2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

SMOKING

Postpartum Smoking1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 905 793 90.2 87.7-92.2 112 9.8 7.8-12.3
Age
< 25 years 211 181 89.8 84.3-93.5 30 10.2 6.5-15.7
25-34 years 512 446 89.5 85.9-92.2 66 10.5 7.8-14.1
35+ years 182 166 93.0 87.2-96.2 16 7.0 3.8-12.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 494 413 86.9 83.3-89.8 81 13.1 10.2-16.7
Non-Hispanic Black 159 140 91.1 83.5-95.3 19 8.9 4.7-16.5
Non-Hispanic Other 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 163 158 98.7 95.8-99.6 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 112 97 92.9 87.1-96.2 15 7.1 3.8-12.9
High School 199 152 82.3 75.2-87.7 47 17.7 12.3-24.8
> High School 593 543 92.4 89.5-94.6 50 7.6 5.4-10.5
Marital Status
Married 578 533 93.7 91.3-95.5 45 6.3 4.5- 8.7
Other 327 260 84.7 79.4-88.8 67 15.3 11.2-20.6
Medicaid recipient
No 505 484 97.1 95.1-98.3 21 2.9 1.7- 4.9
Yes 400 309 82.1 77.3-86.1 91 17.9 13.9-22.7
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 290 228 75.3 69.7-80.2 62 24.7 19.8-30.3
2500+ grams 615 565 91.6 88.9-93.7 50 8.4 6.3-11.1

1Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 35: How many cigarettes do you smoke on an average day now?
2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.

*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.
The overall weighted response rate in 2018 was 53%.

This page was generated on 10OCT19

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