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Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment

The DASIS Report: Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment

Highlights:

  • In 1999, 4 percent of women aged 15 to 44 years who entered publicly funded substance abuse treatment were pregnant when admitted.

  • Pregnant women aged 15 to 44 were more likely than women of the same age group to enter treatment for cocaine abuse. 
  • In 1999, 42 percent of pregnant women were not covered by health insurance.
  • Between 1995 and 1999, the source of referral to substance abuse treatment changed for pregnant women:  Criminal Justice Referrals increased from 21 percent to 28 percent; Self/Individual referrals decreased from 33 percent to 28 percent, and Health Care Providers decreased from 14 percent to 11 percent.

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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Pregnant Women in Substance Abuse Treatment,  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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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

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