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Medicaid Paid for Mother's Prenatal Care?*
2002 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   CI   %   CI  
  Total 13,546 62.8 59.5 - 66.1 37.2 33.9 - 40.5
Age                    
<20 years 1,147 18.7 9.2 - 28.2 81.3 71.8 - 90.8
20-24 years 3,364 36.5 29.9 - 43.1 63.5 56.9 - 70.1
25-34 years 7,149 75.9 72.1 - 79.7 24.1 20.3 - 27.9
35+ years 1,886 86.8 80.3 - 93.3 13.2 6.7 - 19.7
Mother's Race                  
White 13,013 62.8 59.5 - 66.1 37.2 33.9 - 40.5
Black 171 # # - # # # - #
Other 337 62.1 36.5 - 87.7 37.9 12.3 - 63.5
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 168^ # # - # # # - #
No 13,373^ 62.9 59.6 - 66.2 37.1 33.8 - 40.4
Education                  
< High School 1,427 11.0 4.1 - 17.9 89.0 82.1 - 95.9
High School 4,772 49.3 43.7 - 55.0 50.7 45.0 - 56.3
> High School 7,277 82.8 79.5 - 86.1 17.2 13.9 - 20.5
Marital Status                  
Married 9,130 82.9 79.8 - 85.9 17.1 14.1 - 20.2
Other 4,417 22.6 17.7 - 27.4 77.4 72.6 - 82.3
Income                    
$15,999 or less 3,227** 11.4 7.1 - 15.7 88.6 84.3 - 92.9
$16,000-24,999 1,461** 32.4 23.3 - 41.5 67.6 58.5 - 76.7
$25,000-39,999 2,076** 73.9 66.7 - 81.1 26.1 18.9 - 33.3
$40,000 or more 5,632** 98.0 96.6 - 99.4 2.0 0.6 - 3.4
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 8,719** 85.2 82.3 - 88.0 14.8 12.0 - 17.7
Yes 4,223** 17.1 12.7 - 21.5 82.9 78.5 - 87.3
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                
No 7,899** 100.0 100.0 - 100.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0
Yes 5,080** 4.7 2.5 - 6.9 95.3 93.1 - 97.5
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 855 56.2 52.7 - 59.8 43.8 40.2 - 47.3
2500 grams or more 12,688 63.2 59.7 - 66.6 36.8 33.4 - 40.3
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 21:  How was your prenatal care 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 2002 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