NC PRAMS 2005~` : (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)

2005 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
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	987	213	18.2	15.3-21.4	774	81.8	78.6-84.7
Age
< 20 years	93	34	28.2	18.1-41.1	59	71.8	58.9-81.9
20-24 years	240	61	23.0	16.8-30.6	179	77.0	69.4-83.2
25-34 years	505	101	17.2	13.4-21.7	404	82.8	78.3-86.6
35+ years	149	17	6.2	2.8-13.4	132	93.8	86.6-97.2
Race
White	711	141	16.1	13.0-19.7	570	83.9	80.3-87.0
Black	238	64	24.0	17.3-32.3	174	76.0	67.7-82.7
Other	38	8	27.5	13.2-48.6	30	72.5	51.4-86.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	115	63	47.2	36.6-58.1	52	52.8	41.9-63.4
No	872	150	13.2	10.6-16.3	722	86.8	83.7-89.4
Education
< High School	181	69	35.6	27.5-44.7	112	64.4	55.3-72.5
High School	286	74	20.0	14.7-26.7	212	80.0	73.3-85.3
> High School	518	70	10.2	7.4-14.0	448	89.8	86.0-92.6
Marital Status
Married	637	103	11.8	9.1-15.2	534	88.2	84.8-90.9
Other	350	110	29.8	23.8-36.5	240	70.2	63.5-76.2
Income
14,999 or less	279	91	31.9	25.2-39.5	188	68.1	60.5-74.8
15,000-24,999	153	41	20.3	13.2-29.9	112	79.7	70.1-86.8
25,000-49,999	177	32	12.9	8.1-19.8	145	87.1	80.2-91.9
50,000 or more	294	23	4.8	2.6- 8.5	271	95.2	91.5-97.4
WIC recipient
No	539	82	12.8	9.7-16.7	457	87.2	83.3-90.3
Yes	440	128	24.9	20.0-30.6	312	75.1	69.4-80.0
Medicaid recipient
No	465	57	8.5	6.0-12.1	408	91.5	87.9-94.0
Yes	522	156	26.8	22.2-32.1	366	73.2	67.9-77.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	445	129	30.1	26.0-34.5	316	69.9	65.5-74.0
2500+ grams	542	84	17.1	14.0-20.7	458	82.9	79.3-86.0

~Due to low response rates in the later part of the year, the 2005 PRAMS tables only comprise data for January through August births.

#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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