Smoking and alcohol consumption during pregnancy: an epidemiological study in Tasmania
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 1 (5) , 220-223
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb99396.x
Abstract
Smoking and alcohol ingestion were analysed in 5100 women confined in Tasmania in 1981. This represented 70% of the total number of confinements. The incidence of smoking throughout pregnancy was 33.6%, and 2.7% of the women studied smoked at some time during pregnancy. Alcohol consumption in pregnancy was recorded for 55.9% of patients. However, 99% were only occasional drinkers. There was a statistically higher incidence in smoking habits in the age group 20 years and under, the unmarried and the lower socio-economic classes, whereas the reverse was true for alcohol consumption. The analysis provides a basis for the groups toward which programmes should be directed.Keywords
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