2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-CONTENT

During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse or other health care worker ask you about? IF I KNEW HOW MUCH WEIGHT I SHOULD GAIN DURING MY PREGNANCY1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 765 366 47.2 42.9-51.5 399 52.8 48.5-57.1
Age
< 25 years 152 75 49.4 39.6-59.3 77 50.6 40.7-60.4
25-34 years 448 215 47.8 42.3-53.4 233 52.2 46.6-57.7
35+ years 165 76 42.6 34.2-51.4 89 57.4 48.6-65.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 395 173 41.9 36.3-47.8 222 58.1 52.2-63.7
Non-Hispanic Black 146 58 42.2 32.7-52.4 88 57.8 47.6-67.3
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 154 102 67.7 58.1-76.1 52 32.3 23.9-41.9
Education
< High School 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 160 92 57.2 47.2-66.6 68 42.8 33.4-52.8
> High School 514 224 43.3 38.3-48.4 290 56.7 51.6-61.7
Marital Status
Married 473 212 44.9 39.7-50.2 261 55.1 49.8-60.3
Other 292 154 51.0 43.8-58.2 138 49.0 41.8-56.2
Medicaid recipient
No 406 179 43.9 38.3-49.5 227 56.1 50.5-61.7
Yes 359 187 51.2 44.6-57.7 172 48.8 42.3-55.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 124 45.2 39.1-51.5 146 54.8 48.5-60.9
2500+ grams 495 242 47.4 42.8-52.1 253 52.6 47.9-57.2

1Asked only of mothers who received prenatal care.
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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