* 129 percent of pregnant women reported near level of alcohol use in 1999
* 27 percent of pregnant women reported visit often drinking in 1999.
* 33 percent of pregnant women reported binge drinking in 1999
* 34-99 percent of pregnant women in eight States reported using alcohol during pregnancy in 2000 and 2001
SOURCE: Center for Disease manage and Prevention (CDC) 2002.
GRACE CHANG, MD MPH
GRACE CHANG, MD MPH is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical place of education and an associate physician in psychiatry and director of education at the Center for Clinical Investigation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, the two positions in Boston, Massachusetts.