2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ALCOHOL USE

Among mothers who reported drinking alcohol prior to pregnancy, percentage of moms that changed their alcohol use during pregnancy1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
Drinker who Quit Continued Drinking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 428 371 87.7 83.9-90.7 57 12.3 9.3-16.1
Age
< 25 years 71 67 95.6 86.6-98.7 *** *** ***
25-34 years 271 233 86.7 81.7-90.6 38 13.3 9.4-18.3
35+ years 86 71 82.5 71.9-89.7 15 17.5 10.3-28.1
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 275 233 85.1 79.9-89.2 42 14.9 10.8-20.1
Non-Hispanic Black 76 72 97.2 90.9-99.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 62 56 93.8 84.6-97.7 *** *** ***
> High School 347 299 86.4 81.9-89.9 48 13.6 10.1-18.1
Marital Status
Married 284 236 84.0 78.7-88.1 48 16.0 11.9-21.3
Other 144 135 94.6 89.1-97.4 *** *** ***
Medicaid recipient
No 265 219 83.0 77.4-87.4 46 17.0 12.6-22.6
Yes 163 152 95.0 90.2-97.5 11 5.0 2.5- 9.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 142 129 90.6 84.1-94.6 13 9.4 5.4-15.9
2500+ grams 286 242 87.5 83.3-90.7 44 12.5 9.3-16.7

1Asked only of mothers who reported drinking alcohol 3 months before pregnancy.
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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