2007 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

Preconception Health Indicators Women 18-44

Percentage of women having a live birth who were not trying to get pregnant at the time of conception and neither they nor their husbands or partners were doing anything to keep from getting pregnant?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	No			Yes
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	570	319	56.6	51.2-61.8	251	43.4	38.2-48.8
Age
18-19 years	78	51	84.7	72.7-92.0	27	15.3	8.0-27.3
20-24 years	195	106	56.0	47.2-64.5	89	44.0	35.5-52.8
25-34 years	250	140	50.3	42.1-58.4	110	49.7	41.6-57.9
35-44 years	47	22	46.9	29.9-64.6	25	53.1	35.4-70.1
Race
White	329	186	54.5	47.7-61.2	143	45.5	38.8-52.3
Black	228	127	61.0	52.0-69.3	101	39.0	30.7-48.0
Other	13	6	45.6	19.3-74.6	7	54.4	25.4-80.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	56	28	49.4	34.0-64.9	28	50.6	35.1-66.0
No	513	291	57.8	52.1-63.2	222	42.2	36.8-47.9
Education
< High School	127	80	64.6	53.2-74.5	47	35.4	25.5-46.8
High School	196	113	62.1	52.9-70.5	83	37.9	29.5-47.1
> High School	246	126	47.5	39.6-55.6	120	52.5	44.4-60.4
Marital Status
Married	219	113	47.2	39.1-55.5	106	52.8	44.5-60.9
Other	351	206	61.8	54.9-68.2	145	38.2	31.8-45.1
Income
14,999 or less	235	144	65.6	57.3-73.0	91	34.4	27.0-42.7
15,000-24,999	121	68	54.4	42.7-65.6	53	45.6	34.4-57.3
25,000-49,999	106	51	45.8	33.7-58.4	55	54.2	41.6-66.3
50,000 or more	71	33	41.6	28.5-56.1	38	58.4	43.9-71.5
WIC recipient
No	229	121	50.1	41.8-58.4	108	49.9	41.6-58.2
Yes	334	195	61.5	54.5-68.0	139	38.5	32.0-45.5
Medicaid recipient
No	135	66	45.7	35.5-56.4	69	54.3	43.6-64.5
Yes	435	253	59.8	53.7-65.7	182	40.2	34.3-46.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	291	165	56.5	50.9-62.0	126	43.5	38.0-49.1
2500+ grams	279	154	56.6	50.7-62.3	125	43.4	37.7-49.3

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