NC PRAMS 2003: (How was your delivery paid for? MEDICAID)

2003 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	1472	723	50.0	46.8-53.2	749	50.0	46.8-53.2
Age
< 20 years	160	11	8.5	4.1-16.8	149	91.5	83.2-95.9
20-24 years	401	105	24.9	20.0-30.6	296	75.1	69.4-80.0
25-34 years	726	478	67.6	63.2-71.7	248	32.4	28.3-36.8
35+ years	185	129	72.7	63.5-80.4	56	27.3	19.6-36.5
Race
White	1004	579	57.1	53.3-60.8	425	42.9	39.2-46.7
Black	404	108	27.5	21.8-33.9	296	72.5	66.1-78.2
Other	64	36	47.6	33.1-62.4	28	52.4	37.6-66.9
Hispanic origin
Yes	149	43	24.5	17.5-33.1	106	75.5	66.9-82.5
No	1320	680	53.9	50.5-57.3	640	46.1	42.7-49.5
Education
< High School	319	34	11.3	7.6-16.6	285	88.7	83.4-92.4
High School	435	147	33.0	27.6-38.8	288	67.0	61.2-72.4
> High School	716	542	79.0	75.0-82.5	174	21.0	17.5-25.0
Marital Status
Married	924	659	70.7	66.9-74.2	265	29.3	25.8-33.1
Other	548	64	12.4	9.1-16.5	484	87.6	83.5-90.9
Income
15,999 or less	404	33	11.1	7.6-15.8	371	88.9	84.2-92.4
16,000-24,999	191	45	23.7	17.1-31.8	146	76.3	68.2-82.9
25,000-39,999	212	125	61.7	53.2-69.6	87	38.3	30.4-46.8
40,000 or more	503	477	95.8	92.9-97.5	26	4.2	2.5- 7.1
WIC recipient
No	760	619	83.3	79.7-86.4	141	16.7	13.6-20.3
Yes	702	100	14.6	11.6-18.2	602	85.4	81.8-88.4
Medicaid recipient
No	704	704	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Yes	768	19	3.1	1.8- 5.1	749	96.9	94.9-98.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	671	281	37.9	34.5-41.5	390	62.1	58.5-65.5
2500+ grams	801	442	51.0	47.6-54.5	359	49.0	45.5-52.4

#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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