1B. NATALITY: MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS ANDNEWBORN?SHEALTH
Figure1B-17
Payee for Delivery byMother?sAgeGroup, Arizona, 2013
Notes: The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) is the State?s Medicaid program.
I
n 2013, the Arizona Health Care Cost
Containment System (AHCCCS) paid
for the majority of the deliveries to
mothers 29 years or younger (
Figure
1B-17
). In contrast, private insurance
was the largest payer for the deliveries
of women giving birth who were 30
years old or older in 2013 (based on
data in
Table 1B-28
).
For each of the age groups the
AHCCCS share substantially increased
since 1989. Below are the proportions
of deliveries paid for by AHCCCS in
1989:
? <15 years: 45.3 percent
? 15-19 years: 49.0 percent
? 20-24 years: 34.3 percent
? 25-29 years: 19.4 percent
? 30-34 years: 14.5 percent
? 35-39 years: 13.9 percent
? 40+ years: 14.2 percent.
From 1989 to 2013, the share of births
paid for by AHCCCS more than
doubled among mothers 20 years old
or older.
Figure 1B-18
Payee for Delivery byMother?sRace/Ethnicity, Arizona, 2013
Notes: The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) is the State?s Medicaid program; Other includes Indian
Health Service, self, or unknown.
In 2013, private insurance was the
largest payer for deliveries of Asian
(at 67.3 percent) and White non-
Hispanic infants (at 59.9 percent).
In contrast, the Arizona Health Care
Cost Containment System was the
largest payer for deliveries of
Hispanic or Latino (72.8 percent),
Black or African American (69.9
percent) and American Indian
women (68.5 percent).
The Indian Health Service as a
payer accounted for 17.7 percent of
deliveries of American Indian or
Alaska Native infants in the State
(
Figure 1B-18,
based on data in
Table1B-28
).
Hispanics or Latinos accounted for
52.5 percent of the 45,792
deliveries paid for by AHCCCS.
Thirty percent of all AHCCCS births
were to White non-Hispanic women
(based on data in
Table 1B-28
).
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Arizona Health Status and Vital Statistics 2013
