Substance Use Among Pregnant Women During 1999 and 2000

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Highlights:

• Pregnant Hispanic females were less likely than pregnant white or black females to report "binge" drinking.

• Among adults age 18 to 44, pregnant females were less likely to report past month illicit drug use than nonpregnant females; but rates of use were similar among pregnant and nonpregnant females age 15 to 17.

• Past month alcohol use was more likely during the first trimester of pregnancy than during the second or third trimesters.

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This Short Report,  The NHSDA Report:  Substance Use Among Pregnant Women During 1999 and 2000, is based on SAMHSA's  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), now called the  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).  The survey is 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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