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 MEDICAID PATIENTS1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 761 687 90.2 87.3-92.5 74 9.8 7.5-12.7
Age
< 25 years 153 132 88.2 80.1-93.3 21 11.8 6.7-19.9
25-34 years 449 409 91.0 87.2-93.7 40 9.0 6.3-12.8
35+ years 159 146 90.3 83.0-94.6 13 9.7 5.4-17.0
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 395 368 92.9 89.0-95.4 27 7.1 4.6-11.0
Non-Hispanic Black 146 123 84.9 76.3-90.8 23 15.1 9.2-23.7
Non-Hispanic Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 150 135 91.9 85.1-95.7 15 8.1 4.3-14.9
Education
< High School 90 76 84.9 73.8-91.9 14 15.1 8.1-26.2
High School 159 139 84.7 75.6-90.9 20 15.3 9.1-24.4
> High School 512 472 92.9 89.9-95.1 40 7.1 4.9-10.1
Marital Status
Married 468 440 93.9 90.9-96.0 28 6.1 4.0- 9.1
Other 293 247 84.4 78.3-89.0 46 15.6 11.0-21.7
Medicaid recipient
No 400 398 99.5 97.7-99.9 *** *** ***
Yes 361 289 79.7 74.0-84.4 72 20.3 15.6-26.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 267 237 87.5 82.5-91.3 30 12.5 8.7-17.5
2500+ grams 494 450 90.5 87.2-93.0 44 9.5 7.0-12.8

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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