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	1725	104	5.6	4.3- 7.2	1621	94.4	92.8-95.7
Age
< 20 years	256	17	5.4	2.7-10.5	239	94.6	89.5-97.3
20-24 years	450	38	7.2	4.7-11.0	412	92.8	89.0-95.3
25-34 years	823	40	4.4	2.9- 6.6	783	95.6	93.4-97.1
35+ years	196	9	6.7	3.3-13.1	187	93.3	86.9-96.7
Mother's Race
White	1170	70	6.5	4.9- 8.5	1100	93.5	91.5-95.1
African American	495	31	3.3	1.8- 6.2	464	96.7	93.8-98.2
Other Minorities	60	3	0.5	0.1- 1.5	57	99.5	98.5-99.9
Hispanic origin
Yes	102	15	17.7	10.4-28.5	87	82.3	71.5-89.6
No	1623	89	4.5	3.4- 6.0	1534	95.5	94.0-96.6
Education
< High School	386	27	7.0	4.2-11.4	359	93.0	88.6-95.8
High School	575	48	7.7	5.2-11.2	527	92.3	88.8-94.8
> High School	763	29	3.4	2.1- 5.4	734	96.6	94.6-97.9
Marital Status
Married	1145	57	4.6	3.3- 6.5	1088	95.4	93.5-96.7
Other	580	47	7.7	5.2-11.3	533	92.3	88.7-94.8
Income
15,999 or less	494	38	6.1	3.9- 9.6	456	93.9	90.4-96.1
16,000-24,999	271	22	8.5	4.9-14.4	249	91.5	85.6-95.1
25,000-39,999	266	17	5.3	2.8- 9.8	249	94.7	90.2-97.2
40,000 or more	531	15	2.8	1.5- 5.2	516	97.2	94.8-98.5
WIC recipient
No	904	39	4.3	2.9- 6.4	865	95.7	93.6-97.1
Yes	811	64	6.8	4.9- 9.5	747	93.2	90.5-95.1
Medicaid recipient
No	865	35	3.9	2.5- 5.9	830	96.1	94.1-97.5
Yes	860	69	7.5	5.4-10.2	791	92.5	89.8-94.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 1500 grams	308	28	9.0	6.2-12.8	280	91.0	87.2-93.8
1500-2499 grams	539	29	5.8	4.0- 8.2	510	94.2	91.8-96.0
2500+ grams	873	47	5.5	4.1- 7.2	826	94.5	92.8-95.9

*Survey Question:
During any of your prenatal care visits, did a doctor, nurse, or other health care worker talk with
any of the things listed? 16g. The kinds of medicines that are safe to take during your pregnancy

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