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: HOSPITAL STAFF HELPED ME LEARN HOW TO BREASTFEED1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 677 116 18.2 14.9-22.0 561 81.8 78.0-85.1
Age
< 25 years 133 22 19.7 12.3-30.1 111 80.3 69.9-87.7
25-34 years 400 65 17.1 13.1-22.0 335 82.9 78.0-86.9
35+ years 144 29 19.9 13.2-28.8 115 80.1 71.2-86.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 348 64 20.3 15.6-26.0 284 79.7 74.0-84.4
Non-Hispanic Black 116 16 15.2 8.5-25.7 100 84.8 74.3-91.5
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 147 23 15.8 10.3-23.6 124 84.2 76.4-89.7
Education
< High School 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 135 35 32.5 23.1-43.5 100 67.5 56.5-76.9
> High School 461 65 13.0 9.9-17.0 396 87.0 83.0-90.1
Marital Status
Married 429 65 14.5 11.1-18.8 364 85.5 81.2-88.9
Other 248 51 24.5 18.2-32.1 197 75.5 67.9-81.8
Medicaid recipient
No 373 54 13.6 10.1-18.0 319 86.4 82.0-89.9
Yes 304 62 23.9 18.2-30.8 242 76.1 69.2-81.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 229 36 16.1 11.8-21.8 193 83.9 78.2-88.2
2500+ grams 448 80 18.4 14.8-22.6 368 81.6 77.4-85.2

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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