The
NSDUH Report: Pregnancy and Substance Use
Highlights:
- In
2002, 3 percent of pregnant women aged 15 to 44 used illicit drugs
in the past month, 3 percent reported binge alcohol use, and 17
percent reported smoking cigarettes in the past month.
- Among
pregnant women aged 15 to 44, whites were more likely to have smoked
cigarettes in the past month than blacks or Hispanics.
- The
use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs in the past month among
recent mothers was similar to that of nonpregnant women but higher
than among pregnant women.
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Other OAS Publications and Services
This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report: Pregnancy and Substance Use, is based
on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and
Health conducted by the Office of Applied Studies
(OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and
consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental
health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population,
age 12 and older. SAMHSA's National
Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for
selected mental health measures by State.
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