NC PRAMS 2001: (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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2001 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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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	1534	173	14.4	12.3-16.9	1361	85.6	83.1-87.7
Age
< 20 years	216	40	23.5	16.8-31.8	176	76.5	68.2-83.2
20-24 years	405	47	14.8	10.9-19.9	358	85.2	80.1-89.1
25-34 years	743	75	12.7	9.9-16.0	668	87.3	84.0-90.1
35+ years	170	11	9.3	4.9-16.8	159	90.7	83.2-95.1
Race
White	1058	105	12.6	10.3-15.3	953	87.4	84.7-89.7
Black	420	56	18.0	13.3-23.9	364	82.0	76.1-86.7
Other	56	12	27.5	15.0-45.0	44	72.5	55.0-85.0
Hispanic origin
Yes	165	25	16.8	10.8-25.1	140	83.2	74.9-89.2
No	1367	148	14.1	11.9-16.7	1219	85.9	83.3-88.1
Education
< High School	331	46	17.6	12.8-23.7	285	82.4	76.3-87.2
High School	474	61	16.7	12.7-21.6	413	83.3	78.4-87.3
> High School	725	65	11.4	8.8-14.6	660	88.6	85.4-91.2
Marital Status
Married	989	99	13.1	10.7-15.9	890	86.9	84.1-89.3
Other	545	74	17.1	13.1-21.9	471	82.9	78.1-86.9
Income
15,999 or less	457	61	16.3	12.2-21.5	396	83.7	78.5-87.8
16,000-24,999	166	23	19.3	12.7-28.1	143	80.7	71.9-87.3
25,000-39,999	233	22	13.9	9.1-20.8	211	86.1	79.2-90.9
40,000 or more	528	42	9.7	7.0-13.2	486	90.3	86.8-93.0
WIC recipient
No	793	69	11.5	9.0-14.6	724	88.5	85.4-91.0
Yes	733	101	17.2	13.9-21.2	632	82.8	78.8-86.1
Medicaid recipient
No	778	71	11.2	8.8-14.2	707	88.8	85.8-91.2
Yes	756	102	17.9	14.5-21.9	654	82.1	78.1-85.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	227	10	4.5	2.5- 7.8	217	95.5	92.2-97.5
1500 - 2499 grams	479	41	9.2	6.8-12.1	438	90.8	87.9-93.2
2500+ grams	828	122	14.9	12.6-17.5	706	85.1	82.5-87.4

#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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