2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-CONTENT

During any of your prenatal care or new baby doctor visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with you about the following? THE BABY BLUES (POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION)1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 908 129 14.5 12.0-17.4 779 85.5 82.6-88.0
Age
< 25 years 207 32 12.8 8.5-19.0 175 87.2 81.0-91.5
25-34 years 517 69 14.8 11.5-18.8 448 85.2 81.2-88.5
35+ years 184 28 15.8 10.5-23.2 156 84.2 76.8-89.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 497 57 12.5 9.5-16.2 440 87.5 83.8-90.5
Non-Hispanic Black 159 25 14.1 8.4-22.7 134 85.9 77.3-91.6
Non-Hispanic Other 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 162 28 20.5 14.2-28.6 134 79.5 71.4-85.8
Education
< High School 112 22 22.4 14.4-33.1 90 77.6 66.9-85.6
High School 199 27 15.8 10.5-23.1 172 84.2 76.9-89.5
> High School 596 80 12.7 9.9-16.2 516 87.3 83.8-90.1
Marital Status
Married 584 81 14.0 11.2-17.4 503 86.0 82.6-88.8
Other 324 48 15.2 10.9-20.9 276 84.8 79.1-89.1
Medicaid recipient
No 506 72 14.7 11.6-18.5 434 85.3 81.5-88.4
Yes 402 57 14.2 10.4-19.0 345 85.8 81.0-89.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 288 41 14.8 11.0-19.5 247 85.2 80.5-89.0
2500+ grams 620 88 14.4 11.7-17.6 532 85.6 82.4-88.3

1Asked of all mothers.
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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