2020 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 768 683 87.3 83.8-90.1 85 12.7 9.9-16.2
Age
< 25 years 154 131 82.1 72.6-88.8 23 17.9 11.2-27.4
25-34 years 453 397 86.7 82.0-90.3 56 13.3 9.7-18.0
35+ years 161 155 96.0 91.0-98.3 *** *** ***
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 395 346 86.1 80.9-90.0 49 13.9 10.0-19.1
Non-Hispanic Black 145 120 82.6 73.5-89.1 25 17.4 10.9-26.5
Non-Hispanic Other 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 158 155 98.1 94.2-99.4 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 162 130 77.6 68.0-85.0 32 22.4 15.0-32.0
> High School 511 478 93.8 90.6-95.9 33 6.2 4.1- 9.4
Marital Status
Married 466 444 94.4 90.8-96.6 22 5.6 3.4- 9.2
Other 302 239 76.6 69.7-82.3 63 23.4 17.7-30.3
Medicaid recipient
No 405 393 96.4 93.2-98.1 12 3.6 1.9- 6.8
Yes 363 290 76.9 70.6-82.2 73 23.1 17.8-29.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 270 233 84.8 79.6-88.9 37 15.2 11.1-20.4
2500+ grams 498 450 87.5 83.7-90.5 48 12.5 9.5-16.3

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 2020 was 45%.

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