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2000 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-CONTENT

During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse or other health care worker talk with you about any of the things listed below? BREASTFEEDING YOUR BABY

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1770	252	12.8	10.9-14.9	1518	87.2	85.1-89.1
Age
< 20 years	222	15	5.6	2.7-11.2	207	94.4	88.8-97.3
20-24 years	475	46	9.5	6.5-13.7	429	90.5	86.3-93.5
25-34 years	868	157	16.0	13.1-19.4	711	84.0	80.6-86.9
35+ years	205	34	14.7	9.5-22.0	171	85.3	78.0-90.5
Race
White	1189	198	14.4	12.1-17.1	991	85.6	82.9-87.9
Black	523	48	7.4	4.7-11.4	475	92.6	88.6-95.3
Other	58	6	14.9	5.9-32.5	52	85.1	67.5-94.1
Hispanic origin
Yes	133	31	16.1	9.9-25.0	102	83.9	75.0-90.1
No	1636	221	12.4	10.5-14.7	1415	87.6	85.3-89.5
Education
< High School	371	41	9.4	6.2-14.2	330	90.6	85.8-93.8
High School	581	75	10.0	7.2-13.7	506	90.0	86.3-92.8
> High School	816	136	16.4	13.4-19.9	680	83.6	80.1-86.6
Marital Status
Married	1140	196	15.8	13.3-18.7	944	84.2	81.3-86.7
Other	630	56	6.7	4.5- 9.9	574	93.3	90.1-95.5
Income
15,999 or less	511	52	8.3	5.6-12.1	459	91.7	87.9-94.4
16,000-24,999	236	28	12.3	7.8-19.0	208	87.7	81.0-92.2
25,000-39,999	260	45	16.4	11.4-23.1	215	83.6	76.9-88.6
40,000 or more	607	108	16.3	12.9-20.4	499	83.7	79.6-87.1
WIC recipient
No	946	183	17.9	14.9-21.3	763	82.1	78.7-85.1
Yes	818	69	7.3	5.3-10.0	749	92.7	90.0-94.7
Medicaid recipient
No	872	162	16.8	13.8-20.1	710	83.2	79.9-86.2
Yes	898	90	8.7	6.5-11.5	808	91.3	88.5-93.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	343	64	18.7	15.2-22.7	279	81.3	77.3-84.8
1500 - 2499 grams	557	75	13.2	10.7-16.1	482	86.8	83.9-89.3
2500+ grams	870	113	12.6	10.6-15.0	757	87.4	85.0-89.4

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