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 A DENTAL OR OTHER HEALTH CARE WORKER TALK WITH YOU ABOUT HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR TEETH AND GUMS?1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 775 395 48.3 44.0-52.5 380 51.7 47.5-56.0
Age
< 25 years 155 88 55.3 45.3-64.8 67 44.7 35.2-54.7
25-34 years 456 228 46.2 40.8-51.7 228 53.8 48.3-59.2
35+ years 164 79 46.6 37.9-55.5 85 53.4 44.5-62.1
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 395 188 45.0 39.2-50.9 207 55.0 49.1-60.8
Non-Hispanic Black 149 69 43.6 34.2-53.4 80 56.4 46.6-65.8
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 159 100 63.4 54.0-71.8 59 36.6 28.2-46.0
Education
< High School 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 162 97 57.7 47.7-67.0 65 42.3 33.0-52.3
> High School 517 244 44.2 39.2-49.3 273 55.8 50.7-60.8
Marital Status
Married 474 212 42.5 37.3-47.8 262 57.5 52.2-62.7
Other 301 183 57.3 50.1-64.2 118 42.7 35.8-49.9
Medicaid recipient
No 407 181 45.0 39.5-50.7 226 55.0 49.3-60.5
Yes 368 214 52.0 45.5-58.4 154 48.0 41.6-54.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 271 149 53.8 47.5-60.0 122 46.2 40.0-52.5
2500+ grams 504 246 47.8 43.2-52.4 258 52.2 47.6-56.8

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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