NC PRAMS 2002: (After your baby was born, was he or she put in an intensive care unit?)

2002 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

MORBIDITY-INFANT

After your baby was born, was he or she put in an intensive care unit?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1537	1094	89.3	87.6-90.8	443	10.7	9.2-12.4
Age
< 20 years	197	139	88.9	83.3-92.8	58	11.1	7.2-16.7
20-24 years	404	288	87.1	83.0-90.3	116	12.9	9.7-17.0
25-34 years	750	535	90.0	87.6-92.0	215	10.0	8.0-12.4
35+ years	186	132	91.6	86.9-94.8	54	8.4	5.2-13.1
Race
White	1054	781	90.2	88.2-91.9	273	9.8	8.1-11.8
Black	408	256	86.1	82.0-89.3	152	13.9	10.7-18.0
Other	75	57	90.8	81.2-95.7	18	9.2	4.3-18.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	162	114	86.1	79.1-91.0	48	13.9	9.0-20.9
No	1375	980	89.7	87.9-91.2	395	10.3	8.8-12.1
Education
< High School	346	247	87.7	83.4-90.9	99	12.3	9.1-16.6
High School	440	297	87.4	83.6-90.3	143	12.6	9.7-16.4
> High School	748	548	91.4	89.2-93.2	200	8.6	6.8-10.8
Marital Status
Married	974	731	91.0	89.0-92.6	243	9.0	7.4-11.0
Other	563	363	85.9	82.4-88.7	200	14.1	11.3-17.6
Income
15,999 or less	459	304	85.7	81.7-88.9	155	14.3	11.1-18.3
16,000-24,999	172	116	89.4	83.8-93.2	56	10.6	6.8-16.2
25,000-39,999	207	155	91.7	87.1-94.8	52	8.3	5.2-12.9
40,000 or more	545	408	91.5	88.8-93.5	137	8.5	6.5-11.2
WIC recipient
No	833	603	90.0	87.7-91.9	230	10.0	8.1-12.3
Yes	691	481	88.3	85.5-90.6	210	11.7	9.4-14.5
Medicaid recipient
No	751	563	91.4	89.2-93.2	188	8.6	6.8-10.8
Yes	786	531	87.0	84.2-89.3	255	13.0	10.7-15.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	689	302	43.5	39.9-47.2	387	56.5	52.8-60.1
2500+ grams	848	792	93.3	91.4-94.8	56	6.7	5.2- 8.6

#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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