NC PRAMS 2006~` : (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)

2006 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	1298	315	20.9	18.2-23.9	983	79.1	76.1-81.8
Age
< 20 years	126	45	36.8	26.6-48.3	81	63.2	51.7-73.4
20-24 years	287	79	21.1	15.9-27.4	208	78.9	72.6-84.1
25-34 years	675	139	17.6	14.1-21.6	536	82.4	78.4-85.9
35+ years	210	52	19.0	13.1-26.7	158	81.0	73.3-86.9
Race
White	955	214	19.4	16.4-22.9	741	80.6	77.1-83.6
Black	273	81	24.9	18.8-32.3	192	75.1	67.7-81.2
Other	70	20	22.9	13.2-36.7	50	77.1	63.3-86.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	170	86	48.2	39.1-57.4	84	51.8	42.6-60.9
No	1128	229	15.5	13.0-18.5	899	84.5	81.5-87.0
Education
< High School	201	84	38.5	30.3-47.5	117	61.5	52.5-69.7
High School	388	114	25.2	20.0-31.2	274	74.8	68.8-80.0
> High School	707	116	11.3	8.8-14.4	591	88.7	85.6-91.2
Marital Status
Married	865	163	14.6	11.9-17.7	702	85.4	82.3-88.1
Other	433	152	30.6	25.3-36.6	281	69.4	63.4-74.7
Income
14,999 or less	334	127	33.6	27.3-40.5	207	66.4	59.5-72.7
15,000-24,999	170	50	21.3	14.6-29.9	120	78.7	70.1-85.4
25,000-49,999	255	58	18.5	13.3-25.1	197	81.5	74.9-86.7
50,000 or more	437	52	9.4	6.5-13.3	385	90.6	86.7-93.5
WIC recipient
No	733	134	15.8	12.7-19.6	599	84.2	80.4-87.3
Yes	555	178	26.8	22.3-31.7	377	73.2	68.3-77.7
Medicaid recipient
No	666	100	12.3	9.5-15.8	566	87.7	84.2-90.5
Yes	632	215	28.6	24.3-33.4	417	71.4	66.6-75.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	569	185	34.9	30.9-39.1	384	65.1	60.9-69.1
2500+ grams	729	130	19.7	16.8-23.0	599	80.3	77.0-83.2

~Low participation was a substantial problem for NC PRAMS in 2006.The overall weighted response rate was 59%.

#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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