2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

POSTPARTUM MOM CARE

During your postpartum checkup, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker do any of the following things? TALK TO ME ABOUT HEALTHY EATING, EXERCISE, AND LOSING WEIGHT GAINED DURING PREGNANCY1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 673 313 48.5 43.9-53.0 360 51.5 47.0-56.1
Age
< 25 years 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 396 183 47.8 41.9-53.7 213 52.2 46.3-58.1
35+ years 148 76 54.0 44.6-63.1 72 46.0 36.9-55.4
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 364 192 53.4 47.2-59.4 172 46.6 40.6-52.8
Non-Hispanic Black 124 44 39.1 29.3-49.9 80 60.9 50.1-70.7
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 476 235 50.9 45.6-56.2 241 49.1 43.8-54.4
Marital Status
Married 439 224 52.4 46.8-57.9 215 47.6 42.1-53.2
Other 234 89 41.6 33.9-49.6 145 58.4 50.4-66.1
Medicaid recipient
No 369 196 55.6 49.7-61.5 173 44.4 38.5-50.3
Yes 304 117 39.7 33.0-46.8 187 60.3 53.2-67.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 228 92 37.4 31.1-44.1 136 62.6 55.9-68.9
2500+ grams 445 221 49.4 44.5-54.3 224 50.6 45.7-55.5

1Asked only of mothers who reported having a postpartum checkup for herself
Please visit PRAMS–Annual Questionnaires for the new Phase 8 postpartum checkup questions.
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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