Notes

Preterm is < 37 weeks gestational age. Low Birthweight is < 2500 grams. The old New Jersey Electronic Birth Certificate (EBC) data collection system was retired and the new Vital Information Platform (VIP) was rolled out in hospitals across the state over a one-year period from July, 2014 through June, 2015. VIP does not collect information on alcohol use during pregnancy, so 2013 is the last year that data are available from this data source.

Data Source

Birth Certificate Database, Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, New Jersey Department of Health

Data Interpretation Issues

Alcohol use during pregnancy is self-reported and, thus, assumed to be under-reported to some degree.

Definition

Percentage of mothers that reported use of alcohol during their most recent pregnancy

Numerator

Number of mothers that reported use of alcohol during their most recent pregnancy

Denominator

Total number of mothers that responded to the survey (PRAMS)

Healthy People Objective: Increase abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes, and illicit drugs among pregnant women: Alcohol

U.S. Target: 98.3 percent

Other Objectives

'''Revised Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective MCH-4''': Decrease use of alcohol among pregnant women to *8.0% among all mothers *8.3% among White mothers *7.6% among Black mothers *8.7% among Hispanic mothers *4.1% among Asian mothers

How Are We Doing?

The Healthy New Jersey 2020 target was met by Hispanic and Black mothers, however, due to the extremely small sample size used in the PRAMS survey, the results are not statistically reliable.

What Is Being Done?

The New Jersey Department of Health has been committed to addressing perinatal addiction since 1980 and provides support to a system of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) risk reduction and perinatal addiction services. These risk reduction services include referral for treatment and education.

Available Services

NJDOH Reproductive and Perinatal Health Services: 609-292-5616