NC PRAMS 2003: (Was your baby seen by a doctor, nurse, or other health care provider in the first week after he or she left the hospital?)

2003 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	1395	167	14.9	12.7-17.5	1228	85.1	82.5-87.3
Age
< 20 years	148	24	24.2	15.9-34.9	124	75.8	65.1-84.1
20-24 years	378	62	20.1	15.5-25.8	316	79.9	74.2-84.5
25-34 years	692	68	11.9	9.2-15.2	624	88.1	84.8-90.8
35+ years	177	13	7.3	3.6-14.2	164	92.7	85.8-96.4
Race
White	973	107	13.5	11.1-16.5	866	86.5	83.5-88.9
Black	360	50	17.7	12.8-23.9	310	82.3	76.1-87.2
Other	62	10	23.8	13.0-39.5	52	76.2	60.5-87.0
Hispanic origin
Yes	139	29	24.9	17.4-34.4	110	75.1	65.6-82.6
No	1253	138	13.5	11.2-16.1	1115	86.5	83.9-88.8
Education
< High School	290	52	23.8	18.0-30.7	238	76.2	69.3-82.0
High School	416	60	18.3	14.0-23.6	356	81.7	76.4-86.0
> High School	688	54	8.7	6.4-11.7	634	91.3	88.3-93.6
Marital Status
Married	889	81	10.8	8.6-13.6	808	89.2	86.4-91.4
Other	506	86	22.5	18.0-27.8	420	77.5	72.2-82.0
Income
15,999 or less	372	62	22.3	17.3-28.4	310	77.7	71.6-82.7
16,000-24,999	183	28	17.1	11.3-25.1	155	82.9	74.9-88.7
25,000-39,999	200	22	11.5	7.0-18.3	178	88.5	81.7-93.0
40,000 or more	492	31	7.7	5.2-11.1	461	92.3	88.9-94.8
WIC recipient
No	732	54	8.5	6.3-11.3	678	91.5	88.7-93.7
Yes	655	113	22.2	18.3-26.6	542	77.8	73.4-81.7
Medicaid recipient
No	684	52	8.7	6.4-11.6	632	91.3	88.4-93.6
Yes	711	115	21.0	17.3-25.2	596	79.0	74.8-82.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	609	51	8.6	6.6-11.0	558	91.4	89.0-93.4
2500+ grams	786	116	15.4	13.0-18.2	670	84.6	81.8-87.0

#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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