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 BREAST PUMP TO USE1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 676 337 61.2 56.8-65.4 339 38.8 34.6-43.2
Age
< 25 years 134 65 64.3 54.0-73.4 69 35.7 26.6-46.0
25-34 years 399 209 62.1 56.3-67.5 190 37.9 32.5-43.7
35+ years 143 63 54.3 44.8-63.4 80 45.7 36.6-55.2
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 347 192 65.7 59.7-71.3 155 34.3 28.7-40.3
Non-Hispanic Black 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 146 64 55.4 45.5-64.8 82 44.6 35.2-54.5
Education
< High School 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 135 71 64.2 53.6-73.6 64 35.8 26.4-46.4
> High School 461 228 60.1 54.8-65.1 233 39.9 34.9-45.2
Marital Status
Married 427 215 60.3 54.8-65.6 212 39.7 34.4-45.2
Other 249 122 62.6 55.1-69.6 127 37.4 30.4-44.9
Medicaid recipient
No 372 192 61.5 55.7-67.0 180 38.5 33.0-44.3
Yes 304 145 60.8 53.9-67.3 159 39.2 32.7-46.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 228 48 21.0 16.0-27.1 180 79.0 72.9-84.0
2500+ grams 448 289 64.7 59.9-69.2 159 35.3 30.8-40.1

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%.

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