2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

POSTPARTUM MOM CARE

Since your new baby was born, have you had a postpartum checkup for yourself?1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 769 102 11.4 9.0-14.2 667 88.6 85.8-91.0
Age
< 25 years 151 22 10.6 6.1-17.9 129 89.4 82.1-93.9
25-34 years 453 61 12.0 8.9-16.0 392 88.0 84.0-91.1
35+ years 165 19 9.9 6.0-15.8 146 90.1 84.2-94.0
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 399 35 8.0 5.3-11.9 364 92.0 88.1-94.7
Non-Hispanic Black 144 21 11.1 6.3-18.6 123 88.9 81.4-93.7
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 156 40 26.1 18.7-35.1 116 73.9 64.9-81.3
Education
< High School 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 159 33 15.9 10.4-23.3 126 84.1 76.7-89.6
> High School 517 41 7.5 5.2-10.7 476 92.5 89.3-94.8
Marital Status
Married 473 38 8.0 5.6-11.4 435 92.0 88.6-94.4
Other 296 64 16.7 12.2-22.3 232 83.3 77.7-87.8
Medicaid recipient
No 409 43 9.4 6.7-13.0 366 90.6 87.0-93.3
Yes 360 59 13.7 9.9-18.6 301 86.3 81.4-90.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 268 44 17.5 13.1-22.9 224 82.5 77.1-86.9
2500+ grams 501 58 10.8 8.3-14.0 443 89.2 86.0-91.7

1Asked of all mothers.
Please visit PRAMS–Annual Questionnaires for the new Phase 8 postpartum checkup 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%.

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