The
DASIS Report: Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002
Highlights:
-
In
2002, of the 363,000 treatment admissions reported to SAMHSA's Treatment
Episode Data Set (TEDS) of women of usual childbearing age (aged 15
to 44 years) for which pregnancy status was recorded, 4% were known
to be pregnant when admitted.
- Compared
to nonpregnant admissions, pregnant women aged 15 to 44 entering treatment
were more likely to report cocaine/crack (22% vs. 17%), amphetamine/methamphetamine
(21% vs. 13%), or marijuana (17% vs. 13%) as their primary substance
of abuse and less likely to report alcohol (18% vs. 31%).
- Pregnant
women were more likely than nonpregnant admissions aged 15 to 44 to
be covered by health insurance (62% vs. 46%), especially by Medicaid
(47% vs. 27%).
- Compared
with admissions among nonpregnant women, the rate of admissions by pregnant
women was higher for residential/rehabilitative service settings (22%
vs. 18%) and ambulatory services (71% vs. 66%) and lower for detoxification
services (7% vs. 16%).
Reports
on Women, Pregnancy, & Related Topics
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on Substance Abuse Treatment
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OAS Publications and Services
This Short
Report, The DASIS Report: Pregnant
Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002, is based on the
Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS),
the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment.
DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies
(OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA).
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