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Did Mother Have Health Insurance Coverage Before Pregnancy?*
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,605 43.5 40.2 - 46.9 56.5 53.1 - 59.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 76.8 65.8 - 85.0 23.2 15.0 - 34.3
20-24 years 3,490 68.8 62.4 - 74.5 31.2 25.5 - 37.6
25-34 years 7,126 30.8 26.7 - 35.4 69.2 64.6 - 73.4
35+ years 1,867 20.6 14.3 - 28.7 79.4 71.3 - 85.7
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 42.9 39.5 - 46.3 57.1 53.7 - 60.5
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 57.2 38.4 - 74.2 42.8 25.8 - 61.6
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 43.4 40.1 - 46.8 56.6 53.2 - 59.9
Education                  
< High School 1,477 88.5 78.8 - 94.1 11.5 5.9 - 21.2
High School 4,605 61.8 55.9 - 67.4 38.2 32.6 - 44.1
> High School 7,523 22.8 19.4 - 26.5 77.2 73.5 - 80.6
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 22.7 19.3 - 26.6 77.3 73.4 - 80.7
Other 5,372 71.8 67.0 - 76.2 28.2 23.8 - 33.1
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 81.3 75.2 - 86.1 18.7 13.9 - 24.8
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 64.8 56.3 - 72.5 35.2 27.5 - 43.7
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 34.8 28.2 - 42.1 65.2 57.9 - 71.8
$50,000 or more 4,277** 5.0 3.0 - 8.1 95.0 92.0 - 97.0
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 24.8 21.2 - 28.8 75.2 71.2 - 78.8
Yes 5,355** 70.1 65.0 - 74.7 29.9 25.3 - 35.0
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                  
No 6,009** 6.5 4.4 - 9.4 93.5 90.6 - 95.6
Yes 7,062** 75.0 70.8 - 78.8 25.0 21.2 - 29.2
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 50.5 46.8 - 54.1 49.5 45.9 - 53.2
2500 grams or more 12,689 43.1 39.5 - 46.6 57.0 53.4 - 60.5
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 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 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