1999 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

		No			Yes
Demographic Groups	Total Respondents†	N	%	95% C.I.†	N	%	95% C.I.†
Total	1765	204	11.8	9.9-14.0	1561	88.2	86.0-90.1
Age
< 20 years	270	40	13.5	8.7-20.2	230	86.5	79.8-91.3
20-24 years	459	54	12.0	8.6-16.6	405	88.0	83.4-91.4
25-34 years	835	91	12.1	9.4-15.5	744	87.9	84.5-90.6
35+ years	201	19	7.5	3.9-13.9	182	92.5	86.1-96.1
Mother's Race
White	1184	121	10.8	8.7-13.4	1063	89.2	86.6-91.3
African American	517	64	12.8	9.1-17.7	453	87.2	82.3-90.9
Other Minorities	64	19	25.3	13.9-41.6	45	74.7	58.4-86.1
Hispanic origin
Yes	108	35	37.2	27.0-48.8	73	62.8	51.2-73.0
No	1657	169	9.5	7.7-11.5	1488	90.5	88.5-92.3
Education
< High School	406	75	21.1	16.1-27.2	331	78.9	72.8-83.9
High School	583	82	14.1	10.7-18.4	501	85.9	81.6-89.3
> High School	775	46	5.3	3.6- 7.7	729	94.7	92.3-96.4
Marital Status
Married	1158	114	10.0	8.0-12.5	1044	90.0	87.5-92.0
Other	607	90	15.6	11.9-20.3	517	84.4	79.7-88.1
Income
15,999 or less	514	93	19.5	15.1-24.8	421	80.5	75.2-84.9
16,000-24,999	276	37	14.6	9.8-21.2	239	85.4	78.8-90.2
25,000-39,999	269	22	8.4	4.9-13.9	247	91.6	86.1-95.1
40,000 or more	536	27	5.2	3.3- 8.3	509	94.8	91.7-96.7
WIC recipient
No	922	78	9.4	7.1-12.2	844	90.6	87.8-92.9
Yes	827	123	14.3	11.4-17.9	704	85.7	82.1-88.6
Medicaid recipient
No	876	63	7.7	5.7-10.4	813	92.3	89.6-94.3
Yes	889	141	16.2	13.1-19.9	748	83.8	80.1-86.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	328	39	12.0	8.8-16.2	289	88.0	83.8-91.2
1500-2499 grams	545	69	13.6	10.9-17.0	476	86.4	83.0-89.1
2500+ grams	887	96	11.6	9.6-14.0	791	88.4	86.0-90.4

*Survey Question:
Since your delivery, would you have the kinds of help listed below if you needed them? 57c.
Someone to talk with about my problems

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