2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

Breastfeeding Now1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 691 274 40.0 35.6-44.5 417 60.0 55.5-64.4
Age
< 25 years 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 408 155 38.8 33.3-44.7 253 61.2 55.3-66.7
35+ years 147 43 25.6 18.5-34.3 104 74.4 65.7-81.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 355 125 35.4 29.6-41.7 230 64.6 58.3-70.4
Non-Hispanic Black 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 150 60 46.3 36.7-56.1 90 53.7 43.9-63.3
Education
< High School 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 473 161 33.9 29.0-39.2 312 66.1 60.8-71.0
Marital Status
Married 437 127 27.1 22.4-32.4 310 72.9 67.6-77.6
Other 254 147 61.6 54.0-68.7 107 38.4 31.3-46.0
Medicaid recipient
No 380 111 29.6 24.4-35.4 269 70.4 64.6-75.6
Yes 311 163 52.9 45.9-59.8 148 47.1 40.2-54.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 232 111 52.3 45.6-59.0 121 47.7 41.0-54.4
2500+ grams 459 163 38.9 34.2-43.8 296 61.1 56.2-65.8

1Asked only of mothers who breastfed their baby after delivery.
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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