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	1632	1479	89.2	87.0-91.0	153	10.8	9.0-13.0
Age
< 20 years	237	192	78.4	70.5-84.6	45	21.6	15.4-29.5
20-24 years	424	384	88.4	83.8-91.9	40	11.6	8.1-16.2
25-34 years	786	732	91.9	89.0-94.1	54	8.1	5.9-11.0
35+ years	185	171	93.3	86.8-96.7	14	6.7	3.3-13.2
Mother's Race
White	1119	1032	91.4	89.1-93.3	87	8.6	6.7-10.9
African American	458	400	82.7	77.1-87.2	58	17.3	12.8-22.9
Other Minorities	55	47	84.9	68.2-93.6	8	15.1	6.4-31.8
Hispanic origin
Yes	101	64	62.7	51.0-73.0	37	37.3	27.0-49.0
No	1531	1415	91.6	89.5-93.2	116	8.4	6.8-10.5
Education
< High School	365	289	76.5	70.2-81.8	76	23.5	18.2-29.8
High School	531	476	87.3	83.0-90.6	55	12.7	9.4-17.0
> High School	735	713	96.8	94.9-98.1	22	3.2	1.9- 5.1
Marital Status
Married	1091	1023	93.8	91.7-95.4	68	6.2	4.6- 8.3
Other	541	456	78.9	73.8-83.3	85	21.1	16.7-26.2
Income
15,999 or less	467	393	81.5	76.2-85.9	74	18.5	14.1-23.8
16,000-24,999	251	224	86.8	80.3-91.4	27	13.2	8.6-19.7
25,000-39,999	253	235	90.9	85.2-94.5	18	9.1	5.5-14.8
40,000 or more	504	497	98.9	97.1-99.6	7	1.1	0.4- 2.9
WIC recipient
No	858	822	95.4	93.2-96.9	36	4.6	3.1- 6.8
Yes	758	642	82.2	78.3-85.5	116	17.8	14.5-21.7
Medicaid recipient
No	823	797	96.4	94.3-97.7	26	3.6	2.3- 5.7
Yes	809	682	81.1	77.2-84.5	127	18.9	15.5-22.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	219	201	91.7	87.1-94.8	18	8.3	5.2-12.9
1500-2499 grams	531	487	90.9	88.0-93.2	44	9.1	6.8-12.0
2500+ grams	879	789	89.1	86.7-91.0	90	10.9	9.0-13.3

*Survey Question:
When your baby goes for routine well baby care where do you take him or her? 47b. health department
clinic

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