2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

What were your reasons for stopping breastfeeding? OTHER REASONS1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 271 219 79.2 72.4-84.8 52 20.8 15.2-27.6
Age
< 25 years 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 150 121 80.9 71.7-87.6 29 19.1 12.4-28.3
35+ years 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 122 89 73.0 62.0-81.8 33 27.0 18.2-38.0
Non-Hispanic Black 64 57 89.5 75.6-95.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 65 58 89.3 75.7-95.7 *** *** ***
> High School 165 123 73.8 64.5-81.3 42 26.2 18.7-35.5
Marital Status
Married 132 101 75.9 65.4-84.1 31 24.1 15.9-34.6
Other 139 118 82.0 72.4-88.8 21 18.0 11.2-27.6
Medicaid recipient
No 115 87 74.2 63.3-82.8 28 25.8 17.2-36.7
Yes 156 132 83.0 73.7-89.5 24 17.0 10.5-26.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 107 86 81.2 72.4-87.6 21 18.8 12.4-27.6
2500+ grams 164 133 79.0 71.4-85.1 31 21.0 14.9-28.6

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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