1998 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

		No			Yes
Demographic Groups	Total Respondents†	N	%	95% C.I.†	N	%	95% C.I.†
Total	1772	1344	77.0	74.3-79.5	428	23.0	20.5-25.7
Age
< 20 years	273	159	56.8	48.6-64.7	114	43.2	35.3-51.4
20-24 years	492	358	73.9	68.4-78.8	134	26.1	21.2-31.6
25-34 years	805	658	83.5	80.0-86.5	147	16.5	13.5-20.0
35+ years	202	169	84.1	75.6-90.0	33	15.9	10.0-24.4
Mother's Race
White	1162	949	82.1	79.0-84.7	213	17.9	15.3-21.0
African American	540	340	62.3	56.3-68.0	200	37.7	32.0-43.7
Other Minorities	70	55	76.0	60.3-86.9	15	24.0	13.1-39.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	87	66	76.2	63.2-85.7	21	23.8	14.3-36.8
No	1684	1278	77.2	74.4-79.7	406	22.8	20.3-25.6
Education
< High School	374	221	59.6	52.6-66.2	153	40.4	33.8-47.4
High School	597	436	74.9	70.1-79.2	161	25.1	20.8-29.9
> High School	799	686	87.3	84.1-90.0	113	12.7	10.0-15.9
Marital Status
Married	1153	977	86.1	83.3-88.4	176	13.9	11.6-16.7
Other	619	367	58.4	52.8-63.7	252	41.6	36.3-47.2
Income
15,999 or less	542	339	63.5	57.8-68.8	203	36.5	31.2-42.2
16,000-24,999	277	212	76.8	69.6-82.7	65	23.2	17.3-30.4
25,000-39,999	285	237	82.0	75.6-87.1	48	18.0	12.9-24.4
40,000 or more	522	469	92.1	88.8-94.6	53	7.9	5.4-11.2
WIC recipient
No	943	836	90.6	87.9-92.7	107	9.4	7.3-12.1
Yes	810	494	61.4	56.8-65.8	316	38.6	34.2-43.2
Medicaid recipient
No	885	792	90.6	88.0-92.8	93	9.4	7.2-12.0
Yes	887	552	62.2	57.7-66.5	335	37.8	33.5-42.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	317	243	74.9	69.6-79.6	74	25.1	20.4-30.4
1500-2499 grams	555	391	68.1	64.0-72.0	164	31.9	28.0-36.0
2500+ grams	897	707	77.7	74.7-80.4	190	22.3	19.6-25.3

*Survey Question:
During you most recent pregnancy, did you get any of these services? 60d. Visits to your home by a
nurse or other health care worker

^† Percents based on fewer than 50 total respondents may not be reliable.
Interpret these percentages with caution. C.I. = confidence interval.