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North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics

North Carolina PRAMS samples about 1,700 new mothers each year. This sample is drawn two to three months after the infants' date of birth. Women whose infant died after birth are included. Mothers’ names are picked by a computer from recent birth certificates. Participation in PRAMS is voluntary. Mailed questionnaires are the primary mode of response. Telephone interviewers call mothers who do not respond by mail. The sampling excludes the following birth certificates: out-of-state births to residents in-state births to non-residents birth certificates missing the mother's last name multiple gestations of 4 or more siblings births to mothers 12 years old and younger This monthly sample is stratified by birth weight so that a disproportionate number of women who had low birth weight babies are selected. Since 91% of births in 2012 were of normal birth weight, this assures that adequate information will be gathered about the low birth weight babies. Otherwise, there would be no way to assure representation of these women.

Birth Certificates; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, High Risk; Newborn; Infant; Health Behavior; Population Surveillance; Pregnancy Complications; Risk Assessment; Maternal Behavior; Prenatal Care; Postnatal Care; Perinatal Care; Risk-taking; Socioeconomic Factors; Delivery of Health Care; Health Services Accessibility; Childbirth; Social Determinants of Health

North Carolina PRAMS, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiative to reduce infant mortality and low birth weight. PRAMS collects data on maternal attitudes and experiences prior to, during and immediately after pregnancy for a sample of North Carolina women. The sample data are analyzed in a way that allows findings to be applied to all North Carolina women who have recently had a baby.

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