2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-BARRIERS

Problem getting prenatal care: THE DOCTOR OR MY HEALTH PLAN WOULD NOT START CARE AS EARLY AS I WANTED1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 169 136 81.5 73.6-87.4 33 18.5 12.6-26.4
Age
< 25 years 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 105 83 80.5 69.7-88.0 22 19.5 12.0-30.3
35+ years 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 100 80 83.7 73.8-90.3 20 16.3 9.7-26.2
Non-Hispanic Black 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 116 91 80.3 70.5-87.5 25 19.7 12.5-29.5
Marital Status
Married 101 81 83.2 73.6-89.8 20 16.8 10.2-26.4
Other 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Medicaid recipient
No 99 76 79.3 68.7-86.9 23 20.7 13.1-31.3
Yes 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 61 51 87.2 77.0-93.2 *** *** ***
2500+ grams 108 85 80.9 72.3-87.3 23 19.1 12.7-27.7

1Asked only of women who reported that they didn't receive prenatal care as early as they wanted or didn't go for prenatal care.
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%.

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