Elevated maternal and child mortality among women with multiple DUI convictions compared with socio-demographically matched controls.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To assess whether having multiple convictions for driving while under the influence of alcohol (MDUI) in women is a risk factor for maternal, infant and child mortality.

Design

Retrospective cohort design using record linkage, comparing women with MDUI convictions with propensity-matched women without alcohol-related driving offences ascertained through state records, on rates of maternal, infant and child mortality.

Setting

Missouri, United States.

Participants

MDUI women (n = 1658) and women with no alcohol-related driving convictions (control, n = 184 252) who gave birth from 2000 to 2004.

Measurements

Data were obtained from state administrative records and US Census data. The outcomes were maternal, infant and child mortality. The input variabl

SUBMITTER: McCutcheon VV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6800795 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature