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Table 2 Demographics

From: Patient caught breastfeeding and instructed to stop: an empirical ethics study on marijuana and lactation

Characteristic

Total n=150

Patients with THC use

n= 35

Patients without THC use

n= 115

Age

<18

2 (1.3%)

1 (2.9%)

1 (0.8%)

18–24

38 (25.3%)

12 (34.3%)

26 (22.6%)

25–29

39 (26.0%)

13 (37.1%)

26 (22.6%)

30–34

33 (22.0%)

3 (8.6%)

30 (26.1%)

>35

38 (25.3%)

6 (17.1%)

32 (27.8%)

Race

Black or African American

92 (61.3%)

28 (80%)

64 (55.7%)

White or Caucasian

35 (28%)

7 (20%)

35 (30.4%)

Asian

6 (4.0%)

0 (0%)

6 (5.2%)

Other

11 (7.3%)

1 (2.9%)

10 (8.7%)

Feeding modality at time of discharge after delivery

Breast

105 (70%)

17 (48.6%)

88 (76.5%)

Formula

34 (22.7%)

16 (45.7%)

18 (15.7%)

Both

11(7.3%)

2 (5.7%)

9 (7.8%)