2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

What were your reasons for stopping breastfeeding? MY BABY HAD DIFFICULTY LATCHING OR NURSING1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 271 174 59.4 51.9-66.4 97 40.6 33.6-48.1
Age
< 25 years 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 153 96 56.8 47.1-66.1 57 43.2 33.9-52.9
35+ years 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 165 105 60.3 50.9-69.0 60 39.7 31.0-49.1
Marital Status
Married 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 139 91 60.3 49.9-69.8 48 39.7 30.2-50.1
Medicaid recipient
No 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Yes 156 101 56.5 46.5-66.1 55 43.5 33.9-53.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 107 79 74.4 65.0-82.1 28 25.6 17.9-35.0
2500+ grams 164 95 57.7 49.5-65.4 69 42.3 34.6-50.5

1Asked only of mothers who breastfed their baby after delivery, but are not currently breastfeeding their baby. Mothers could cite more than one reason for not breastfeeding their new 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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