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Selected U.S. National Research Findings
Below are selected national
women's health research findings and facts related to alcohol use. This information is selected text from articles or documents. Please view the source
documents below each bulleted section to determine the exact context.
For more resources on this topic, visit: Alcohol
Use: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/alcohol.htm
• American Indians
and Alaska Natives (AIAN) adults were as likely as white adults to be
moderate or heavier drinkers.
Source: Health
Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult
Population- United States, 1999–2003
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad356.pdf
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• According to an
analysis of women aged 18-44 years from the 2002 Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System, approximately 10% of pregnant women used alcohol,
and approximately 2% engaged in binge drinking or frequent use of
alcohol.
• The results further indicated that more than half of women who did
not use birth control (and therefore might become pregnant) reported
alcohol use and 12.4% reported binge drinking.
Source: Alcohol
Consumption among Women Who Are Pregnant or Who Might Become Pregnant-
United States, 2002
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5350a4.htm
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• Maternal prenatal
alcohol use is one of the leading preventable causes of birth defects
and developmental disabilities.
• Approximately one in 30 pregnant women in the United States reports
“risk drinking” (seven or more drinks per week, or five or more drinks
on any one occasion).
• More than half of all women of childbearing age in the United States
report that they drink alcohol.
Source: Alcohol Use
and Pregnancy, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/factsheets/FAS_alcoholuse.pdf
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• The rate of any
alcohol use (i.e., at least one drink) during pregnancy has declined
since 1995.
• Rates of binge drinking (i.e., >5 drinks on any one occasion) and
frequent drinking (i.e., >7 drinks per week or >5 drinks on any one
occasion) during pregnancy have not declined, and these rates also have
not declined among nonpregnant women of childbearing age.
• Pregnant women who are unmarried and older tend to have the highest
rates of alcohol use.
• Women [of childbearing age] who drink alcohol are more likely than
other women to be white, unmarried, younger, and working full time
outside the home.
• Prenatal drinking patterns are highly predictive of alcohol use
during pregnancy.
• Prenatal exposure to alcohol is one of the leading preventable causes
of birth defects, mental retardation, and neurodevelopmental disorders
in the United States.
Source: Alcohol Use
Among Women of Childbearing Age - United States, 1991-1999
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5113a2.htm
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• American Indian
and Alaska Native (AI/AN) men were more likely than women to report
binge drinking.
Source:
Surveillance for Health Behaviors of American Indians and Alaska
Natives: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System,
1997-2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5207a1.htm
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