2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

POSTPARTUM MOM CARE

During your postpartum checkup, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker do any of the following things? ASKED IF FEELING DOWN OR DEPRESSED1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 832 65 7.6 5.8-10.1 767 92.4 89.9-94.2
Age
< 25 years 182 12 8.1 4.2-14.9 170 91.9 85.1-95.8
25-34 years 476 37 7.5 5.2-10.6 439 92.5 89.4-94.8
35+ years 174 16 7.6 4.3-13.2 158 92.4 86.8-95.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 458 40 9.1 6.6-12.5 418 90.9 87.5-93.4
Non-Hispanic Black 146 14 7.9 3.8-15.8 132 92.1 84.2-96.2
Non-Hispanic Other 61 *** *** *** 56 90.8 78.9-96.3
Latina 147 *** *** *** 141 97.1 92.5-98.9
Education
< High School 98 *** *** *** 94 95.3 86.8-98.4
High School 177 12 5.8 2.9-11.5 165 94.2 88.5-97.1
> High School 556 49 8.7 6.3-11.9 507 91.3 88.1-93.7
Marital Status
Married 545 44 8.3 6.1-11.3 501 91.7 88.7-93.9
Other 287 21 6.5 3.7-11.2 266 93.5 88.8-96.3
Medicaid recipient
No 478 38 7.3 5.2-10.3 440 92.7 89.7-94.8
Yes 354 27 8.0 5.1-12.3 327 92.0 87.7-94.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 256 22 8.6 5.7-12.8 234 91.4 87.2-94.3
2500+ grams 576 43 7.6 5.6-10.2 533 92.4 89.8-94.4

1Asked only of mothers who reported having a postpartum checkup for herself
Please visit PRAMS–Annual Questionnaires for the new Phase 8 postpartum checkup 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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