2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

Breastfeeding at 4 weeks After Delivery1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 757 175 25.1 21.4-29.2 582 74.9 70.8-78.6
Age
< 25 years 151 40 32.4 23.7-42.6 111 67.6 57.4-76.3
25-34 years 445 105 24.6 19.9-30.0 340 75.4 70.0-80.1
35+ years 161 30 17.6 11.8-25.4 131 82.4 74.6-88.2
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 391 90 23.5 18.6-29.1 301 76.5 70.9-81.4
Non-Hispanic Black 138 50 37.1 27.8-47.6 88 62.9 52.4-72.2
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 157 23 17.5 11.1-26.6 134 82.5 73.4-88.9
Education
< High School 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 157 47 36.3 27.2-46.6 110 63.7 53.4-72.8
> High School 504 99 19.4 15.6-24.0 405 80.6 76.0-84.4
Marital Status
Married 468 80 17.5 13.6-22.2 388 82.5 77.8-86.4
Other 289 95 37.2 30.4-44.6 194 62.8 55.4-69.6
Medicaid recipient
No 399 60 17.2 13.0-22.2 339 82.8 77.8-87.0
Yes 358 115 34.0 28.0-40.6 243 66.0 59.4-72.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 264 71 29.6 24.0-35.8 193 70.4 64.2-76.0
2500+ grams 493 104 24.7 20.7-29.2 389 75.3 70.8-79.3

1Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 56: How many weeks or months did you breastfeed or feed pumped milk to your baby?
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 2020 was 45%.

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