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: I BREASTFED MY BABY IN THE FIRST HOUR AFTER MY BABY WAS BORN1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 675 243 26.5 22.8-30.6 432 73.5 69.4-77.2
Age
< 25 years 133 45 22.5 15.1-32.0 88 77.5 68.0-84.9
25-34 years 398 141 27.0 22.2-32.4 257 73.0 67.6-77.8
35+ years 144 57 29.7 22.1-38.6 87 70.3 61.4-77.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 347 114 24.1 19.2-29.7 233 75.9 70.3-80.8
Non-Hispanic Black 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 146 48 23.5 16.5-32.4 98 76.5 67.6-83.5
Education
< High School 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 133 63 35.0 25.6-45.7 70 65.0 54.3-74.4
> High School 461 158 24.4 20.3-29.1 303 75.6 70.9-79.7
Marital Status
Married 428 142 22.4 18.3-27.0 286 77.6 73.0-81.7
Other 247 101 33.6 26.7-41.3 146 66.4 58.7-73.3
Medicaid recipient
No 374 127 24.1 19.6-29.3 247 75.9 70.7-80.4
Yes 301 116 29.6 23.6-36.3 185 70.4 63.7-76.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 227 142 64.3 57.6-70.5 85 35.7 29.5-42.4
2500+ grams 448 101 23.2 19.3-27.6 347 76.8 72.4-80.7

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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