NC PRAMS 2009~` : (During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many times did you drink 4 or more alcoholic drinks in one sitting?*)

2009 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

ALCOHOL USE

During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many times did you drink 4 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	593	337	56.9	52.2-61.4	89	15.1	12.0-18.7	167	28.0	24.1-32.4
Age
< 20 years	38	18	44.4	27.0-63.4	5	14.3	5.1-34.2	15	41.3	24.2-60.7
20-24 years	140	75	58.5	48.7-67.6	20	13.7	8.3-21.8	45	27.8	20.2-37.1
25-34 years	332	191	55.8	49.7-61.8	51	16.5	12.4-21.6	90	27.7	22.6-33.5
35+ years	83	53	65.1	53.0-75.5	13	12.1	6.2-22.2	17	22.8	14.3-34.4
Race
White	460	257	53.8	48.7-58.9	72	16.0	12.6-20.3	131	30.1	25.6-35.1
Black	112	73	72.7	61.6-81.5	13	8.9	4.3-17.4	26	18.5	11.2-28.8
Other	21	7	31.4	13.5-57.2	4	30.5	12.2-58.1	10	38.1	18.1-63.1
Hispanic origin
Yes	31	16	45.9	27.7-65.3	6	22.8	10.1-43.7	9	31.3	16.2-51.8
No	562	321	57.6	52.9-62.3	83	14.5	11.5-18.2	158	27.8	23.8-32.3
Education
< High School	62	33	56.7	41.1-71.1	12	19.4	9.8-34.7	17	23.9	13.2-39.3
High School	144	76	50.9	41.5-60.3	21	16.6	10.7-24.9	47	32.5	24.3-41.8
> High School	386	228	59.5	53.9-64.8	56	13.6	10.3-17.9	102	26.9	22.2-32.1
Marital Status
Married	386	224	56.8	51.2-62.2	60	15.7	12.0-20.2	102	27.5	22.8-32.8
Other	207	113	57.0	48.8-64.8	29	14.1	9.3-20.8	65	28.9	22.2-36.8
Income
14,999 or less	88	40	52.6	39.9-65.1	15	18.7	10.5-31.0	33	28.7	18.8-41.2
15,000-24,999	120	76	64.2	54.0-73.2	20	14.2	8.6-22.5	24	21.6	14.4-31.0
25,000-49,999	131	77	58.4	48.4-67.9	17	11.9	6.7-20.2	37	29.7	21.4-39.5
50,000 or more	235	137	55.3	48.2-62.2	34	15.0	10.7-20.8	64	29.7	23.6-36.6
WIC recipient
No	362	208	54.4	48.6-60.1	51	14.8	11.2-19.4	103	30.8	25.6-36.4
Yes	231	129	60.6	52.9-67.9	38	15.4	10.6-21.8	64	23.9	18.1-30.9
Medicaid recipient
No	345	204	56.6	50.6-62.3	46	13.8	10.3-18.4	95	29.6	24.4-35.3
Yes	248	133	57.3	49.9-64.4	43	16.6	11.8-22.9	72	26.1	20.2-33.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	195	111	56.1	49.0-62.9	29	14.8	10.4-20.5	55	29.2	23.2-36.0
2500+ grams	398	226	57.0	51.9-61.8	60	15.1	11.8-19.0	112	28.0	23.7-32.6

*Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 32a and asked only of mothers who reported drinking alcohol in the past 2 years.

~Low participation was a substantial problem for NC PRAMS in 2009.The overall weighted response rate was 63%.

#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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