2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ORAL HEALTH

Did any of the following things make it hard for you to go to a dentist or dental clinic during your most recent pregnancy? COULD NOT FIND A DENTIST OR DENTAL CLINIC THAT WOULD TAKE PREGNANT PATIENTS1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 760 721 95.1 92.8-96.7 39 4.9 3.3- 7.2
Age
< 25 years 152 140 93.7 86.9-97.1 12 6.3 2.9-13.1
25-34 years 450 427 95.0 91.8-97.0 23 5.0 3.0- 8.2
35+ years 158 154 97.4 92.4-99.2 *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 396 384 96.8 93.5-98.5 12 3.2 1.5- 6.5
Non-Hispanic Black 145 133 92.3 84.8-96.3 12 7.7 3.7-15.2
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 150 139 92.3 85.8-96.0 11 7.7 4.0-14.2
Education
< High School 89 78 89.8 79.5-95.3 11 10.2 4.7-20.5
High School 159 146 92.9 86.1-96.5 13 7.1 3.5-13.9
> High School 512 497 96.8 94.0-98.3 15 3.2 1.7- 6.0
Marital Status
Married 467 455 97.6 95.1-98.8 12 2.4 1.2- 4.9
Other 293 266 91.3 86.3-94.7 27 8.7 5.3-13.7
Medicaid recipient
No 400 392 98.2 95.5-99.3 *** *** ***
Yes 360 329 91.7 87.3-94.6 31 8.3 5.4-12.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 268 250 92.3 87.9-95.2 18 7.7 4.8-12.1
2500+ grams 492 471 95.4 92.8-97.1 21 4.6 2.9- 7.2

1Asked of all mothers.
Please visit PRAMS–Annual Questionnaires for the new Phase 8 oral health questions.
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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