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Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
Dispatch

Women’s Awareness and Healthcare Provider Discussions about Zika Virus during Pregnancy, United States, 2016–2017

Letitia WilliamsComments to Author , Denise V. D’Angelo, Brenda Bauman, Ada C. Dieke, Sascha R. Ellington, Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza, Shanna Cox, Philip Hastings, Holly Shulman, Leslie Harrison, Martha Kapaya, Wanda D. Barfield, Lee Warner, and PRAMS Zika State Working Group
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 1

Frequency of talking with a healthcare provider about Zika virus and knowledge of CDC travel advisories among women who had heard of Zika virus during their pregnancy and delivered a live infant, 17 US PRAMS sites, March 2016–February 2017*

Maternal characteristics Women who had heard of Zika virus during pregnancy, n = 7,920
Talked with a healthcare provider about Zika virus
 Had knowledge of CDC travel advisory
Total
 Provider initiated
 Respondent initiated
No.† % (95% CI)‡ No.† % (95% CI)‡ No.† % (95% CI)‡ No.† % (95% CI)‡
Overall
 4,505
 58.8
(57.3–60.3)
2,889
 63.5
(61.6–65.4)
1,616
 36.4
(34.5–38.3)
7,204
 91.9
(91.0–92.7)
Age
<24 801 58.1
(54.5–61.7) 600 74.6
(70.2–79.0) 201 25.4
(21.0–29.8) 1,293 89.5
(87.4–91.6)
25–34 2,707 58.6
(56.7–60.6) 1,663 60.8
(58.3–63.3) 1,044 39.2
(36.7–41.7) 4,315 92.1
(91.0–93.3)
>35
 993
 60.3
(57.2–63.5)
622
 61.2
(57.2–65.3)
371
 38.8
(34.7–42.8)
1,580
 93.8
(92.3–95.3)
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 2,314 59.1
(57.1–61.1) 1,365 58.7
(56.1–61.3) 949 41.3
(38.7–43.9) 3,794 94.1
(93.1–95.0)
Black, non-Hispanic 837 60.3
(56.4–64.1) 596 71.9
(67.3–76.5) 241 28.1
(23.5–32.7) 1,285 87.8
(85.1–90.5)
Hispanic 800 57.4
(53.6–61.1) 600 74.0
(69.7–78.4) 200 26.0
(21.6–30.3) 1,233 89.8
(87.6–92.1)
Other, non-Hispanic
 525
 57.9
(53.3–62.4)
313
 62.2
(56.1–68.2)
212
 37.8
(31.8–43.9)
838
 88.6
(85.7–91.5)
Education
High school 
or below 1,229 53.1
(50.1–56.1) 921 73.9
(70.3–77.5) 308 26.1
(22.5–29.7) 2,047 86.8
(84.8–88.8)
Less than high 
school
 3,228
 61.5
(59.7–63.3)
1,936
 59.3
(57.0–61.6)
1,292
 40.7
(38.4–43.0)
5,075
 94.4
(93.5–95.2)
Marital status
Married 2,942 61.5
(59.7–63.3) 1,742 57.9
(55.5–60.3) 1,200 42.1
(39.7–44.5) 4,655 93.9
(93.0–94.8)
Other
 1,558
 54.3
(51.6–57.1)
1,142
 74.7
(71.6–77.9)
416
 25.3
(22.1–28.4)
2,531
 88.5
(86.8–90.2)
Source of payment for delivery
Private 2,738 62.5
(60.6–64.4) 1,606 58.3
(55.8–60.8) 1,132 41.7
(39.2–44.2) 4,208 94.1
(93.1–95.0)
Medicaid 1,564 54.2
(51.6–56.8) 1,135 72.0
(68.9–75.2) 429 28.0
(24.8–31.1) 2,629 89.0
(87.5–90.6)
No insurance
 113
 46.7
(37.4–56.1)
91
 77.5
(65.7–89.4)
22
 22.5
(10.6–34.3)
206
 85.4
(78.0–92.8)
Infant birth month
2016 Mar–Aug 1,778 53.5
(51.1–55.9) 1,087 61.9
(58.7–65.2) 691 38.1
(34.8–41.3) 3,131 90.7
(89.2–92.1)
2016 Sep–2017 Feb 2,723 63.1
(61.2–65.1) 1,798 64.6
(62.3–67.0) 925 35.4
(33.0–37.7) 4,057 93.0
(92.0–94.0)

*Data aggregated for 17 sites: Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.
†Unweighted.
‡Weighted.

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1Members of the PRAMS Zika State Working Group are listed at the end of this article.

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