NC PRAMS 2002: (How was your delivery paid for? MEDICAID)

2002 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

HEALTH INSURANCE

How was your delivery paid for? MEDICAID

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1548	777	53.1	50.0-56.2	771	46.9	43.8-50.0
Age
< 20 years	199	15	8.2	4.4-14.9	184	91.8	85.1-95.6
20-24 years	405	119	31.1	25.7-37.0	286	68.9	63.0-74.3
25-34 years	754	495	68.7	64.5-72.6	259	31.3	27.4-35.5
35+ years	190	148	81.3	73.4-87.2	42	18.7	12.8-26.6
Race
White	1064	619	59.2	55.6-62.7	445	40.8	37.3-44.4
Black	409	121	33.8	27.8-40.3	288	66.2	59.7-72.2
Other	75	37	50.0	36.6-63.4	38	50.0	36.6-63.4
Hispanic origin
Yes	164	36	23.0	16.2-31.8	128	77.0	68.2-83.8
No	1384	741	56.9	53.7-60.2	643	43.1	39.8-46.3
Education
< High School	350	39	12.3	8.6-17.3	311	87.7	82.7-91.4
High School	441	160	41.9	36.0-47.9	281	58.1	52.1-64.0
> High School	754	578	80.0	76.4-83.2	176	20.0	16.8-23.6
Marital Status
Married	980	700	73.0	69.5-76.2	280	27.0	23.8-30.5
Other	568	77	12.9	9.7-16.9	491	87.1	83.1-90.3
Income
15,999 or less	463	39	8.1	5.4-12.0	424	91.9	88.0-94.6
16,000-24,999	173	59	36.2	27.6-45.7	114	63.8	54.3-72.4
25,000-39,999	207	112	50.9	42.4-59.3	95	49.1	40.7-57.6
40,000 or more	551	520	96.6	94.3-97.9	31	3.4	2.1- 5.7
WIC recipient
No	840	676	83.5	80.3-86.4	164	16.5	13.6-19.7
Yes	694	92	14.4	11.4-18.1	602	85.6	81.9-88.6
Medicaid recipient
No	759	759	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Yes	789	18	1.9	1.0- 3.6	771	98.1	96.4-99.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	693	297	38.7	35.3-42.2	396	61.3	57.8-64.7
2500+ grams	855	480	54.4	51.0-57.7	375	45.6	42.3-49.0

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.

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