2003 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	1411	288	16.4	14.1-19.0	1123	83.6	81.0-85.9
Age
< 20 years	150	46	22.0	14.5-31.8	104	78.0	68.2-85.5
20-24 years	390	99	22.4	17.6-28.0	291	77.6	72.0-82.4
25-34 years	693	112	11.8	9.2-15.0	581	88.2	85.0-90.8
35+ years	178	31	17.0	10.9-25.5	147	83.0	74.5-89.1
Race
White	969	180	14.5	12.0-17.4	789	85.5	82.6-88.0
Black	381	94	20.9	15.8-27.0	287	79.1	73.0-84.2
Other	61	14	26.5	14.9-42.5	47	73.5	57.5-85.1
Hispanic origin
Yes	132	63	44.4	34.8-54.4	69	55.6	45.6-65.2
No	1276	224	12.5	10.4-15.0	1052	87.5	85.0-89.6
Education
< High School	291	93	29.2	22.9-36.3	198	70.8	63.7-77.1
High School	423	101	21.3	16.8-26.7	322	78.7	73.3-83.2
> High School	696	93	7.7	5.7-10.4	603	92.3	89.6-94.3
Marital Status
Married	888	142	12.8	10.3-15.7	746	87.2	84.3-89.7
Other	523	146	23.1	18.7-28.1	377	76.9	71.9-81.3
Income
15,999 or less	378	117	28.2	22.7-34.5	261	71.8	65.5-77.3
16,000-24,999	189	43	21.2	14.8-29.4	146	78.8	70.6-85.2
25,000-39,999	206	41	10.1	6.2-16.0	165	89.9	84.0-93.8
40,000 or more	496	52	5.0	3.3- 7.5	444	95.0	92.5-96.7
WIC recipient
No	736	111	9.6	7.3-12.4	625	90.4	87.6-92.7
Yes	668	175	23.8	19.9-28.2	493	76.2	71.8-80.1
Medicaid recipient
No	687	83	7.6	5.6-10.2	604	92.4	89.8-94.4
Yes	724	205	24.9	21.1-29.2	519	75.1	70.8-78.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	630	175	28.6	25.2-32.2	455	71.4	67.8-74.8
2500+ grams	781	113	15.4	13.0-18.2	668	84.6	81.8-87.0

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