2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY

Did the baby born just before your new one weigh 5 pounds, 8 ounces (2.5 kilos) or less at birth?1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 439 353 83.7 79.2-87.4 86 16.3 12.6-20.8
Age
< 25 years 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 274 217 83.4 77.7-87.9 57 16.6 12.1-22.3
35+ years 117 99 85.5 76.6-91.4 18 14.5 8.6-23.4
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 210 181 90.1 84.4-93.9 29 9.9 6.1-15.6
Non-Hispanic Black 89 70 82.6 70.8-90.3 19 17.4 9.7-29.2
Non-Hispanic Other 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 274 237 90.5 86.1-93.6 37 9.5 6.4-13.9
Marital Status
Married 270 226 86.0 80.6-90.1 44 14.0 9.9-19.4
Other 169 127 80.0 71.7-86.4 42 20.0 13.6-28.3
Medicaid recipient
No 212 180 87.7 81.8-91.8 32 12.3 8.2-18.2
Yes 227 173 79.9 72.8-85.5 54 20.1 14.5-27.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 138 97 70.0 61.6-77.2 41 30.0 22.8-38.4
2500+ grams 301 256 84.9 80.0-88.8 45 15.1 11.2-20.0

1Asked only of mothers who reported that they had a prior live birth.
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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