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Friday, May 22, 2009

Alcohol Use Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women of Childbearing Age — United States, 1991–2005
MMWR May 22, 2009 / Vol. 58 / No. 19 pp. 529-532

To examine the prevalence of any alcohol use and binge drinking among pregnant women and nonpregnant women of childbearing age in the United States and to characterize the women with these alcohol use behaviors, CDC analyzed 1991–2005 data from Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys. The find­ings indicated that the prevalence of any alcohol use and binge drinking among pregnant and nonpregnant women of childbearing age did not change substantially from 1991 to 2005.

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