2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ORAL HEALTH

This question is about other care of your teeth during your most recent pregnancy. DID YOU HAVE INSURANCE TO COVER DENTAL CARE DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 903 304 33.6 30.1-37.3 599 66.4 62.7-69.9
Age
< 25 years 212 69 32.0 25.1-39.8 143 68.0 60.2-74.9
25-34 years 508 176 35.9 31.2-41.0 332 64.1 59.0-68.8
35+ years 183 59 29.4 22.5-37.3 124 70.6 62.7-77.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 491 132 27.3 23.1-32.0 359 72.7 68.0-76.9
Non-Hispanic Black 162 40 24.9 17.2-34.7 122 75.1 65.3-82.8
Non-Hispanic Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 161 99 63.0 54.3-70.9 62 37.0 29.1-45.7
Education
< High School 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 198 80 42.7 34.6-51.2 118 57.3 48.8-65.4
> High School 592 162 26.8 22.8-31.1 430 73.2 68.9-77.2
Marital Status
Married 579 180 30.4 26.4-34.7 399 69.6 65.3-73.6
Other 324 124 38.8 32.3-45.6 200 61.2 54.4-67.7
Medicaid recipient
No 501 154 32.0 27.5-36.8 347 68.0 63.2-72.5
Yes 402 150 35.6 30.1-41.5 252 64.4 58.5-69.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 288 92 31.9 26.7-37.6 196 68.1 62.4-73.3
2500+ grams 615 212 33.8 30.0-37.8 403 66.2 62.2-70.0

1Asked of all mothers.
Please visit PRAMS–Annual Questionnaires for the new Phase 8 oral health questions.
2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.

*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards.
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.
The overall weighted response rate in 2018 was 53%.

This page was generated on 10OCT19

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