2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRECONCEPTION CARE

In the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you have any health care visits with a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker, including a dental or mental health worker?1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 775 288 37.0 33.0-41.3 487 63.0 58.7-67.0
Age
< 25 years 154 89 59.0 49.0-68.2 65 41.0 31.8-51.0
25-34 years 458 165 34.3 29.3-39.7 293 65.7 60.3-70.7
35+ years 163 34 18.6 13.0-25.9 129 81.4 74.1-87.0
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 400 87 24.2 19.4-29.8 313 75.8 70.2-80.6
Non-Hispanic Black 152 74 46.4 36.9-56.2 78 53.6 43.8-63.1
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 152 101 67.5 57.8-76.0 51 32.5 24.0-42.2
Education
< High School 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 161 95 53.6 43.8-63.3 66 46.4 36.7-56.2
> High School 522 128 25.6 21.4-30.3 394 74.4 69.7-78.6
Marital Status
Married 471 116 24.8 20.5-29.7 355 75.2 70.3-79.5
Other 304 172 55.7 48.6-62.6 132 44.3 37.4-51.4
Medicaid recipient
No 404 84 21.2 16.9-26.2 320 78.8 73.8-83.1
Yes 371 204 54.9 48.4-61.2 167 45.1 38.8-51.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 273 109 42.9 36.8-49.2 164 57.1 50.8-63.2
2500+ grams 502 179 36.5 32.1-41.1 323 63.5 58.9-67.9

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%.

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