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	1766	1671	95.1	93.5-96.3	95	4.9	3.7- 6.5
Age
< 20 years	270	244	89.0	82.5-93.3	26	11.0	6.7-17.5
20-24 years	462	439	94.7	91.2-96.8	23	5.3	3.2- 8.8
25-34 years	834	793	96.6	94.7-97.9	41	3.4	2.1- 5.3
35+ years	200	195	97.4	91.6-99.3	5	2.6	0.7- 8.4
Mother's Race
White	1183	1143	97.4	95.9-98.3	40	2.6	1.7- 4.1
African American	518	466	88.2	83.4-91.8	52	11.8	8.2-16.6
Other Minorities	65	62	93.7	78.5-98.4	3	6.3	1.6-21.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	108	105	96.9	88.9-99.2	3	3.1	0.8-11.1
No	1658	1566	94.9	93.3-96.2	92	5.1	3.8- 6.7
Education
< High School	407	365	89.8	85.0-93.2	42	10.2	6.8-15.0
High School	584	546	94.5	91.5-96.5	38	5.5	3.5- 8.5
> High School	774	759	98.2	96.5-99.1	15	1.8	0.9- 3.5
Marital Status
Married	1158	1122	97.3	95.8-98.3	36	2.7	1.7- 4.2
Other	608	549	90.2	86.3-93.1	59	9.8	6.9-13.7
Income
15,999 or less	514	456	88.9	84.6-92.2	58	11.1	7.8-15.4
16,000-24,999	275	257	93.8	88.6-96.7	18	6.2	3.3-11.4
25,000-39,999	269	263	97.2	93.2-98.9	6	2.8	1.1- 6.8
40,000 or more	536	534	99.6	97.6-99.9	2	0.4	0.1- 2.4
WIC recipient
No	925	899	98.3	96.8-99.1	26	1.7	0.9- 3.2
Yes	826	757	91.4	88.5-93.7	69	8.6	6.3-11.5
Medicaid recipient
No	876	865	99.0	97.7-99.6	11	1.0	0.4- 2.3
Yes	890	806	90.7	87.7-93.1	84	9.3	6.9-12.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	326	304	93.6	90.4-95.8	22	6.4	4.2- 9.6
1500-2499 grams	549	516	93.3	90.7-95.2	33	6.7	4.8- 9.3
2500+ grams	887	848	95.3	93.6-96.5	39	4.7	3.5- 6.4

*Survey Question:
This question is about (stressful) things that may have happened during the 12 months before you
delivered your new baby. 30j. You were involved in a physical fight

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