2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

SMOKING

Continuous Smoking Before, During, After Pregnancy1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 917 837 93.2 91.1-94.9 80 6.8 5.1- 8.9
Age
< 25 years 214 196 93.4 88.8-96.2 18 6.6 3.8-11.2
25-34 years 519 465 92.2 89.0-94.5 54 7.8 5.5-11.0
35+ years 184 176 95.9 90.2-98.3 *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 499 439 90.8 87.6-93.2 60 9.2 6.8-12.4
Non-Hispanic Black 162 152 93.9 86.6-97.3 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 68 66 99.1 96.2-99.8 *** *** ***
Latina 165 161 98.9 95.8-99.7 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 115 103 94.7 89.8-97.4 12 5.3 2.6-10.2
High School 202 169 86.3 79.4-91.1 33 13.7 8.9-20.6
> High School 599 564 95.3 93.0-96.9 35 4.7 3.1- 7.0
Marital Status
Married 587 556 96.0 94.1-97.4 31 4.0 2.6- 5.9
Other 330 281 88.7 83.9-92.2 49 11.3 7.8-16.1
Medicaid recipient
No 508 495 98.4 96.7-99.2 13 1.6 0.8- 3.3
Yes 409 342 87.2 83.0-90.6 67 12.8 9.4-17.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 293 247 81.9 76.8-86.2 46 18.1 13.8-23.2
2500+ grams 624 590 94.2 91.9-96.0 34 5.8 4.0- 8.1

1Data in this table are constructed from survey questions 32-35
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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