2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

SMOKING

Smoked Last 3 months of Pregnancy1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 767 704 90.9 87.7-93.2 63 9.1 6.8-12.3
Age
< 25 years 154 142 90.8 82.5-95.4 12 9.2 4.6-17.5
25-34 years 452 405 89.0 84.6-92.2 47 11.0 7.8-15.4
35+ years 161 157 97.4 92.7-99.1 *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 394 356 89.1 84.2-92.6 38 10.9 7.4-15.8
Non-Hispanic Black 145 128 88.5 80.2-93.6 17 11.5 6.4-19.8
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 158 155 98.1 94.2-99.4 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 162 143 87.5 79.0-92.9 19 12.5 7.1-21.0
> High School 510 484 95.4 92.5-97.2 26 4.6 2.8- 7.5
Marital Status
Married 465 445 94.7 91.1-96.8 20 5.3 3.2- 8.9
Other 302 259 85.2 79.0-89.8 43 14.8 10.2-21.0
Medicaid recipient
No 404 396 97.3 94.1-98.8 *** *** ***
Yes 363 308 83.6 77.8-88.1 55 16.4 11.9-22.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 241 88.2 83.4-91.8 29 11.8 8.2-16.6
2500+ grams 497 463 91.1 87.7-93.7 34 8.9 6.3-12.3

1Data in this table are recoded responses to survey question 34: In the last 3 months of your pregnancy, how many cigarettes did you smoke on an average day?
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 2020 was 45%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

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