2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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About things that may have happened at the hospital where new baby was born: THE HOSPITAL GAVE ME A GIFT PACK WITH FORMULA1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 673 360 59.7 55.1-64.0 313 40.3 36.0-44.9
Age
< 25 years 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 397 228 62.4 56.6-67.9 169 37.6 32.1-43.4
35+ years 143 72 58.4 49.0-67.2 71 41.6 32.8-51.0
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 346 221 68.9 62.8-74.4 125 31.1 25.6-37.2
Non-Hispanic Black 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 146 55 43.3 33.8-53.4 91 56.7 46.6-66.2
Education
< High School 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 459 275 65.9 60.7-70.8 184 34.1 29.2-39.3
Marital Status
Married 425 262 67.2 61.8-72.2 163 32.8 27.8-38.2
Other 248 98 46.8 39.1-54.7 150 53.2 45.3-60.9
Medicaid recipient
No 372 228 66.2 60.3-71.5 144 33.8 28.5-39.7
Yes 301 132 51.4 44.4-58.4 169 48.6 41.6-55.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 227 87 38.0 31.6-44.9 140 62.0 55.1-68.4
2500+ grams 446 273 61.5 56.7-66.2 173 38.5 33.8-43.3

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%.

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