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: BABY PLACED IN SKIN-TO-SKIN CONTACT WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR OF LIFE1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 677 149 14.1 11.3-17.3 528 85.9 82.7-88.7
Age
< 25 years 133 27 8.3 4.6-14.6 106 91.7 85.4-95.4
25-34 years 400 88 15.7 11.9-20.3 312 84.3 79.7-88.1
35+ years 144 34 15.5 10.1-23.1 110 84.5 76.9-89.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 348 70 13.1 9.5-17.9 278 86.9 82.1-90.5
Non-Hispanic Black 117 26 13.2 7.8-21.4 91 86.8 78.6-92.2
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 146 34 15.3 9.7-23.1 112 84.7 76.9-90.3
Education
< High School 80 17 15.9 8.4-28.0 63 84.1 72.0-91.6
High School 135 36 18.1 11.5-27.5 99 81.9 72.5-88.5
> High School 462 96 12.6 9.6-16.3 366 87.4 83.7-90.4
Marital Status
Married 429 90 12.4 9.4-16.2 339 87.6 83.8-90.6
Other 248 59 16.9 11.9-23.3 189 83.1 76.7-88.1
Medicaid recipient
No 373 83 13.6 10.3-17.8 290 86.4 82.2-89.7
Yes 304 66 14.6 10.3-20.2 238 85.4 79.8-89.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 228 99 43.5 36.9-50.4 129 56.5 49.6-63.1
2500+ grams 449 50 11.5 8.6-15.1 399 88.5 84.9-91.4

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%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

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