NC RESIDENT BIRTHS 1998-2002: NUMBER AND PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WHO SMOKED PRENATALLY

  NUMBER AND % SMOKING
NUMBER PERCENT
RESIDENCE 81,514 14.0
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 1,483 16.4
ALEXANDER 458 21.3
ALLEGHANY 137 25.4
ANSON 291 17.4
ASHE 273 21.4
AVERY 203 23.6
BEAUFORT 499 15.9
BERTIE 73 5.7
BLADEN 400 17.2
BRUNSWICK 1,072 25.8
BUNCOMBE 1,970 15.6
BURKE 1,195 21.6
CABARRUS 1,326 13.0
CALDWELL 1,227 24.1
CAMDEN 40 11.8
CARTERET 587 19.4
CASWELL 275 21.1
CATAWBA 1,542 15.3
CHATHAM 417 12.5
CHEROKEE 343 26.0
CHOWAN 128 12.9
CLAY 102 27.7
CLEVELAND 1,295 20.2
COLUMBUS 716 17.7
CRAVEN 1,285 16.2
CUMBERLAND 3,443 12.5
CURRITUCK 200 19.0
DARE 302 17.9
DAVIDSON 2,080 21.8
DAVIE 437 20.0
DUPLIN 467 11.9
DURHAM 1,087 5.9
EDGECOMBE 574 14.2
FORSYTH 3,200 14.2
FRANKLIN 326 10.3
GASTON 2,789 21.3
GATES 71 13.1
GRAHAM 120 24.3
GRANVILLE 418 14.1
GREENE 158 12.4
GUILFORD 3,233 11.1
HALIFAX 588 15.5
HARNETT 1,214 17.0
HAYWOOD 701 25.4
HENDERSON 835 15.9
HERTFORD 72 5.0
HOKE 408 12.3
HYDE 32 11.1
IREDELL 1,616 18.3
JACKSON 380 21.4
JOHNSTON 1,292 12.8
JONES 102 19.9
LEE 552 13.3
LENOIR 703 16.8
LINCOLN 830 19.3
MCDOWELL 646 24.5
MACON 341 22.5
MADISON 264 23.7
MARTIN 231 13.8
MECKLENBURG 4,322 7.5
MITCHELL 209 25.2
MONTGOMERY 254 12.4
MOORE 747 16.2
NASH 814 13.2
NEW HANOVER 1,611 16.1
NORTHAMPTON 168 13.3
ONSLOW 2,017 12.7
ORANGE 618 10.0
PAMLICO 125 23.6
PASQUOTANK 254 11.2
PENDER 466 19.7
PERQUIMANS 81 13.9
PERSON 380 16.6
PITT 1,018 10.4
POLK 149 16.7
RANDOLPH 1,722 18.8
RICHMOND 764 23.0
ROBESON 2,210 21.0
ROCKINGHAM 1,265 21.5
ROWAN 1,529 18.1
RUTHERFORD 915 22.5
SAMPSON 549 12.1
SCOTLAND 443 17.2
STANLY 527 14.2
STOKES 752 29.3
SURRY 1,155 24.4
SWAIN 198 22.7
TRANSYLVANIA 302 21.7
TYRRELL 40 18.0
UNION 1,276 11.8
VANCE 574 16.2
WAKE 2,878 5.7
WARREN 145 14.2
WASHINGTON 93 11.0
WATAUGA 213 12.5
WAYNE 1,341 15.6
WILKES 1,028 23.7
WILSON 599 10.9
YADKIN 533 21.5
YANCEY 181 19.3

PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/)