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? TELL ME TO TAKE A VITAMIN WITH FOLIC ACID1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 672 273 42.5 38.0-47.0 399 57.5 53.0-62.0
Age
< 25 years 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 394 157 42.0 36.3-47.9 237 58.0 52.1-63.7
35+ years 149 63 41.3 32.5-50.6 86 58.7 49.4-67.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 365 175 50.5 44.4-56.5 190 49.5 43.5-55.6
Non-Hispanic Black 121 43 35.0 25.6-45.8 78 65.0 54.2-74.4
Non-Hispanic Other 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 120 32 28.5 19.5-39.7 88 71.5 60.3-80.5
Education
< High School 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 475 203 44.5 39.3-49.8 272 55.5 50.2-60.7
Marital Status
Married 440 185 44.2 38.8-49.8 255 55.8 50.2-61.2
Other 232 88 39.3 31.8-47.4 144 60.7 52.6-68.2
Medicaid recipient
No 371 164 46.2 40.4-52.2 207 53.8 47.8-59.6
Yes 301 109 37.7 31.1-44.9 192 62.3 55.1-68.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 229 86 37.6 31.2-44.4 143 62.4 55.6-68.8
2500+ grams 443 187 42.9 38.1-47.8 256 57.1 52.2-61.9

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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