British Columbia Maternal Substance Use Statistics, 2000-2022
by Lindsay A. Wilson·Updated 27d ago
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Description
Descriptive statistics of mothers in British Columbia with an indication of substance use between one year prior to their first pregnancy-related healthcare contact and the date of delivery, categorized by substance type. The data covers a period from April 1, 2000 to December 31, 2022. Lindsay A. Wilson authored this dataset, which is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.
Use Cases
Analyze trends in maternal substance use over time based on the 22-year time range
Compare prevalence of different substance types among pregnant women based on categorization by substance
Study the relationship between prenatal healthcare contact timing and substance use indicators based on the defined observation window
Strengths
Long temporal coverage spanning over 22 years (2000-2022)
Specific focus on substance use during pregnancy, a key public health topic
Data is structured by substance type, enabling comparative analysis
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
The dataset is very small (13.5 KB), suggesting limited scope or aggregated summary data
Provenance
Source
figshare
Time Range
2000/04/01-2022/12/31
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-26 17:39:21; freshness should be verified