The DASIS Report: Pregnant Women in
Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002 Highlights:
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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%).
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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%).
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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
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