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Delivery Paid By Insurance/HMO
2008 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results
        No       Yes    
Demographic Groups Population %   95% CI   %   95% CI  
  Total 13,605 52.5 49.2 - 55.8 47.5 44.2 - 50.8
Age                    
<20 years 1,119 91.3 83.0 - 95.8 8.7 4.2 - 17.1
20-24 years 3,490 80.0 74.4 - 84.6 20.0 15.4 - 25.6
25-34 years 7,126 38.1 33.7 - 42.8 61.9 57.3 - 66.3
35+ years 1,867 27.6 20.4 - 36.2 72.4 63.8 - 79.6
Mother's Race                  
White 12,829 52.0 48.6 - 55.4 48.0 44.6 - 51.4
Black 367 # # - # # # - #
Other  390 64.5 45.6 - 79.8 35.5 20.2 - 54.4
Hispanic Origin                  
Yes 220^ # # - # # # - #
No 13365^ 52.5 49.2 - 55.9 47.5 44.1 - 50.8
Education                  
< High School 1,477 99.0 98.0 - 99.5 1.0 0.5 - 2.0
High School 4,605 75.1 69.7 - 79.9 24.9 20.1 - 30.4
> High School 7,523 29.2 25.5 - 33.2 70.8 66.8 - 74.5
Marital Status                  
Married 8,232 29.7 25.9 - 33.9 70.3 66.2 - 74.1
Other 5,372 83.5 79.5 - 86.9 16.5 13.2 - 20.5
Income                    
$14,999 or less 3,041** 92.1 87.6 - 95.1 7.9 4.9 - 12.4
$15,000-24,999 2,115** 82.1 74.8 - 87.7 17.9 12.4 - 25.2
$25,000-49,999 2,627** 47.8 40.6 - 55.1 52.2 44.9 - 59.4
$50,000 or more 4,277** 7.6 5.1 - 11.1 92.4 88.9 - 94.9
Enrolled in WIC                  
No 7,660** 29.9 26.0 - 34.0 70.2 66.0 - 74.0
Yes 5,355** 84.9 80.8 - 88.2 15.1 11.8 - 19.2
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid                  
No 6,009** 11.6 8.7 - 15.1 88.5 84.9 - 91.3
Yes 7,062** 87.4 84.1 - 90.1 12.6 9.9 - 15.9
Infant's birth weight                  
<2500 grams 910 58.5 55.0 - 62.0 41.5 38.0 - 45.0
2500 grams or more 12,689 52.1 48.6 - 55.6 47.9 44.4 - 51.4
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? Health insurance or HMO
** 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