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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2022 Dec 13;17(3):e192–e198. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001123

Table 1:

Demographics of birthing patients who use cannabis vs who did not use cannabis in California (2007–2011)

Total Birthing patients with cannabis use disorder Birthing patients who do not use cannabis P*
N=2,380,446 N=9,144 N=2,371,302
Race and ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white 622,308 (26.4%) 3,543 (39.3%) 618,765 (26.4%) <0.001
Non-Hispanic Black 120,247 (5.1%) 1,990 (22.1%) 118,257 (5.0%)
Hispanic 1,279,780 (54.4%) 2,754 (30.5%) 1,277,026 (54.5%)
Asian 280,279 (11.9%) 118 (1.3%) 280,161 (11.9%)
AIAN 7,089 (0.3%) 132 (1.5%) 6,957 (0.3%)
Other/Multiracial 44,368 (1.9%) 484 (5.4%) 43,884 (1.9%)
Maternal age
<20 years 216,398 (9.1%) 1,539 (16.8%) 214,859 (9.1%) <0.001
20–34 years 1,751,538 (73.6%) 6,969 (76.2%) 1,744,569 (73.6%)
>=35 years 412,444 (17.3%) 636 (7.0%) 411,808 (17.4%)
No college education 1,200,296 (52.2%) 6,459 (73.3%) 1,193,837 (52.1%) <0.001
Pre-pregnancy BMI
Mean (Range) 25.8 (10.5–167.5) 25.8 (13.2–71.8) 25.8 (10.5–167.5) 0.50
Underweight 89,925 (4.1%) 547 (6.5%) 89,378 (4.1%) <0.001
Normal 1,092,829 (50.1%) 4,025 (48.1%) 1,088,804 (50.1%)
Overweight 560,723 (25.7%) 1,985 (23.7%) 558,738 (25.7%)
Obese 437,627 (20.1%) 1,804 (21.6%) 435,823 (20.1%)
Public insurance 1,204,790 (52.0%) 7,357 (80.5%) 1,197,433 (51.9%) <0.001
Nulliparous 943,659 (39.7%) 3,889 (42.8%) 939,770 (39.7%) <0.001
Cigarette smoker during pregnancy 73,588 (3.1%) 2,382 (26.0%) 71,206 (3.0%) <0.001
Prenatal visits (less than five total visits) 55,371 (2.4%) 1,365 (15.6%) 54,006 (2.3%) <0.001
Alcohol use 2,487 (0.1%) 412 (4.5%) 2,075 (0.1%) <0.001
Other Substance use 4,087 (0.2%) 597 (6.5%) 3,490 (0.1%) <0.001
Chronic hypertension 21,072 (0.9%) 121 (1.3%) 20,951 (0.9%) <0.001
Pre-existing diabetes 22,771 (1.0%) 80 (0.9%) 22,691 (1.0%) 0.42
*

Chi-square test/two-sample t-test

BMI-Body mass index, AIAN- American-Indian Alaskan-Native

All the demographics were captured using vital statistics data, but alcohol use, other substance use, chronic hypertension and pre-existing diabetes were determined using ICD-9 codes.