NC PRAMS 2009~` : (At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you do any of the following things? I HAD MY TEETH CLEANED BY A DENTIST OR DENTAL HYGENIST)

2009 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

Preconception Health Indicators Women 18-44

At any time during the 12 months before you got pregnant with your new baby, did you do any of the following things? I HAD MY TEETH CLEANED BY A DENTIST OR DENTAL HYGENIST

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1123	555	49.0	45.6-52.4	568	51.0	47.6-54.4
Age
18-19 years	86	57	60.1	47.0-71.8	29	39.9	28.2-53.0
20-24 years	268	169	63.2	56.2-69.7	99	36.8	30.3-43.8
25-34 years	593	276	45.5	41.0-50.2	317	54.5	49.8-59.0
35-44 years	176	53	29.3	22.1-37.8	123	70.7	62.2-77.9
Race
White	821	394	49.9	46.0-53.8	427	50.1	46.2-54.0
Black	251	139	47.6	40.0-55.4	112	52.4	44.6-60.0
Other	51	22	40.7	26.1-57.1	29	59.3	42.9-73.9
Hispanic origin
Yes	141	108	76.6	67.9-83.5	33	23.4	16.5-32.1
No	982	447	44.1	40.5-47.7	535	55.9	52.3-59.5
Education
< High School	168	131	76.8	68.1-83.7	37	23.2	16.3-31.9
High School	317	204	61.5	55.0-67.6	113	38.5	32.4-45.0
> High School	634	219	32.5	28.6-36.8	415	67.5	63.2-71.4
Marital Status
Married	708	281	40.8	36.8-45.0	427	59.2	55.0-63.2
Other	415	274	61.1	55.2-66.6	141	38.9	33.4-44.8
Income
14,999 or less	317	217	66.0	59.5-72.0	100	34.0	28.0-40.5
15,000-24,999	150	101	64.1	54.8-72.5	49	35.9	27.5-45.2
25,000-49,999	228	120	51.9	44.4-59.4	108	48.1	40.6-55.6
50,000 or more	373	88	22.4	18.0-27.5	285	77.6	72.5-82.0
WIC recipient
No	610	218	34.9	30.7-39.3	392	65.1	60.7-69.3
Yes	511	336	63.7	58.5-68.5	175	36.3	31.5-41.5
Medicaid recipient
No	569	176	30.4	26.3-34.9	393	69.6	65.1-73.7
Yes	554	379	65.7	60.8-70.3	175	34.3	29.7-39.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	382	218	59.6	54.6-64.3	164	40.4	35.7-45.4
2500+ grams	741	337	48.1	44.4-51.8	404	51.9	48.2-55.6

~Low participation was a substantial problem for NC PRAMS in 2009. The overall weighted response rate was 63%.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
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.

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