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 HAVE INSURANCE TO COVER DENTAL CARE DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 769 214 25.1 21.7-28.9 555 74.9 71.1-78.3
Age
< 25 years 154 44 27.5 19.7-37.0 110 72.5 63.0-80.3
25-34 years 453 119 23.4 19.1-28.2 334 76.6 71.8-80.9
35+ years 162 51 28.3 21.1-36.8 111 71.7 63.2-78.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 397 78 19.9 15.5-25.1 319 80.1 74.9-84.5
Non-Hispanic Black 144 31 19.1 12.6-27.9 113 80.9 72.1-87.4
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 157 91 53.7 44.1-63.1 66 46.3 36.9-55.9
Education
< High School 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 161 53 30.3 22.3-39.7 108 69.7 60.3-77.7
> High School 515 103 18.5 14.8-22.8 412 81.5 77.2-85.2
Marital Status
Married 472 107 21.6 17.6-26.3 365 78.4 73.7-82.4
Other 297 107 30.6 24.6-37.4 190 69.4 62.6-75.4
Medicaid recipient
No 407 80 16.8 13.1-21.4 327 83.2 78.6-86.9
Yes 362 134 34.8 29.0-41.1 228 65.2 58.9-71.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 80 28.3 23.0-34.2 190 71.7 65.8-77.0
2500+ grams 499 134 24.8 21.1-29.0 365 75.2 71.0-78.9

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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