Of
women who use illicit drugs, about half are in the childbearing
age group of 15 to 44.
In 1998, 38 percent of girls ages 12 through
17 reported never using alcohol, nearly
19 percent of teenage girls reported some alcohol consumption
the past month and nearly 7 percent reported binge drinking.
Among
pregnant women aged 15 to 44 years, 3.3 percent reported using
illicit drugs in the month prior to interview. This rate is significantly
lower than the rate among non-pregnant women in that age group
(7.7 percent).
Among
pregnant women aged 15 to 17 years, the rate of use of illicit
drugs was 12.9 percent, nearly equal to the rate for non-pregnant
women of the same age (13.5 percent).
Source
http://www.health.org/govpubs/rpo993/
Among
pregnant women aged 15 to 44 years, 13.8 percent used alcohol
and 3.4 percent were binge drinkers. These rates are substantially
lower than the rates for non-pregnant women in that age group
(49.3 percent and 19.4 percent, respectively).
Source:
http://www.samhsa.gov/statistics/statistics.html
http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/NHSDA/2kNHSDA/chapter2.htm
In
2000, the rate of current illicit drug use was higher among black
pregnant women (7.1 percent) than among white (2.9 percent) or
Hispanic (2.1 percent) pregnant women.
Women
who abuse alcohol or drugs are also at higher risk for HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis, oral and pharyngeal cancer, injury, and sexually
transmitted diseases.
Source:
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/pregnancytrends.html
http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/NHSDA/2kNHSDA/chapter2.htm
http://www.health.org/govpubs/rpo993/
