TABLE 2. The prevalence of alcohol consumption (any amount) during pregnancy among the general population of Latin America and the Caribbean, by country, 2012.
Country |
Estimate (%) |
95% Confidence Interval |
|
|---|---|---|---|
Lower (%) |
Upper (%) |
||
Caribbean |
|
|
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
9.7 |
8.3 |
11.0 |
Bahamas |
12.0 |
10.1 |
14.0 |
Barbados |
14.7 |
12.7 |
16.7 |
Cuba |
4.8 |
4.2 |
5.4 |
Dominica |
14.6 |
12.9 |
16.3 |
Dominican Republic |
12.1 |
10.7 |
13.5 |
Grenada |
23.3 |
20.1 |
26.5 |
Haiti |
14.9 |
13.3 |
16.6 |
Jamaica |
9.4 |
8.3 |
10.5 |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
9.5 |
8.2 |
10.8 |
St. Lucia |
21.8 |
19.0 |
24.7 |
St. Vincent and Grenadines |
14.9 |
13.2 |
16.7 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
5.6 |
4.8 |
6.5 |
Central America |
|
|
|
Belize |
9.6 |
8.4 |
10.7 |
Costa Rica |
8.3 |
7.3 |
9.3 |
El Salvador |
8.3 |
7.3 |
9.3 |
Guatemala |
6.5 |
5.6 |
7.4 |
Honduras |
10.6 |
9.4 |
11.9 |
Mexicoa |
1.2 |
0.0 |
2.7 |
Nicaragua |
8.9 |
7.8 |
10.0 |
Panama |
11.7 |
10.1 |
13.2 |
South America |
|
|
|
Argentina |
12.9 |
11.1 |
14.7 |
Bolivia |
10.5 |
9.3 |
11.7 |
Brazila |
15.2 |
10.4 |
20.8 |
Chile |
10.6 |
9.1 |
12.2 |
Colombia |
9.1 |
8.0 |
10.1 |
Ecuador |
8.9 |
7.8 |
9.9 |
Guyana |
18.2 |
16.1 |
20.2 |
Paraguay |
17.9 |
15.9 |
20.0 |
Peru |
12.5 |
11.0 |
13.9 |
Suriname |
10.2 |
8.9 |
11.4 |
Uruguay |
8.8 |
7.6 |
9.9 |
Venezuela |
10.0 |
8.7 |
11.2 |
Estimate based on a meta-analysis of the current literature.
Source: Prepared by the authors from the study data.