This Is Your Baby On Drugs [Infographic]

THIS IS YOUR BABY ON DRUGS SHOCKING STATISTICS ON THE LARGE NUMBER OF DRUG RELATED PREGNANCIES IN THE US BY DRUG. SEE WHAT TAKING DRUGS DURING PREGNANCY COULD MEAN FOR THE HEALTH OF YOUR UNBORN CHILD. 133 247 MILLION BIRTHS BIRTHS BIRTHS EACH YEAR 4,315,000 BABIES BORN IN THE US LAST YEAR 150 S0BABIES THOUSAND ARE BORN WITH BIRTH DEFECTS EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES THIS MEANS OUT OF 100 BABIES ARE BORN WITH DEFECTS IN THE US 4° |% OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN THE US USE ILLICIT DRUGS THIS MEANS 176,200 BABIES ARE EXPOSED TO POTENTIAL BIRTH DEFECTS DRUG RELATED PREGNANCIES STATES % OF DRUG RELATED PREGNANCIES MA 9.1% NM 2.9% AK 1.1% ID 2.1% M 13.3% AZ 10.5% IL 18.1 MN 7.4% NC 9.5% TX 31.7% MS 3.2% MO 8.0% ND 0.8% CA 58.43 IA 3.8% OH 13.2 VT 0.7% CO 8.7% KS 3.4% MT 1.4% OK 4.4% CT 4.4% KY 4.8% NE 2.6% OR 5.4% WA 9.0% WV 1.8% WI 7.7% LA 5.6% NV 3.5% FL 19.2% ME 1.4% NH 1.6% RI 1.7% GA 11.1% MD 7.1% NJ 9.4% WY 0.7% DRUGS AND THE AREAS AFFECTED O Heroin O Meth O Cocaine O Steroids O Marijuana O Hallucinogens O Ecstasy HOW DRUGS CAN HARM YOUR BABY: ABC PREMATURE LEARNING BIRTH BRAIN DAMAGE SLOW TO DRUG DEVELOPMENT DEFECTS ADDICTED BIRTH DISABILITIES HIV ALCOHOL MARIJUANA EVERY YEAR BETWEEN 2 AND 12 THOUSAND BABIES IN THE US ARE BORN WITH MARIJUANA USE BY PREGNANT WOMEN RANGES FROM 10 TO 30 PERCENT 1,294,500 PREGNANCIES DEFECTS CAUSED BY ALCOHOL COCAINE HEROIN 2.6% PREVALENCE OF ANY COCAINE USE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN 2.3% PREVALENCE OF ANY ILLICIT DRUG USE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN 112,190 99,245 PREGNANCIES PREGNANCIES METH HALLUCINOGENS 1% OF PREGNANT WOMEN ARE USERS .5% OF PREGNANT WOMEN ARE USERS 43,510 21,575 PREGNANCIES PREGNANCIES ECSTASY 3% OF PREGNANT WOMEN ARE USERS 12,495 12 Palms PREGNANCIES RECOVERY CENTER 866-471-8549 SOURCES: US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH I WASHINGTON.EDU CBS NEWS AAFP I ACOG