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Delivery Paid By Personal Income | |||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,152 | 81.0 | 78.4 | - | 83.4 | 19.0 | 16.6 | - | 21.6 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,135 | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,580 | 93.1 | 89.1 | - | 95.6 | 7.0 | 4.4 | - | 10.9 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,399 | 74.0 | 70.0 | - | 77.7 | 26.0 | 22.3 | - | 30.0 | ||||
35+ years | 2,037 | 75.8 | 67.8 | - | 82.3 | 24.2 | 17.7 | - | 32.2 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,494 | 80.6 | 77.9 | - | 83.0 | 19.4 | 17.0 | - | 22.1 | ||||
Black | 299 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 344 | 90.4 | 72.1 | - | 97.1 | 9.7 | 2.9 | - | 27.9 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 221^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,908^ | 80.9 | 78.2 | - | 83.3 | 19.1 | 16.7 | - | 21.8 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,526 | 97.1 | 89.0 | - | 99.3 | 2.9 | 0.7 | - | 11.0 | ||||
High School | 4,759 | 89.7 | 85.6 | - | 92.7 | 10.3 | 7.3 | - | 14.4 | ||||
> High School | 7,786 | 73.3 | 69.5 | - | 76.8 | 26.7 | 23.2 | - | 30.5 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,934 | 72.5 | 68.8 | - | 76.0 | 27.5 | 24.0 | - | 31.2 | ||||
Other | 5,216 | 94.0 | 90.7 | - | 96.1 | 6.0 | 3.9 | - | 9.3 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,839** | 97.8 | 95.0 | - | 99.0 | 2.2 | 1.0 | - | 5.0 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,811** | 89.7 | 82.9 | - | 94.0 | 10.3 | 6.0 | - | 17.1 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,169** | 79.3 | 73.5 | - | 84.1 | 20.7 | 15.9 | - | 26.5 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,750** | 65.3 | 60.1 | - | 70.2 | 34.7 | 29.8 | - | 39.9 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,401** | 72.2 | 68.4 | - | 75.7 | 27.8 | 24.4 | - | 31.6 | ||||
Yes | 5,063** | 95.7 | 92.9 | - | 97.4 | 4.3 | 2.6 | - | 7.1 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 7,251** | 66.6 | 62.4 | - | 70.5 | 33.4 | 29.5 | - | 37.6 | ||||
Yes | 6,319** | 97.6 | 95.6 | - | 98.7 | 2.4 | 1.3 | - | 4.4 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 966 | 86.9 | 84.6 | - | 89.0 | 13.1 | 11.0 | - | 15.4 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,184 | 80.7 | 77.8 | - | 83.2 | 19.3 | 16.8 | - | 22.2 | ||||
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? | Personal Income | ||||||||||||
** 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 2006 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 |