2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

About things that may have happened at the hospital where new baby was born: THE HOSPITAL GAVE ME A TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CALL FOR HELP WITH BREASTFEEDING1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 672 189 29.7 25.6-34.0 483 70.3 66.0-74.4
Age
< 25 years 132 42 34.9 25.4-45.8 90 65.1 54.2-74.6
25-34 years 396 100 26.3 21.5-31.8 296 73.7 68.2-78.5
35+ years 144 47 34.8 26.3-44.4 97 65.2 55.6-73.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 345 99 31.3 25.8-37.5 246 68.7 62.5-74.2
Non-Hispanic Black 116 24 21.9 13.9-32.6 92 78.1 67.4-86.1
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 145 49 33.9 25.3-43.7 96 66.1 56.3-74.7
Education
< High School 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 458 105 22.0 18.0-26.6 353 78.0 73.4-82.0
Marital Status
Married 427 110 24.8 20.4-29.9 317 75.2 70.1-79.6
Other 245 79 38.0 30.6-45.9 166 62.0 54.1-69.4
Medicaid recipient
No 371 97 26.0 21.2-31.4 274 74.0 68.6-78.8
Yes 301 92 34.3 27.8-41.4 209 65.7 58.6-72.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 224 54 23.2 17.9-29.4 170 76.8 70.6-82.1
2500+ grams 448 135 30.2 25.9-34.9 313 69.8 65.1-74.1

1Asked only of mothers that delivered at a hospital
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%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

Contact Us | Site Map | Terms of Use