2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

MENTAL HEALTH

Mothers who responded that they ALWAYS or OFTEN felt down, depressed, or hopeless OR had little interest or pleasure in doing things since their new baby was born.1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 YES NO
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 775 96 11.3 8.9-14.4 679 88.7 85.6-91.1
Age
< 25 years 152 22 12.6 7.5-20.5 130 87.4 79.5-92.5
25-34 years 458 56 11.0 7.9-15.1 402 89.0 84.9-92.1
35+ years 165 18 11.0 6.8-17.3 147 89.0 82.7-93.2
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 401 50 10.0 7.0-14.1 351 90.0 85.9-93.0
Non-Hispanic Black 144 19 13.7 8.0-22.5 125 86.3 77.5-92.0
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 158 12 7.4 3.9-13.6 146 92.6 86.4-96.1
Education
< High School 95 11 13.4 6.6-25.2 84 86.6 74.8-93.4
High School 160 23 9.6 5.4-16.5 137 90.4 83.5-94.6
> High School 520 62 11.5 8.6-15.3 458 88.5 84.7-91.4
Marital Status
Married 477 50 9.1 6.5-12.6 427 90.9 87.4-93.5
Other 298 46 14.8 10.3-20.7 252 85.2 79.3-89.7
Medicaid recipient
No 410 44 9.8 6.9-13.7 366 90.2 86.3-93.1
Yes 365 52 13.1 9.3-18.1 313 86.9 81.9-90.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 44 16.2 12.1-21.4 226 83.8 78.6-87.9
2500+ grams 505 52 10.9 8.3-14.2 453 89.1 85.8-91.7

1Combination of questions 69 and 70.
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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