The
NSDUH Report: Alcohol Use among Pregnant Women and Recent Mothers:
2002 to 2007
Highlights:
- Data
from SAMHSA's National Surveys on Drug Use & Health conducted
in 2002 through 2007 were used to compare alcohol drinking rates,
frequency, and quantity among women aged 15 to 44 divided into three
groups: (1) pregnant, (2) recent mother (i.e., had a child within
the past 12 months), and (3) all other women in this age group. A
stable pattern of drinking was found for all three groups during
this period.
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Combined data from SAMHSA's 2006-2007 National Surveys on Drug Use
& Health examined drinking patterns among women aged 15 to 44.
Pregnant women (11.6%) were significantly less likely to
have used alcohol in the past month than recent mothers (42.1%)
or all other women (54.0%). Among current alcohol drinkers, both
pregnant women and recent mothers drank alcohol on fewer days than
other women (4.9 days for pregnant women, 4.4 days for recent mothers,
and 6.1 days for all other women). Pregnant and recent mothers also
drank fewer drinks on their drinking days (2.4 drinks for pregnant
women, 2.5 drinks for recent mothers, and 3.0 drinks for all other
women).
- Of
concern is the fact that pregnant women aged 15 to 17 were more
likely to drink alcohol in the past month than pregnant women in
other age groups and they were likely to consume over 3 drinks on
the days they drank.
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This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report: Alcohol
Use among Pregnant Women and Recent Mothers: 2002 to 2007, 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 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 by state.
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