After Pregnancy


       
After Pregnancy - 2022
Listing of Indicators for the Selected YearOverall
Breastfeeding
Women Who Initiated Breastfeeding (PRAMS)94.1 (91.8 - 95.7)
Women Who Breastfed for Four or More Weeks (PRAMS)82.7 (79 - 85.9)
Women Who Breastfed for 12 or More Weeks (PRAMS)66.5 (62.1 - 70.6)
Infant Checkup
Women Whose Baby Had a Well-Baby Checkup (PRAMS)98.8 (97.6 - 99.4)
Infant Sleep Practices
Women Who Most Often Lay Their Baby Down to Sleep on Their Back (PRAMS)73.7 (69.6 - 77.4)
Women Who Most Often Lay Their Baby Down to Sleep on Their Side (PRAMS)10.5 (8.1 - 13.6)
Women Who Most Often Lay Their Baby Down to Sleep on Their Stomach (PRAMS)8.3 (6.2 - 11.1)
Women Whose Baby Sleeps in a Crib or Bed in the Same Room Where They Sleep (PRAMS)90.2 (86.8 - 92.8)
Women Whose Baby Usually Sleeps in a Crib, Bassinet or Pack and Play (PRAMS)92.8 (90.3 - 94.7)
Women Whose Baby Usually Sleeps on a Twin or Larger Mattress or Bed (PRAMS)30.9 (26.9 - 35.3)
Women Whose Baby Usually Sleeps on a Couch, Sofa, or Armchair (PRAMS)9.7 (7.4 - 12.8)
Women Whose Baby Usually Sleeps in an Infant Car Seat or Swing (PRAMS)40.7 (36.2 - 45.4)
Women Whose Baby Usually Sleeps in a Sleeping Sack or Wearable Blanket (PRAMS)37.5 (33 - 42.2)
Women Whose Baby Usually Sleeps With a Blanket (PRAMS)37.9 (33.5 - 42.6)
Women Whose Baby Usually Sleeps With Toys, Cushions or Pillows (PRAMS)8.2 (6.1 - 10.9)
Women Whose Baby Usually Sleeps With Crib Bumper Pads (PRAMS)15.6 (12.4 - 19.4)
Women Who Had a Doctor, Nurse or Other Health Care Worker Tell Them to Place Their Baby to Sleep in a Crib, Bassinet or Pack and Play (PRAMS)83.9 (80.1 - 87.1)
Women Who Had a Doctor, Nurse or Other Health Care Worker Tell Them to Place Their Baby on Their Back to Sleep (PRAMS)92.2 (89.4 - 94.3)
Women Who Had a Doctor, Nurse or Other Health Care Worker Tell Them to Place Their Baby's Crib or Bed in Their Room (PRAMS)59 (54.3 - 63.5)
Women Who Had a Doctor, Nurse or Other Health Care Worker Tell Them What Things Should and Should Not Go in Bed With Their Baby (PRAMS)88.9 (85.6 - 91.5)
Women Whose Baby Goes to Sleep With a Pacifier (PRAMS)31.5 (27.3 - 35.9)
Women Whose Baby is Placed to Sleep on a Separate Approved Sleep Surface (PRAMS)40.3 (35.7 - 45.1)
Women Whose Baby is Placed to Sleep Without Soft Objects or Loose Bedding (PRAMS)55.1 (50.3 - 59.7)
Postnatal Health Behaviors
Women Who Smoked Any Cigarettes Postpartum (PRAMS)2.5 (1.5 - 4.1)
Postpartum Care
Women Who Had a Maternal Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)88.4 (85.3 - 90.8)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Tell Them to Take a Vitamin With Folic Acid During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)52.1 (47.1 - 57)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Talk to Them About Healthy Eating, Exercise and Losing Weight Gained During Pregnancy During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)52.6 (47.7 - 57.6)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Talk to Them About How Long to Wait Before Getting Pregnant Again During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)55 (50 - 59.9)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Talk to Them About Birth Control Methods They Can Use After Giving Birth During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)87.7 (84.2 - 90.6)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Give or Prescribe Them a Contraceptive Method During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)44.1 (39.3 - 49.1)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Insert an IUD or Contraceptive Implant During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)19 (15.4 - 23.1)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Ask Them if They Were Smoking Cigarettes During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)52 (47 - 56.9)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Ask Them if Someone Was Hurting Them Emotionally or Physically During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)62.2 (57.2 - 66.9)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Ask Them if They Were Feeling Down or Depressed During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)87.5 (83.8 - 90.4)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Test Them for Diabetes During Their Postpartum Checkup (PRAMS)22.1 (18.4 - 26.3)
Postpartum Contraception
Women Who Used Any Contraception Postpartum (PRAMS)76 (72 - 79.6)
Postpartum Depression
Women Who Experienced Depressive Symptoms After Giving Birth (PRAMS)11.9 (9.3 - 15)
Women Who Had a Health Care Worker Tell Them They Had Depression After Giving Birth (PRAMS)8.9 (6.7 - 11.6)
Women Who Received Counseling for Depression After Giving Birth (PRAMS)56.1 (41.6 - 69.6)
Women Who Took Prescription Medicine for Depression After Giving Birth (PRAMS)70.5 (57.3 - 81)
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Data Note(s)

FLHealthCharts.gov is provided by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management.

Data Source: Florida Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Florida Department of Health, Division of Community Health Promotion

  • Underweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of less than 18.5.

  • Healthy weight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 24.10.

  • Overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) between 25.0 and 29.10.

  • Obese is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30.0 or more.

  • Unintented pregnancies are defined as reporting not wanting to be pregnant then or at any time in the future or wanting to be pregnant later just before they got pregnant.

  • Mistimed pregnancies are defined as reporting wanting to be pregnant later just before they got pregnant.

  • Unwanted pregnancies are defined as reporting not wanting to be pregnant then or at any time in the future just before they got pregnant.

  • Intended pregnancies are defined as reporting wanting to be pregnant then or sooner when they got pregnant.

  • Using birth control is defined as reporting doing anything to keep from getting pregnant when they got pregnant with their new baby among those who reported not trying to get pregnant.

  • Any alcoholic drink is defined as 1 glass of wine, wine cooler, can or bottle of beer, shot of liquor or mixed drink.

  • Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is defined as being pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, choked, or physically hurt in any way by a husband/partner.

  • Using contraception is defined as using any kind of birth control postpartum (female or male sterilization; intrauterine device (IUD); contraceptive implant; birth control pills; shots or injections; contraceptive patch; vaginal ring; condoms; rhythm method/natural family planning.

  • Depressive symptoms are defined as reporting feeling, down, depressed, hopeless or having little interest or pleasure in doing things they usually enjoyed either always or often.

  • Women Whose Baby is Placed to Sleep on a Separate Approved Sleep Surface is defined as a composite of five items indicating how the infant usually slept in the past 2 weeks: 1) alone in their own crib or bed (always/often versus sometimes/rarely/never); 2) in a crib, bassinet, or pack and play; 3) not in a standard bed; 4) not

  • Women Whose Baby is Placed to Sleep Without Soft Objects or Loose Bedding is defined as a composite of three items indicating that the infant usually slept without 1) blankets; 2) toys, cushions, or pillows; and 3) crib bumper pads

  • Prevalence is excluded (blank cells) from the tables for any subpopulation with a sample size less than 30, which would yield statistically unreliable estimates.

  • Confidence intervals - Because PRAMS is a random survey and all estimates of prevalence are subject to random sample errors, we include 95% confidence intervals (CI) with each prevalence (%). The confidence interval ranges appear in parentheses.

  • This is primary, quantitative data.