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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Dec 9;242:109728. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109728

Table 1.

Maternal and infant characteristics by cannabis use disorder diagnosis among individuals in the state of California with live-born singleton deliveries between 2011-2018

No cannabis use
disorder
(n=3,425,011)
Cannabis use disorder
(n=34,544)
n % n %
Maternal characteristics
Race/ethnicity
  Non-Hispanic White 906410 26.5 11504 33.3
  Hispanic 1678298 49.0 11509 33.3
  Non-Hispanic Black 162409 4.7 7249 21.0
  American Indian / Alaska Native 10555 0.3 458 1.3
  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 13075 0.4 131 0.4
  Non-Hispanic Asian 505937 14.8 406 1.2
  Multiple 74376 2.2 2234 6.5
  Other 73951 2.2 1053 3.1
Maternal age
  Less than 18 years 54386 1.6 1024 3.0
  18-34 years 2657323 77.6 30627 88.7
  Greater than 34 years 713190 20.8 2891 8.4
  Missing 112 0.0 2 0.0
Source of payment
  Private insurance 1649508 48.2 8046 23.3
  Public insurance 1608631 47.0 25631 74.2
  Other payment 166872 4.9 867 2.5
Maternal education
  12 or more years 2709272 79.1 24138 69.9
  Less than 12 years 567871 16.6 8465 24.5
  Missing 147868 4.3 1941 5.6
Pre-pregnancy BMI
  Underweight/normal weight 1672684 48.8 16478 47.7
  Overweight 865278 25.3 8002 23.2
  Obese 753840 22.0 8321 24.1
  Missing 133209 3.9 1743 5.0
Anxiety disorder 81135 2.4 4078 11.8
Major depressive disorder 68640 2.0 3994 11.6
Bipolar disorder 21507 0.6 2574 7.5
Preexisting or gestational diabetes 402485 11.8 3284 9.5
Nicotine use 91319 2.7 12289 35.6
Other substance use disorder 30694 0.9 8111 23.5
Alcohol use disorder 5250 0.2 1654 4.8
Infant characteristics
Premature at birth (<37 weeks) 227920 6.7 4621 13.4
Extremely premature (<32 weeks) 28951 0.8 806 2.3
Small for gestational age 295992 8.6 5411 15.7
Neonatal intensive care unit admission 206365 6.0 4155 12.0