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? DID NOT THINK IT WAS SAFE TO GO TO THE DENTIST DURING PREGNANCY1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 764 630 83.0 79.5-86.0 134 17.0 14.0-20.5
Age
< 25 years 152 122 81.0 71.8-87.6 30 19.0 12.4-28.2
25-34 years 453 378 84.2 79.7-87.8 75 15.8 12.2-20.3
35+ years 159 130 81.6 73.7-87.6 29 18.4 12.4-26.3
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 397 357 89.2 84.7-92.5 40 10.8 7.5-15.3
Non-Hispanic Black 145 111 76.1 66.6-83.6 34 23.9 16.4-33.4
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 153 109 75.0 66.3-82.1 44 25.0 17.9-33.7
Education
< High School 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 160 121 77.4 68.1-84.6 39 22.6 15.4-31.9
> High School 514 444 86.6 82.8-89.7 70 13.4 10.3-17.2
Marital Status
Married 469 410 86.9 82.8-90.2 59 13.1 9.8-17.2
Other 295 220 76.9 70.4-82.3 75 23.1 17.7-29.6
Medicaid recipient
No 401 355 87.3 82.8-90.7 46 12.7 9.3-17.2
Yes 363 275 78.3 72.5-83.1 88 21.7 16.9-27.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 220 81.2 75.7-85.6 50 18.8 14.4-24.3
2500+ grams 494 410 83.2 79.4-86.4 84 16.8 13.6-20.6

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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