2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-TIMING

Did you get prenatal care as early in your pregnancy as you wanted?1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 771 77 9.4 7.2-12.1 694 90.6 87.9-92.8
Age
< 25 years 154 17 11.3 6.5-18.8 137 88.7 81.2-93.5
25-34 years 452 50 9.3 6.7-12.9 402 90.7 87.1-93.3
35+ years 165 *** *** *** 155 92.8 85.9-96.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 397 47 10.8 7.6-15.0 350 89.2 85.0-92.4
Non-Hispanic Black 149 11 4.8 2.4- 9.3 138 95.2 90.7-97.6
Non-Hispanic Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 155 *** *** *** 146 92.7 85.5-96.5
Education
< High School 91 *** *** *** 81 87.7 76.7-93.9
High School 163 13 6.7 3.4-12.8 150 93.3 87.2-96.6
> High School 517 54 9.8 7.2-13.2 463 90.2 86.8-92.8
Marital Status
Married 470 41 8.2 5.8-11.6 429 91.8 88.4-94.2
Other 301 36 11.2 7.6-16.2 265 88.8 83.8-92.4
Medicaid recipient
No 403 40 8.8 6.1-12.5 363 91.2 87.5-93.9
Yes 368 37 10.1 6.9-14.5 331 89.9 85.5-93.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 272 30 11.4 8.0-16.0 242 88.6 84.0-92.0
2500+ grams 499 47 9.2 6.9-12.2 452 90.8 87.8-93.1

1Asked only of mothers who received 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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