NC PRAMS 2007~` : (During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week?*)

2007 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

Preconception Health Indicators Women 18-44

During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	None			less than 1 per week			1 to 3 drinks per wk			4 or more drinks per wk
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	905	196	19.0	16.0-22.4	374	42.2	38.2-46.3	194	22.1	18.9-25.7	141	16.6	13.8-19.9
Age
18-19 years	65	25	33.3	20.3-49.3	24	38.5	24.6-54.7	9	15.4	7.1-30.4	7	12.8	5.3-28.0
20-24 years	198	42	17.8	12.2-25.3	92	49.0	40.5-57.6	40	20.0	14.0-27.9	24	13.1	8.3-20.2
25-34 years	505	104	17.6	13.8-22.2	209	41.7	36.4-47.1	114	24.0	19.7-29.0	78	16.7	13.0-21.1
35-44 years	137	25	19.0	12.1-28.4	49	34.8	25.8-45.0	31	22.2	15.0-31.7	32	24.0	16.3-33.9
Race
White	676	142	16.6	13.5-20.3	275	42.6	38.1-47.2	146	22.2	18.6-26.3	113	18.6	15.3-22.5
Black	205	46	26.0	18.6-35.2	89	41.0	32.2-50.4	45	22.5	15.6-31.3	25	10.5	6.0-17.6
Other	24	8	32.9	15.1-57.5	10	41.1	21.2-64.3	3	17.5	5.7-42.8	3	8.5	1.6-35.1
Hispanic origin
Yes	66	20	25.9	15.6-39.8	30	42.2	29.4-56.2	10	19.9	10.8-33.7	6	11.9	5.5-24.1
No	838	176	18.4	15.3-21.9	344	42.3	38.2-46.6	183	22.2	18.9-25.9	135	17.2	14.2-20.6
Education
< High School	108	31	24.9	15.9-36.6	53	53.2	41.2-64.8	14	12.6	6.6-22.9	10	9.3	4.3-19.2
High School	216	58	23.3	16.9-31.1	86	43.3	35.2-51.8	39	18.8	13.1-26.4	33	14.6	9.6-21.6
> High School	577	105	15.8	12.5-19.8	234	39.5	34.7-44.5	141	25.6	21.5-30.3	97	19.1	15.4-23.4
Marital Status
Married	604	132	18.0	14.6-22.0	246	42.9	38.2-47.7	131	22.3	18.5-26.5	95	16.8	13.5-20.8
Other	301	64	20.9	15.5-27.6	128	41.0	33.9-48.4	63	21.9	16.3-28.7	46	16.2	11.4-22.5
Income
14,999 or less	199	50	24.3	17.3-33.0	85	43.7	34.9-52.8	37	18.5	12.4-26.7	27	13.6	8.4-21.1
15,000-24,999	124	21	13.4	7.5-22.8	59	49.6	38.6-60.6	22	19.5	12.0-30.0	22	17.6	10.5-27.8
25,000-49,999	163	39	22.0	15.2-30.9	63	37.0	28.5-46.4	35	24.5	17.3-33.5	26	16.5	10.6-24.7
50,000 or more	380	76	16.6	12.6-21.6	145	38.4	32.7-44.5	97	25.5	20.6-31.2	62	19.5	15.0-24.8
WIC recipient
No	582	111	16.9	13.5-21.0	229	39.1	34.4-44.1	135	23.5	19.5-28.0	107	20.5	16.7-24.9
Yes	318	84	22.7	17.3-29.1	141	46.7	39.8-53.8	59	20.3	15.1-26.6	34	10.3	6.8-15.4
Medicaid recipient
No	516	102	16.6	13.1-20.8	200	38.4	33.4-43.6	126	26.1	21.7-31.0	88	18.9	15.1-23.4
Yes	389	94	22.1	17.3-27.9	174	47.0	40.7-53.4	68	17.1	12.8-22.5	53	13.7	9.9-18.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	399	106	26.6	22.6-31.1	160	40.6	35.9-45.4	79	19.3	15.8-23.3	54	13.5	10.6-17.2
2500+ grams	506	90	18.4	15.2-22.1	214	42.3	38.1-46.7	115	22.4	18.9-26.2	87	16.9	13.9-20.4

*Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 33a and asked only of mothers who reported drinking alcohol in the past 2 years.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
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.

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