2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS

Mother's Body Mass Index (BMI) who have greater than 26.0 (Overweight or Obese) Before Pregnancy1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 757 385 49.5 45.2-53.9 372 50.5 46.1-54.8
Age
< 25 years 149 75 46.1 36.4-56.2 74 53.9 43.8-63.6
25-34 years 448 223 49.4 43.8-54.9 225 50.6 45.1-56.2
35+ years 160 87 54.3 45.3-63.1 73 45.7 36.9-54.7
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 393 228 55.8 49.8-61.7 165 44.2 38.3-50.2
Non-Hispanic Black 149 56 37.0 28.0-47.0 93 63.0 53.0-72.0
Non-Hispanic Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 145 69 51.6 41.8-61.4 76 48.4 38.6-58.2
Education
< High School 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 155 77 46.7 36.9-56.7 78 53.3 43.3-63.1
> High School 515 271 52.9 47.7-58.0 244 47.1 42.0-52.3
Marital Status
Married 463 244 51.4 46.0-56.8 219 48.6 43.2-54.0
Other 294 141 46.6 39.5-53.9 153 53.4 46.1-60.5
Medicaid recipient
No 396 225 54.6 48.8-60.3 171 45.4 39.7-51.2
Yes 361 160 43.8 37.4-50.4 201 56.2 49.6-62.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 271 134 46.9 40.7-53.1 137 53.1 46.9-59.3
2500+ grams 486 251 49.8 45.1-54.5 235 50.2 45.5-54.9

1Body mass index is computed as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared:(kg/ m2). BMI is an intermediate variable used in defining overweight and obesity. Underweight=BMI less than 19.8, Recommended Range=BMI 19.8 to 26.0, Overweight=BMI 26.0 to 29.0 and Obese= BMI greater than 29.0
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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