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Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment: 2002
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%).
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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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