2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRECONCEPTION CARE

What type of health care visit did you have in the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby? VISIT TO HAVE MY TEETH CLEANED BY A DENTIST OR DENTAL HYGIENIST1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 503 185 34.6 29.8-39.8 318 65.4 60.2-70.2
Age
< 25 years 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 302 104 32.2 26.2-38.8 198 67.8 61.2-73.8
35+ years 132 43 30.4 22.2-40.1 89 69.6 59.9-77.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 318 101 30.7 24.9-37.2 217 69.3 62.8-75.1
Non-Hispanic Black 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 400 129 29.6 24.6-35.2 271 70.4 64.8-75.4
Marital Status
Married 365 113 28.8 23.6-34.6 252 71.2 65.4-76.4
Other 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Medicaid recipient
No 330 88 24.7 19.7-30.4 242 75.3 69.6-80.3
Yes 173 97 53.8 44.4-63.0 76 46.2 37.0-55.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 170 79 47.0 39.2-54.9 91 53.0 45.1-60.8
2500+ grams 333 106 33.5 28.3-39.2 227 66.5 60.8-71.7

1Asked of mothers who reported a health care visit before pregnancy.
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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