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? REGULAR CHECKUP AT MY OB/GYN'S OFFICE1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 500 195 40.8 35.7-46.2 305 59.2 53.8-64.3
Age
< 25 years 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 301 104 35.8 29.6-42.6 197 64.2 57.4-70.4
35+ years 131 52 41.6 32.2-51.6 79 58.4 48.4-67.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 316 114 37.7 31.5-44.4 202 62.3 55.6-68.5
Non-Hispanic Black 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 397 131 33.5 28.2-39.2 266 66.5 60.8-71.8
Marital Status
Married 361 125 36.9 31.2-43.0 236 63.1 57.0-68.8
Other 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Medicaid recipient
No 328 109 33.7 28.0-40.0 219 66.3 60.0-72.0
Yes 172 86 54.6 45.1-63.8 86 45.4 36.2-54.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 169 59 33.4 26.5-41.1 110 66.6 58.9-73.5
2500+ grams 331 136 41.5 36.0-47.2 195 58.5 52.8-64.0

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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