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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 89.3 percent of pregnant females aged 15 to 44 years reported abstaining from alcohol in the past 30 days in 2017-18
Target: 92.2 percent
Numerator
Number of pregnant females aged 15 to 44 years reporting no alcohol use in past 30 days.
Denominator
Number of pregnant females aged 15 to 44 years.
Target-setting method
Minimal statistical significance
Target-setting method details
Minimal statistical significance, assuming the same standard error for the target as for the baseline.
Target-setting method justification
Trend data were evaluated for this objective, but it was not possible to project a target because the trend line was moving away from the desired direction. The standard error was used to calculate a target based on minimal statistical significance, assuming the same standard error for the target as for the baseline. This method was used because of the high baseline prevalence.
Methodology
Questions used to obtain the national baseline data
(For additional information, please visit the data source page linked above.)
From the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health:
Numerator:
How long has it been since you last drank an alcoholic beverage?- Within the past 30 days – that is since [DATE]
- More than 30 days ago but within the past 12 months
- More than 12 months ago
- Yes
- No
[If Yes:]
How many months pregnant are you? Number of months pregnant __Methodology notes
To ensure adequate precision of estimates for pregnant women, estimates are based on combined data from two years.
History
Comparable HP2020 objective
Retained, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 with no change in measurement.
