2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ALCOHOL USE

Alcohol Use During the last 3 Months of Pregnancy1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 773 714 92.7 90.4-94.5 59 7.3 5.5- 9.6
Age
< 25 years 155 149 96.4 90.5-98.6 *** *** ***
25-34 years 454 416 92.0 88.8-94.3 38 8.0 5.7-11.2
35+ years 164 149 90.4 84.2-94.4 15 9.6 5.6-15.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 398 356 89.7 86.0-92.6 42 10.3 7.4-14.0
Non-Hispanic Black 147 142 98.3 94.8-99.4 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 157 148 94.5 89.1-97.3 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 95 92 97.1 90.0-99.2 *** *** ***
High School 161 155 97.2 92.8-98.9 *** *** ***
> High School 517 467 90.4 87.2-92.9 50 9.6 7.1-12.8
Marital Status
Married 472 423 89.8 86.3-92.4 49 10.2 7.6-13.7
Other 301 291 97.2 94.3-98.6 *** *** ***
Medicaid recipient
No 409 363 89.0 85.3-91.9 46 11.0 8.1-14.7
Yes 364 351 96.9 94.0-98.4 13 3.1 1.6- 6.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 271 257 94.7 91.0-96.9 14 5.3 3.1- 9.0
2500+ grams 502 457 92.5 90.0-94.4 45 7.5 5.6-10.0

1Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 42: During the last 3 months of your pregnancy, 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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