2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ALCOHOL USE

Alcohol Use During the 3 Months Before Pregnancy1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 771 343 43.3 39.1-47.6 428 56.7 52.4-60.9
Age
< 25 years 154 83 52.2 42.4-61.8 71 47.8 38.2-57.6
25-34 years 453 182 39.5 34.2-45.0 271 60.5 55.0-65.8
35+ years 164 78 45.4 36.7-54.3 86 54.6 45.7-63.3
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 397 122 31.0 25.7-36.8 275 69.0 63.2-74.3
Non-Hispanic Black 146 70 44.3 34.8-54.3 76 55.7 45.7-65.2
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 157 110 71.5 62.2-79.2 47 28.5 20.8-37.8
Education
< High School 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 161 99 54.8 44.9-64.3 62 45.2 35.7-55.1
> High School 515 168 33.2 28.5-38.2 347 66.8 61.8-71.5
Marital Status
Married 471 187 39.2 34.1-44.5 284 60.8 55.5-65.9
Other 300 156 49.6 42.5-56.7 144 50.4 43.3-57.5
Medicaid recipient
No 408 143 35.5 30.2-41.1 265 64.5 58.9-69.8
Yes 363 200 52.3 45.8-58.8 163 47.7 41.2-54.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 269 127 48.9 42.7-55.2 142 51.1 44.8-57.3
2500+ grams 502 216 42.8 38.3-47.5 286 57.2 52.5-61.7

1Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 41: During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week?
2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.

*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.
The overall weighted response rate in 2020 was 45%.

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