.3 - 63.1
> High School 7,523 29.8 26.0 - 33.8 70.3 66.2 - 74.0
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 30.0 26.1 - 34.1 70.1 65.9 - 73.9
Other 5,372 39.8 34.7 - 45.0 60.3 55.0 - 65.3
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 32.0 25.8 - 39.0 68.0 61.1 - 74.3
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 42.8 34.6 - 51.4 57.2 48.6 - 65.4
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 48.9 41.7 - 56.1 51.1 43.9 - 58.3
$50,000 or more 4,277** 19.9 15.8 - 24.8 80.1 75.2 - 84.2
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 32.1 28.2 - 36.2 68.0 63.8 - 71.8
Yes 5,355** 37.3 32.2 - 42.6 62.7 57.4 - 67.8
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 24.2 20.3 - 28.5 75.9 71.5 - 79.7
Yes 7,062** 42.6 38.0 - 47.3 57.4 52.7 - 62.0
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 29.4 26.2 - 32.9 70.6 67.1 - 73.9
2500 grams or more 12,689 34.4 31.1 - 37.9 65.6 62.1 - 68.9
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 80: Do you have any insurance that pays for some or all of your dental care?
** 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