2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

MENTAL HEALTH

Mothers who responded that they ALWAYS or OFTEN felt down, depressed, or hopeless OR had little interest or pleasure in doing things since their new baby was born.1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 YES NO
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 908 117 11.7 9.4-14.5 791 88.3 85.5-90.6
Age
< 25 years 208 33 13.6 9.0-20.0 175 86.4 80.0-91.0
25-34 years 516 65 11.3 8.4-15.0 451 88.7 85.0-91.6
35+ years 184 19 10.3 5.9-17.3 165 89.7 82.7-94.1
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 496 58 10.7 8.0-14.1 438 89.3 85.9-92.0
Non-Hispanic Black 159 32 17.0 10.7-25.9 127 83.0 74.1-89.3
Non-Hispanic Other 67 11 17.0 9.1-29.6 56 83.0 70.4-90.9
Latina 163 13 6.4 3.3-12.0 150 93.6 88.0-96.7
Education
< High School 111 16 13.6 7.5-23.3 95 86.4 76.7-92.5
High School 200 34 15.8 10.5-23.2 166 84.2 76.8-89.5
> High School 596 67 10.0 7.5-13.2 529 90.0 86.8-92.5
Marital Status
Married 583 53 8.0 5.9-10.7 530 92.0 89.3-94.1
Other 325 64 17.6 13.0-23.5 261 82.4 76.5-87.0
Medicaid recipient
No 506 41 7.4 5.1-10.6 465 92.6 89.4-94.9
Yes 402 76 16.8 12.8-21.6 326 83.2 78.4-87.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 287 52 18.7 14.5-23.8 235 81.3 76.2-85.5
2500+ grams 621 65 11.1 8.6-14.1 556 88.9 85.9-91.4

1Combination of questions 69 and 70.
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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