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: MY BABY WAS FED ONLY BREAST MILK AT THE HOSPITAL1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 673 308 40.3 35.9-44.8 365 59.7 55.2-64.1
Age
< 25 years 134 65 39.9 30.2-50.5 69 60.1 49.5-69.8
25-34 years 396 172 38.3 32.8-44.1 224 61.7 55.9-67.2
35+ years 143 71 47.7 38.4-57.1 72 52.3 42.9-61.6
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 348 150 38.5 32.6-44.7 198 61.5 55.3-67.4
Non-Hispanic Black 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 145 73 46.2 36.5-56.2 72 53.8 43.8-63.5
Education
< High School 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 461 196 35.9 31.0-41.1 265 64.1 58.9-69.0
Marital Status
Married 427 180 37.3 32.1-42.8 247 62.7 57.2-67.9
Other 246 128 45.4 37.8-53.3 118 54.6 46.7-62.2
Medicaid recipient
No 371 154 36.9 31.4-42.7 217 63.1 57.3-68.6
Yes 302 154 44.6 37.7-51.7 148 55.4 48.3-62.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 227 134 57.8 50.9-64.4 93 42.2 35.6-49.1
2500+ grams 446 174 38.8 34.1-43.7 272 61.2 56.3-65.9

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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