2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

BREASTFEEDING

Prevalence of Breastfeeding Initiation1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 740 81 12.7 9.8-16.1 659 87.3 83.9-90.2
Age
< 25 years 149 19 15.6 9.5-24.7 130 84.4 75.3-90.5
25-34 years 433 47 12.3 8.7-16.9 386 87.7 83.1-91.3
35+ years 158 15 10.1 5.6-17.6 143 89.9 82.4-94.4
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 379 39 10.6 7.2-15.3 340 89.4 84.7-92.8
Non-Hispanic Black 134 29 24.0 16.1-34.3 105 76.0 65.7-83.9
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 156 *** *** *** 150 96.3 91.2-98.5
Education
< High School 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 154 28 23.7 15.8-33.8 126 76.3 66.2-84.2
> High School 493 38 7.4 5.1-10.8 455 92.6 89.2-94.9
Marital Status
Married 460 34 8.3 5.6-12.2 426 91.7 87.8-94.4
Other 280 47 19.7 14.2-26.6 233 80.3 73.4-85.8
Medicaid recipient
No 392 23 7.0 4.4-11.0 369 93.0 89.0-95.6
Yes 348 58 19.0 14.1-25.1 290 81.0 74.9-85.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 252 32 14.6 10.4-20.1 220 85.4 79.9-89.6
2500+ grams 488 49 12.5 9.5-16.3 439 87.5 83.7-90.5

1Asked of all mothers living with their baby.
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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