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	1738	1364	79.1	76.4-81.5	374	20.9	18.5-23.6
Age
< 20 years	267	145	52.5	44.1-60.7	122	47.5	39.3-55.9
20-24 years	452	350	77.3	71.8-82.0	102	22.7	18.0-28.2
25-34 years	822	696	86.1	82.7-88.9	126	13.9	11.1-17.3
35+ years	197	173	87.8	80.3-92.7	24	12.2	7.3-19.7
Mother's Race
White	1163	964	82.1	79.1-84.8	199	17.9	15.2-20.9
African American	514	349	67.7	61.6-73.3	165	32.3	26.7-38.4
Other Minorities	61	51	93.8	81.7-98.1	10	6.2	1.9-18.3
Hispanic origin
Yes	107	75	72.1	60.9-81.1	32	27.9	18.9-39.1
No	1631	1289	79.7	76.9-82.2	342	20.3	17.8-23.1
Education
< High School	403	249	60.2	53.5-66.5	154	39.8	33.5-46.5
High School	577	447	79.7	74.9-83.8	130	20.3	16.2-25.1
> High School	757	667	88.5	85.3-91.1	90	11.5	8.9-14.7
Marital Status
Married	1137	975	86.3	83.5-88.7	162	13.7	11.3-16.5
Other	601	389	63.0	57.4-68.2	212	37.0	31.8-42.6
Income
15,999 or less	509	338	65.4	59.4-70.8	171	34.6	29.2-40.6
16,000-24,999	272	211	77.7	70.4-83.6	61	22.3	16.4-29.6
25,000-39,999	267	231	87.6	81.4-91.9	36	12.4	8.1-18.6
40,000 or more	521	476	92.6	89.4-95.0	45	7.4	5.0-10.6
WIC recipient
No	907	819	91.4	88.8-93.5	88	8.6	6.5-11.2
Yes	816	533	65.4	60.9-69.7	283	34.6	30.3-39.1
Medicaid recipient
No	856	785	92.7	90.2-94.6	71	7.3	5.4- 9.8
Yes	882	579	64.1	59.6-68.3	303	35.9	31.7-40.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	325	252	76.0	70.7-80.6	73	24.0	19.4-29.3
1500-2499 grams	537	409	75.1	71.2-78.7	128	24.9	21.3-28.8
2500+ grams	871	699	79.4	76.5-82.0	172	20.6	18.0-23.5

*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.