NC PRAMS 2003: (After your baby was born, was he or she put in an intensive care unit?)

2003 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	1457	1048	89.1	87.3-90.7	409	10.9	9.3-12.7
Age
< 20 years	157	116	91.4	85.5-95.0	41	8.6	5.0-14.5
20-24 years	398	283	88.7	84.9-91.6	115	11.3	8.4-15.1
25-34 years	717	524	89.2	86.6-91.4	193	10.8	8.6-13.4
35+ years	185	125	87.6	81.5-91.9	60	12.4	8.1-18.5
Race
White	997	743	89.4	87.2-91.2	254	10.6	8.8-12.8
Black	396	256	87.5	83.7-90.5	140	12.5	9.5-16.3
Other	64	49	93.5	83.8-97.6	15	6.5	2.4-16.2
Hispanic origin
Yes	146	110	87.4	80.3-92.2	36	12.6	7.8-19.7
No	1308	937	89.5	87.6-91.1	371	10.5	8.9-12.4
Education
< High School	316	223	88.6	84.3-91.8	93	11.4	8.2-15.7
High School	430	304	88.7	85.0-91.5	126	11.3	8.5-15.0
> High School	709	521	89.7	87.1-91.8	188	10.3	8.2-12.9
Marital Status
Married	917	666	88.7	86.3-90.7	251	11.3	9.3-13.7
Other	540	382	90.0	87.1-92.3	158	10.0	7.7-12.9
Income
15,999 or less	398	279	89.4	85.9-92.2	119	10.6	7.8-14.1
16,000-24,999	190	139	89.0	83.3-92.9	51	11.0	7.1-16.7
25,000-39,999	210	139	87.8	82.3-91.8	71	12.2	8.2-17.7
40,000 or more	499	371	89.0	85.6-91.6	128	11.0	8.4-14.4
WIC recipient
No	754	546	88.4	85.7-90.6	208	11.6	9.4-14.3
Yes	695	496	89.9	87.3-92.0	199	10.1	8.0-12.7
Medicaid recipient
No	698	522	89.3	86.5-91.5	176	10.7	8.5-13.5
Yes	759	526	89.0	86.5-91.1	233	11.0	8.9-13.5
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	663	313	47.4	43.7-51.2	350	52.6	48.8-56.3
2500+ grams	794	735	92.8	90.8-94.4	59	7.2	5.6- 9.2

#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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