2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

MENTAL HEALTH

Since your new baby was born how often have you felt down, depressed or hopeless?1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
Always or Often Sometimes Rarely Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 772 55 6.6 4.7- 9.1 166 19.7 16.6-23.3 246 35.3 31.3-39.5 305 38.4 34.3-42.6
Age
< 25 years 151 17 9.7 5.3-17.3 33 21.1 14.0-30.4 39 31.2 22.6-41.3 62 38.0 29.0-47.9
25-34 years 458 29 5.8 3.6- 9.1 97 18.1 14.3-22.7 158 38.0 32.8-43.5 174 38.1 32.9-43.6
35+ years 163 *** *** *** 36 23.7 17.0-32.1 49 30.7 23.1-39.6 69 39.9 31.5-48.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 400 39 8.8 5.9-12.8 100 21.0 16.7-25.9 146 40.6 34.9-46.5 115 29.7 24.6-35.3
Non-Hispanic Black 144 *** *** *** 29 20.1 13.3-29.1 41 29.3 21.2-39.1 68 47.0 37.2-57.0
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 156 *** *** *** 20 14.1 8.1-23.2 34 22.4 15.4-31.3 99 62.1 52.3-71.0
Education
< High School 93 *** *** *** 15 15.8 8.2-28.4 15 16.7 9.2-28.3 *** *** ***
High School 160 13 5.4 2.4-11.6 29 18.0 11.6-26.9 38 29.9 21.6-39.9 80 46.7 37.1-56.4
> High School 519 37 6.8 4.6-10.0 122 21.0 17.2-25.4 193 40.3 35.4-45.4 167 31.9 27.4-36.8
Marital Status
Married 476 27 5.1 3.2- 8.1 100 18.8 15.1-23.3 173 40.2 35.1-45.6 176 35.8 30.9-41.0
Other 296 28 8.9 5.5-14.0 66 21.2 15.9-27.6 73 27.5 21.5-34.3 129 42.5 35.6-49.7
Medicaid recipient
No 409 23 5.7 3.5- 9.2 90 20.6 16.5-25.5 147 37.8 32.4-43.4 149 35.9 30.7-41.5
Yes 363 32 7.6 4.8-11.8 76 18.7 14.1-24.4 99 32.4 26.6-38.9 156 41.3 35.0-47.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 269 26 9.1 6.2-13.3 71 26.5 21.3-32.4 67 24.3 19.3-30.0 105 40.1 34.1-46.5
2500+ grams 503 29 6.4 4.4- 9.2 95 19.1 15.7-23.0 179 36.3 32.0-40.9 200 38.2 33.8-42.8

1Asked of all mothers.
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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