2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY

Was the baby just before your new one born earlier than 3 weeks before his or her due date?1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 531 413 80.9 76.8-84.5 118 19.1 15.5-23.2
Age
< 25 years 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 312 239 80.6 75.0-85.2 73 19.4 14.8-25.0
35+ years 145 113 82.3 74.5-88.1 32 17.7 11.9-25.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 270 229 85.7 80.5-89.7 41 14.3 10.3-19.5
Non-Hispanic Black 99 69 79.7 68.9-87.5 30 20.3 12.5-31.1
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 117 78 67.4 57.4-76.1 39 32.6 23.9-42.6
Education
< High School 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 105 83 83.6 73.8-90.2 22 16.4 9.8-26.2
> High School 340 277 84.3 79.3-88.3 63 15.7 11.7-20.7
Marital Status
Married 355 290 84.2 79.5-87.9 65 15.8 12.1-20.5
Other 176 123 75.4 67.1-82.2 53 24.6 17.8-32.9
Medicaid recipient
No 285 236 84.5 79.5-88.5 49 15.5 11.5-20.5
Yes 246 177 77.2 70.3-82.8 69 22.8 17.2-29.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 153 101 65.1 57.0-72.3 52 34.9 27.7-43.0
2500+ grams 378 312 82.2 77.7-85.9 66 17.8 14.1-22.3

1Asked only of mothers who reported that they had a prior live birth.
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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