NC PRAMS 2010~` : (During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week?*)

2010 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	630	100	14.9	12.0-18.4	254	40.4	36.0-44.8	183	29.2	25.3-33.5	93	15.5	12.5-19.1
Age
18-19 years	30	7	14.2	5.3-33.1	8	27.0	12.5-48.9	9	22.9	9.7-45.3	6	35.9	17.5-59.6
20-24 years	146	21	12.3	7.4-19.5	58	42.0	33.3-51.3	44	30.4	22.6-39.5	23	15.3	9.8-23.1
25-34 years	355	56	15.4	11.5-20.2	140	39.8	34.2-45.7	106	30.5	25.4-36.1	53	14.4	10.8-18.9
35-44 years	99	16	18.7	10.9-30.1	48	44.5	33.4-56.2	24	23.9	15.4-35.1	11	12.9	6.8-23.1
Race
White	472	74	14.1	10.9-18.2	187	39.7	34.8-44.8	143	31.1	26.5-36.1	68	15.1	11.7-19.2
Black	118	18	16.0	9.7-25.3	51	41.4	31.5-52.0	30	23.8	16.0-33.8	19	18.8	11.7-29.0
Other	34	7	21.8	10.2-40.7	13	42.1	25.3-60.9	9	24.3	11.4-44.6	5	11.8	4.3-28.2
Hispanic origin
Yes	42	12	28.7	16.2-45.5	13	33.0	19.4-50.2	14	35.2	21.2-52.2	3	3.2	0.8-11.8
No	586	87	13.4	10.5-16.9	240	41.0	36.5-45.6	169	28.8	24.8-33.2	90	16.8	13.5-20.6
Education
< High School	56	22	31.2	18.9-46.8	15	26.9	14.9-43.4	12	25.0	13.3-42.1	7	16.9	7.6-33.6
High School	163	33	20.2	14.1-28.3	70	44.3	35.8-53.1	40	22.9	16.4-31.1	20	12.5	7.8-19.6
> High School	410	45	9.6	6.9-13.3	168	40.8	35.6-46.2	131	33.0	28.0-38.3	66	16.7	13.0-21.1
Marital Status
Married	414	69	15.9	12.3-20.5	174	42.5	37.2-48.0	117	29.2	24.5-34.4	54	12.3	9.2-16.2
Other	216	31	13.3	8.9-19.4	80	37.0	29.9-44.7	66	29.3	22.8-36.8	39	20.4	14.8-27.4
Income
14,999 or less	143	28	18.8	12.5-27.3	51	36.0	27.3-45.7	38	24.6	17.2-33.9	26	20.6	13.7-29.7
15,000-24,999	88	15	14.9	8.2-25.5	38	47.3	35.4-59.6	26	24.9	15.9-36.7	9	12.9	6.4-24.3
25,000-49,999	125	27	20.3	13.4-29.6	49	37.0	28.1-46.8	32	28.8	20.6-38.6	17	13.9	8.3-22.3
50,000 or more	251	25	8.3	5.2-13.0	107	43.6	36.9-50.5	79	32.8	26.7-39.6	40	15.3	11.1-20.7
WIC recipient
No	387	46	10.8	7.7-14.8	170	43.8	38.3-49.4	116	30.9	25.9-36.3	55	14.6	11.0-19.1
Yes	242	53	20.1	15.0-26.6	84	35.9	29.2-43.2	67	27.2	21.1-34.2	38	16.8	11.9-23.1
Medicaid recipient
No	354	44	10.4	7.3-14.6	148	42.5	36.8-48.4	108	31.7	26.5-37.4	54	15.4	11.7-20.1
Yes	276	56	19.8	14.9-25.7	106	38.0	31.7-44.8	75	26.6	21.0-33.1	39	15.6	11.1-21.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	202	41	20.2	15.2-26.3	79	38.6	32.1-45.6	56	28.6	22.7-35.4	26	12.6	8.7-17.9
2500+ grams	428	59	14.5	11.3-18.3	175	40.5	35.9-45.3	127	29.3	25.1-33.9	67	15.7	12.5-19.6

*Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 31a 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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