Trends and correlates of cannabis use in pregnancy: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada from 2012 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Forthcoming legislative changes will legalize and make cannabis widely available in Canada. We conducted an analysis of Ontario's birth registry to determine recent trends and correlates of cannabis use in pregnancy.

Methods

We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study assembled from the Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario database, covering live births and stillbirths in Ontario between April 2012 and December 2017. Trends in self-reported cannabis use in pregnancy were analyzed according to maternal age and area-level socio-economic status (SES) using log binomial regression analysis.

Results

A total of 10,731 women reported cannabis use in pregnancy. Prevalence increased from 1.2% in 2012 to 1.8% in 2017 (p-trend, < 0.001), equ

SUBMITTER: Corsi DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6335373 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature