2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ORAL HEALTH

This question is about other care of your teeth during your most recent pregnancy: DID YOU KNOW IT WAS IMPORTANT TO CARE FOR YOUR TEETH AND GUMS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 780 99 12.0 9.5-15.1 681 88.0 84.9-90.5
Age
< 25 years 155 39 26.5 18.8-36.0 116 73.5 64.0-81.2
25-34 years 461 52 9.0 6.5-12.4 409 91.0 87.6-93.5
35+ years 164 *** *** *** 156 95.8 90.9-98.1
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 399 23 6.4 4.0-10.2 376 93.6 89.8-96.0
Non-Hispanic Black 150 26 13.5 8.4-21.0 124 86.5 79.0-91.6
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 160 37 25.0 17.3-34.6 123 75.0 65.4-82.7
Education
< High School 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 163 35 17.7 11.6-25.9 128 82.3 74.1-88.4
> High School 520 46 8.3 6.0-11.6 474 91.7 88.4-94.0
Marital Status
Married 475 38 7.4 5.1-10.6 437 92.6 89.4-94.9
Other 305 61 19.1 14.2-25.2 244 80.9 74.8-85.8
Medicaid recipient
No 410 30 7.9 5.3-11.6 380 92.1 88.4-94.7
Yes 370 69 16.7 12.6-21.9 301 83.3 78.1-87.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 275 40 15.1 11.1-20.3 235 84.9 79.7-88.9
2500+ grams 505 59 11.7 9.1-15.1 446 88.3 84.9-90.9

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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