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 GAVE MY BABY A PACIFIER1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 673 311 53.4 48.9-57.9 362 46.6 42.1-51.1
Age
< 25 years 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 398 190 53.5 47.7-59.3 208 46.5 40.7-52.3
35+ years 142 69 58.7 49.3-67.5 73 41.3 32.5-50.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 346 185 59.3 53.0-65.3 161 40.7 34.7-47.0
Non-Hispanic Black 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 147 62 48.9 39.2-58.7 85 51.1 41.3-60.8
Education
< High School 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 457 229 56.4 51.1-61.7 228 43.6 38.3-48.9
Marital Status
Married 425 221 57.7 52.1-63.1 204 42.3 36.9-47.9
Other 248 90 46.1 38.5-54.0 158 53.9 46.0-61.5
Medicaid recipient
No 373 195 58.8 53.0-64.5 178 41.2 35.5-47.0
Yes 300 116 46.5 39.6-53.7 184 53.5 46.3-60.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 227 54 22.0 17.0-28.1 173 78.0 71.9-83.0
2500+ grams 446 257 56.2 51.2-61.0 189 43.8 39.0-48.8

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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