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2001 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

PRENATAL CARE-BARRIERS

Did any of these things keep you from getting prenatal care as early as you wanted? THE DOCTOR OR MY HEALTH PLAN WOULD NOT START CARE EARLIER

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	318	289	91.2	86.2-94.5	29	8.8	5.5-13.8
Age
< 20 years	62	59	93.4	77.7-98.3	3	6.6	1.7-22.3
20-24 years	107	100	93.5	84.4-97.4	7	6.5	2.6-15.6
25-34 years	123	106	88.1	79.0-93.6	17	11.9	6.4-21.0
35+ years	26	24	89.6	56.6-98.3	2	10.4	1.7-43.4
Race
White	202	176	87.6	80.7-92.3	26	12.4	7.7-19.3
Black	109	106	98.3	90.5-99.7	3	1.7	0.3- 9.5
Other	7	7	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Hispanic origin
Yes	48	44	95.9	80.7-99.2	4	4.1	0.8-19.3
No	269	244	90.0	84.3-93.9	25	10.0	6.1-15.7
Education
< High School	92	87	92.9	80.9-97.6	5	7.1	2.4-19.1
High School	109	104	95.5	87.6-98.4	5	4.5	1.6-12.4
> High School	116	97	84.7	74.2-91.4	19	15.3	8.6-25.8
Marital Status
Married	161	139	89.1	82.1-93.6	22	10.9	6.4-17.9
Other	157	150	93.8	85.0-97.6	7	6.2	2.4-15.0
Income
15,999 or less	138	132	93.9	85.2-97.7	6	6.1	2.3-14.8
16,000-24,999	39	37	96.3	79.4-99.4	2	3.7	0.6-20.6
25,000-39,999	47	42	89.6	73.5-96.4	5	10.4	3.6-26.5
40,000 or more	61	49	83.8	68.8-92.4	12	16.2	7.6-31.2
WIC recipient
No	125	107	86.8	77.0-92.8	18	13.2	7.2-23.0
Yes	189	178	93.5	87.2-96.8	11	6.5	3.2-12.8
Medicaid recipient
No	113	94	83.8	73.4-90.7	19	16.2	9.3-26.6
Yes	205	195	95.2	89.3-97.9	10	4.8	2.1-10.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	76	70	92.3	84.8-96.3	6	7.7	3.7-15.2
1500 - 2499 grams	86	78	92.7	86.2-96.2	8	7.3	3.8-13.8
2500+ grams	156	141	91.0	85.6-94.6	15	9.0	5.4-14.4

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