2002 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 to you about any of the things listed below? THE BACTERIA GROUP B STREP (OR BETA STREP) THAT MOTHERS CAN PASS TO THEIR NEWBORNS DURING BIRTH

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
		N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1469	379	20.3	17.9-22.9	1090	79.7	77.1-82.1
Age
< 20 years	189	63	24.1	17.3-32.7	126	75.9	67.3-82.7
20-24 years	374	115	28.2	22.9-34.3	259	71.8	65.7-77.1
25-34 years	726	156	15.4	12.5-18.8	570	84.6	81.2-87.5
35+ years	180	45	19.6	13.5-27.5	135	80.4	72.5-86.5
Race
White	1014	245	19.5	16.7-22.5	769	80.5	77.5-83.3
Black	387	111	21.4	16.4-27.5	276	78.6	72.5-83.6
Other	68	23	27.3	16.6-41.4	45	72.7	58.6-83.4
Hispanic origin
Yes	135	68	45.6	35.6-56.1	67	54.4	43.9-64.4
No	1334	311	17.7	15.3-20.3	1023	82.3	79.7-84.7
Education
< High School	316	116	31.2	25.3-37.8	200	68.8	62.2-74.7
High School	414	114	22.0	17.3-27.5	300	78.0	72.5-82.7
> High School	736	149	14.5	11.7-17.8	587	85.5	82.2-88.3
Marital Status
Married	948	196	17.0	14.4-20.1	752	83.0	79.9-85.6
Other	521	183	27.3	22.6-32.5	338	72.7	67.5-77.4
Income
15,999 or less	425	165	33.0	27.5-39.0	260	67.0	61.0-72.5
16,000-24,999	166	38	15.5	9.9-23.6	128	84.5	76.4-90.1
25,000-39,999	202	46	17.6	12.0-25.0	156	82.4	75.0-88.0
40,000 or more	536	88	12.2	9.3-15.7	448	87.8	84.3-90.7
WIC recipient
No	797	160	16.0	13.1-19.2	637	84.0	80.8-86.9
Yes	659	214	25.4	21.5-29.9	445	74.6	70.1-78.5
Medicaid recipient
No	734	129	13.6	10.9-16.8	605	86.4	83.2-89.1
Yes	735	250	27.9	24.0-32.3	485	72.1	67.7-76.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	661	228	34.6	31.1-38.3	433	65.4	61.7-68.9
2500+ grams	808	151	19.0	16.5-21.9	657	81.0	78.1-83.5

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