NC PRAMS 2007~` : (During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many times did you drink 5 or more alcoholic drinks in one sitting?*)

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 times did you drink 5 or more alcoholic drinks in one sitting?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	None			1 time			2 or more times
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	906	692	72.8	69.0-76.3	74	10.4	8.1-13.2	140	16.8	13.9-20.2
Age
18-19 years	65	48	66.6	50.3-79.7	7	12.5	5.2-27.3	10	20.9	10.6-36.8
20-24 years	198	144	68.1	59.4-75.6	20	13.9	8.8-21.2	34	18.0	12.3-25.7
25-34 years	506	389	73.9	68.8-78.5	43	10.2	7.3-14.1	74	15.8	12.2-20.3
35-44 years	137	111	79.5	69.7-86.7	4	4.1	1.4-11.8	22	16.4	10.0-25.5
Race
White	676	514	72.1	67.7-76.1	59	10.7	8.1-14.0	103	17.2	13.9-21.1
Black	206	159	74.4	65.4-81.8	15	10.8	6.1-18.4	32	14.8	9.3-22.7
Other	24	19	79.1	53.3-92.6	0	0.0	. - .	5	20.9	7.4-46.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	64	47	70.1	55.7-81.4	10	16.8	8.5-30.4	7	13.1	6.1-25.9
No	841	644	73.0	69.0-76.7	64	9.8	7.4-12.7	133	17.2	14.2-20.8
Education
< High School	107	75	69.8	57.6-79.7	16	13.6	7.2-24.1	16	16.6	9.3-27.9
High School	216	153	69.4	61.1-76.6	22	12.6	7.9-19.4	41	18.0	12.5-25.4
> High School	579	460	74.7	70.0-78.9	36	8.9	6.3-12.3	83	16.4	12.9-20.6
Marital Status
Married	604	487	77.6	73.3-81.4	40	8.9	6.5-12.2	77	13.5	10.5-17.1
Other	302	205	63.8	56.4-70.6	34	13.1	8.8-19.1	63	23.1	17.4-30.0
Income
14,999 or less	199	142	70.6	61.6-78.2	19	10.9	6.3-18.2	38	18.5	12.4-26.7
15,000-24,999	125	82	59.5	48.2-69.9	13	13.1	7.2-22.8	30	27.4	18.5-38.4
25,000-49,999	164	128	72.9	63.6-80.6	14	10.8	6.1-18.6	22	16.2	10.4-24.5
50,000 or more	380	307	76.4	70.6-81.3	25	9.5	6.3-13.9	48	14.2	10.3-19.1
WIC recipient
No	584	455	74.1	69.3-78.3	44	9.6	6.9-13.1	85	16.4	12.9-20.5
Yes	317	233	70.1	63.2-76.2	29	12.0	8.0-17.5	55	17.9	13.1-24.0
Medicaid recipient
No	516	409	74.5	69.5-78.9	37	10.0	7.1-13.8	70	15.6	12.0-19.9
Yes	390	283	70.7	64.5-76.2	37	10.9	7.4-15.7	70	18.4	13.9-23.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	400	321	79.0	74.7-82.7	22	6.2	4.1- 9.1	57	14.8	11.7-18.6
2500+ grams	506	371	72.3	68.1-76.1	52	10.7	8.3-13.8	83	17.0	13.9-20.6

*Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 33b 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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