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Was Mother Insured by MaineCare/Medicaid before Pregnancy?* | |||||||||||||
2006 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | ||||||||
Total | 14,152 | 72.5 | 69.3 | - | 75.5 | 27.5 | 24.5 | - | 30.7 | ||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,135 | 36.4 | 23.6 | - | 51.5 | 63.6 | 48.5 | - | 76.5 | ||||
20-24 years | 3,580 | 56.3 | 49.6 | - | 62.9 | 43.7 | 37.1 | - | 50.4 | ||||
25-34 years | 7,399 | 82.0 | 78.1 | - | 85.3 | 18.1 | 14.8 | - | 21.9 | ||||
35+ years | 2,037 | 84.9 | 77.6 | - | 90.1 | 15.1 | 9.9 | - | 22.4 | ||||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||||
White | 13,494 | 73.0 | 69.7 | - | 76.0 | 27.0 | 24.0 | - | 30.3 | ||||
Black | 299 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
Other | 344 | 75.9 | 55.4 | - | 88.9 | 24.1 | 11.1 | - | 44.6 | ||||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||||
Yes | 221^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||||
No | 13,908^ | 72.4 | 69.2 | - | 75.4 | 27.6 | 24.6 | - | 30.8 | ||||
Education | |||||||||||||
< High School | 1,526 | 31.1 | 20.9 | - | 43.6 | 68.9 | 56.4 | - | 79.1 | ||||
High School | 4,759 | 58.2 | 52.3 | - | 63.9 | 41.8 | 36.1 | - | 47.7 | ||||
> High School | 7,786 | 88.0 | 84.9 | - | 90.5 | 12.0 | 9.5 | - | 15.1 | ||||
Marital Status | |||||||||||||
Married | 8,934 | 84.8 | 81.6 | - | 87.6 | 15.2 | 12.4 | - | 18.4 | ||||
Other | 5,216 | 53.9 | 48.1 | - | 59.5 | 46.2 | 40.5 | - | 51.9 | ||||
Income | |||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 3,840** | 36.5 | 30.3 | - | 43.1 | 63.5 | 56.9 | - | 69.7 | ||||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,811** | 65.6 | 56.4 | - | 73.7 | 34.4 | 26.3 | - | 43.6 | ||||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,169** | 80.5 | 74.5 | - | 85.3 | 19.5 | 14.7 | - | 25.5 | ||||
$50,000 or more | 4,750** | 99.0 | 97.2 | - | 99.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | - | 2.8 | ||||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||||
No | 8,403** | 89.9 | 86.9 | - | 92.2 | 10.2 | 7.8 | - | 13.1 | ||||
Yes | 5,063** | 43.6 | 38.0 | - | 49.3 | 56.4 | 50.7 | - | 62.0 | ||||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||||
No | 7,252** | 100.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | ||||
Yes | 6,319** | 41.0 | 36.1 | - | 46.1 | 59.0 | 53.9 | - | 63.9 | ||||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 966 | 66.8 | 63.4 | - | 69.9 | 33.2 | 30.1 | - | 36.6 | ||||
2500 grams or more | 13,184 | 72.9 | 69.5 | - | 76.1 | 27.1 | 24.0 | - | 30.5 | ||||
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 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 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 |