NC PRAMS 2002: (Was your baby seen by a doctor, nurse, or other health care provider in the first week after he or she left the hospital?)

2002 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	1461	139	11.1	9.2-13.2	1322	88.9	86.8-90.8
Age
< 20 years	187	28	18.5	12.2-27.0	159	81.5	73.0-87.8
20-24 years	383	48	14.5	10.7-19.5	335	85.5	80.5-89.3
25-34 years	704	50	8.0	5.9-10.7	654	92.0	89.3-94.1
35+ years	187	13	8.9	5.0-15.4	174	91.1	84.6-95.0
Race
White	1012	100	12.0	9.8-14.7	912	88.0	85.3-90.2
Black	377	35	8.8	5.6-13.4	342	91.2	86.6-94.4
Other	72	4	6.8	2.3-18.6	68	93.2	81.4-97.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	151	18	12.2	7.2-20.1	133	87.8	79.9-92.8
No	1310	121	10.9	9.0-13.2	1189	89.1	86.8-91.0
Education
< High School	326	39	13.7	9.7-19.0	287	86.3	81.0-90.3
High School	411	39	10.9	7.6-15.4	372	89.1	84.6-92.4
> High School	721	59	9.7	7.4-12.6	662	90.3	87.4-92.6
Marital Status
Married	940	76	10.0	7.9-12.5	864	90.0	87.5-92.1
Other	521	63	13.4	10.0-17.7	458	86.6	82.3-90.0
Income
15,999 or less	432	59	14.8	11.0-19.6	373	85.2	80.4-89.0
16,000-24,999	159	16	9.9	5.5-17.2	143	90.1	82.8-94.5
25,000-39,999	200	21	14.4	9.3-21.7	179	85.6	78.3-90.7
40,000 or more	531	32	7.8	5.5-11.0	499	92.2	89.0-94.5
WIC recipient
No	791	55	8.1	6.0-10.7	736	91.9	89.3-94.0
Yes	656	84	15.1	12.0-18.9	572	84.9	81.1-88.0
Medicaid recipient
No	732	43	7.2	5.2- 9.8	689	92.8	90.2-94.8
Yes	729	96	15.5	12.4-19.2	633	84.5	80.8-87.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	626	44	7.3	5.5- 9.6	582	92.7	90.4-94.5
2500+ grams	835	95	11.4	9.4-13.7	740	88.6	86.3-90.6

#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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