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 AFFORD TO GO TO THE DENTIST OR DENTAL CLINIC1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 770 636 82.5 79.0-85.6 134 17.5 14.4-21.0
Age
< 25 years 154 121 78.3 69.1-85.4 33 21.7 14.6-30.9
25-34 years 455 381 83.7 79.2-87.4 74 16.3 12.6-20.8
35+ years 161 134 83.7 76.1-89.2 27 16.3 10.8-23.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 398 338 82.8 77.7-87.0 60 17.2 13.0-22.3
Non-Hispanic Black 147 126 86.4 78.1-91.9 21 13.6 8.1-21.9
Non-Hispanic Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 155 112 74.6 65.7-81.9 43 25.4 18.1-34.3
Education
< High School 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 162 131 79.8 70.5-86.7 31 20.2 13.3-29.5
> High School 515 438 85.2 81.2-88.5 77 14.8 11.5-18.8
Marital Status
Married 471 402 84.7 80.3-88.2 69 15.3 11.8-19.7
Other 299 234 79.2 72.8-84.4 65 20.8 15.6-27.2
Medicaid recipient
No 405 362 88.4 84.2-91.6 43 11.6 8.4-15.8
Yes 365 274 75.8 69.9-80.9 91 24.2 19.1-30.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 221 81.4 76.0-85.9 49 18.6 14.1-24.0
2500+ grams 500 415 82.6 78.8-85.9 85 17.4 14.1-21.2

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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