NC PRAMS 2000: (Was your baby seen by a doctor, nurse, or other health care provider in the first week after he or she left the hospital?)

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2000 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

WELL BABY CARE VISITS

Was your baby seen by a doctor, nurse, or other health care provider in the first week after he or she left the hospital?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1674	225	19.3	16.9-22.0	1449	80.7	78.0-83.1
Age
< 20 years	208	38	23.1	16.3-31.6	170	76.9	68.4-83.7
20-24 years	440	68	20.7	16.1-26.2	372	79.3	73.8-83.9
25-34 years	828	95	17.3	14.1-20.9	733	82.7	79.1-85.9
35+ years	198	24	20.8	14.1-29.6	174	79.2	70.4-85.9
Race
White	1144	158	19.4	16.7-22.5	986	80.6	77.5-83.3
Black	479	61	19.5	14.8-25.3	418	80.5	74.7-85.2
Other	51	6	15.9	6.4-34.3	45	84.1	65.7-93.6
Hispanic origin
Yes	134	20	19.8	12.7-29.6	114	80.2	70.4-87.3
No	1539	204	19.2	16.7-21.9	1335	80.8	78.1-83.3
Education
< High School	362	69	25.0	19.6-31.4	293	75.0	68.6-80.4
High School	545	77	21.0	16.8-26.0	468	79.0	74.0-83.2
> High School	766	79	15.1	12.1-18.7	687	84.9	81.3-87.9
Marital Status
Married	1092	132	17.7	14.9-20.8	960	82.3	79.2-85.1
Other	582	93	22.7	18.3-27.7	489	77.3	72.3-81.7
Income
15,999 or less	490	74	22.0	17.4-27.4	416	78.0	72.6-82.6
16,000-24,999	227	31	17.8	12.1-25.4	196	82.2	74.6-87.9
25,000-39,999	244	40	23.1	16.9-30.8	204	76.9	69.2-83.1
40,000 or more	571	56	15.2	11.8-19.4	515	84.8	80.6-88.2
WIC recipient
No	907	98	16.4	13.5-19.9	809	83.6	80.1-86.5
Yes	761	126	22.5	18.8-26.6	635	77.5	73.4-81.2
Medicaid recipient
No	834	95	17.2	14.1-20.8	739	82.8	79.2-85.9
Yes	840	130	21.5	17.9-25.5	710	78.5	74.5-82.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	252	7	2.8	1.4- 5.5	245	97.2	94.5-98.6
1500 - 2499 grams	552	46	8.9	6.8-11.6	506	91.1	88.4-93.2
2500+ grams	870	172	20.2	17.7-23.1	698	79.8	76.9-82.3

#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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