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Females aged 15-44 years reporting past month binge* alcohol use,
by race/ethnicity and pregnancy status, 2002 and 2003 combined
(vertical bar chart): Total: pregnant, 4.1%; not pregnant, 23.2%.
Non-Hispanic White: pregnant, 4.0%; not pregnant, 26.1%. Non-Hispanic
Black: pregnant, 3.0%; not pregnant, 18.7%. Hispanic: pregnant, 2.9%;
not pregnant, 18.6%. American Indian/Alaska Native: pregnant, no estimate
due to small sample size; not pregnant, 35.1%. Asian: pregnant, no
estimate due to small sample size; not pregnant, 9.1%. More than one
race: pregnant, low estimate due to small sample size; not pregnant,
24.7%.
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Results for the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: detailed tables. Office of Applied Studies, Rockville, MD, September 2004. *“Binge” alcohol use was defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on at lest 1 day in the past 30 days. “Occasion” means at the same time or within a few hours of each other. “Heavy” alcohol use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days; all “Heavy” alcohol users are also “Binge” alcohol users.
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