NC PRAMS 2008~` : (During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week?*)

2008 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	778	164	19.4	16.5-22.7	335	42.9	39.1-46.8	176	23.5	20.3-27.0	103	14.2	11.7-17.2
Age
18-19 years	46	12	25.6	14.0-42.1	23	53.0	36.8-68.5	8	14.0	6.1-28.8	3	7.5	2.1-23.3
20-24 years	181	33	15.8	10.6-22.9	79	44.6	36.4-53.1	40	22.8	16.4-30.7	29	16.8	11.4-24.1
25-34 years	420	93	20.4	16.4-24.9	174	40.1	35.1-45.4	100	25.7	21.3-30.6	53	13.8	10.5-17.9
35-44 years	131	26	19.0	12.6-27.5	59	46.0	36.8-55.4	28	20.8	14.2-29.4	18	14.3	8.9-22.2
Race
White	590	111	17.3	14.2-21.0	249	42.9	38.6-47.4	141	23.7	20.2-27.7	89	16.0	13.0-19.6
Black	156	41	23.8	16.8-32.4	73	44.3	35.3-53.6	31	25.1	17.7-34.4	11	6.8	3.4-13.1
Other	32	12	36.8	21.2-55.8	13	36.9	21.1-56.1	4	12.7	4.3-31.8	3	13.6	4.5-34.3
Hispanic origin
Yes	64	15	21.1	12.0-34.3	27	40.5	27.9-54.4	16	28.0	17.3-42.0	6	10.4	4.5-22.3
No	713	149	19.2	16.2-22.7	307	43.1	39.1-47.2	160	23.1	19.8-26.7	97	14.6	11.9-17.7
Education
< High School	84	22	20.8	12.9-31.8	25	32.8	22.5-45.0	26	31.3	21.3-43.4	11	15.1	8.2-26.0
High School	206	49	20.9	15.2-28.0	94	47.8	40.0-55.7	34	17.8	12.4-24.9	29	13.5	9.0-19.8
> High School	485	93	18.5	15.0-22.6	214	43.0	38.3-47.9	116	24.4	20.5-28.8	62	14.1	11.0-17.8
Marital Status
Married	515	105	18.6	15.2-22.6	233	45.1	40.4-49.8	115	23.0	19.2-27.2	62	13.4	10.4-17.0
Other	263	59	20.9	15.9-27.0	102	39.0	32.5-45.9	61	24.4	18.9-30.9	41	15.6	11.3-21.3
Income
14,999 or less	164	38	20.7	14.5-28.7	72	47.8	39.0-56.7	30	17.4	11.7-25.2	24	14.1	9.0-21.4
15,000-24,999	94	26	23.7	15.3-35.0	28	28.8	19.5-40.3	28	33.5	23.4-45.5	12	13.9	7.6-24.0
25,000-49,999	156	40	22.5	16.2-30.3	74	47.3	38.7-56.0	21	14.4	9.2-21.8	21	15.9	10.4-23.4
50,000 or more	329	51	14.2	10.6-18.8	148	44.3	38.6-50.2	88	27.8	22.8-33.4	42	13.6	10.0-18.3
WIC recipient
No	485	92	17.5	14.1-21.5	210	43.2	38.4-48.1	114	23.8	19.9-28.2	69	15.6	12.3-19.6
Yes	289	69	21.9	17.0-27.8	124	42.6	36.2-49.2	62	23.3	18.2-29.4	34	12.2	8.5-17.2
Medicaid recipient
No	436	79	17.7	14.1-22.0	201	45.3	40.3-50.5	99	22.9	18.9-27.5	57	14.0	10.8-18.0
Yes	342	85	21.5	17.0-26.8	134	40.0	34.2-46.1	77	24.2	19.3-29.8	46	14.4	10.6-19.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	228	61	26.8	21.5-32.9	98	42.4	36.3-48.9	46	20.1	15.5-25.8	23	10.6	7.2-15.4
2500+ grams	550	103	18.8	15.8-22.4	237	42.9	38.8-47.1	130	23.8	20.4-27.5	80	14.5	11.8-17.7

*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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