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Was Mother Insured by MaineCare/Medicaid before Pregnancy?*
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population % 95% CI % 95% CI
  Total 13,605 66.5 63.2 - 69.7 33.5 30.3 - 36.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 23.9 15.5 - 35.1 76.1 64.9 - 84.5
20-24 years 3,490 53.7 47.0 - 60.3 46.3 39.7 - 53.0
25-34 years 7,126 76.3 72.0 - 80.1 23.7 19.9 - 28.0
35+ years 1,867 83.0 75.4 - 88.6 17.0 11.4 - 24.6
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 66.6 63.2 - 69.8 33.4 30.2 - 36.8
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 65.8 45.7 - 81.5 34.2 18.6 - 54.3
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 66.6 63.2 - 69.7 33.4 30.3 - 36.8
Education                  
< High School 1,477 22.7 14.4 - 33.7 77.3 66.3 - 85.6
High School 4,605 49.5 43.6 - 55.4 50.5 44.6 - 56.4
> High School 7,523 85.8 82.6 - 88.5 14.2 11.5 - 17.4
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 81.6 77.9 - 84.7 18.4 15.3 - 22.1
Other 5,372 46.1 40.9 - 51.4 53.9 48.6 - 59.1
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 35.7 29.2 - 42.7 64.3 57.3 - 70.8
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 45.0 36.8 - 53.6 55.0 46.4 - 63.3
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 76.3 69.5 - 82.0 23.7 18.0 - 30.5
$50,000 or more 4,277** 98.4 96.2 - 99.3 1.6 0.7 - 3.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 85.3 81.9 - 88.2 14.7 11.8 - 18.1
Yes 5,355** 40.0 34.9 - 45.3 60.0 54.7 - 65.1
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 6,009** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Yes 7,062** 38.1 33.7 - 42.7 61.9 57.3 - 66.3
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 60.5 56.8 - 64.1 39.5 35.9 - 43.3
2500 grams or more 12,689 66.9 63.4 - 70.2 33.1 29.8 - 36.6
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 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