NC RESIDENT BIRTHS 1999-2003: NUMBER AND PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WHO SMOKED PRENATALLY

  NUMBER AND % SMOKING
NUMBER PERCENT
RESIDENCE 79,925 13.6
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 1,419 15.4
ALEXANDER 464 21.6
ALLEGHANY 128 25.1
ANSON 316 18.6
ASHE 278 21.2
AVERY 185 21.2
BEAUFORT 521 16.7
BERTIE 77 6.0
BLADEN 395 17.1
BRUNSWICK 1,086 25.5
BUNCOMBE 1,951 15.4
BURKE 1,120 20.9
CABARRUS 1,301 12.2
CALDWELL 1,174 24.0
CAMDEN 55 13.5
CARTERET 584 19.5
CASWELL 272 21.0
CATAWBA 1,591 15.5
CHATHAM 405 12.0
CHEROKEE 372 28.1
CHOWAN 122 13.6
CLAY 119 30.2
CLEVELAND 1,234 19.6
COLUMBUS 717 18.0
CRAVEN 1,243 15.7
CUMBERLAND 3,386 12.5
CURRITUCK 203 18.5
DARE 302 16.7
DAVIDSON 2,051 21.3
DAVIE 430 19.6
DUPLIN 440 11.3
DURHAM 1,034 5.5
EDGECOMBE 567 14.4
FORSYTH 3,079 13.5
FRANKLIN 328 10.2
GASTON 2,759 21.1
GATES 66 12.3
GRAHAM 126 24.5
GRANVILLE 386 12.9
GREENE 150 12.4
GUILFORD 3,105 10.5
HALIFAX 619 16.3
HARNETT 1,149 16.0
HAYWOOD 699 24.8
HENDERSON 829 15.4
HERTFORD 76 5.3
HOKE 411 12.2
HYDE 27 9.6
IREDELL 1,593 17.6
JACKSON 382 21.2
JOHNSTON 1,308 12.6
JONES 92 19.1
LEE 546 13.1
LENOIR 683 16.9
LINCOLN 822 18.7
MCDOWELL 617 23.4
MACON 352 22.7
MADISON 262 23.9
MARTIN 218 13.5
MECKLENBURG 4,137 6.9
MITCHELL 213 25.5
MONTGOMERY 238 12.0
MOORE 718 15.9
NASH 854 13.9
NEW HANOVER 1,650 16.2
NORTHAMPTON 173 13.8
ONSLOW 1,945 12.2
ORANGE 592 9.3
PAMLICO 123 23.9
PASQUOTANK 250 10.8
PENDER 474 20.0
PERQUIMANS 82 13.6
PERSON 395 17.2
PITT 1,005 10.2
POLK 157 17.8
RANDOLPH 1,639 17.7
RICHMOND 733 22.6
ROBESON 2,088 20.1
ROCKINGHAM 1,217 21.1
ROWAN 1,492 17.7
RUTHERFORD 882 21.9
SAMPSON 537 11.8
SCOTLAND 445 17.9
STANLY 560 15.2
STOKES 754 29.7
SURRY 1,103 23.5
SWAIN 213 24.6
TRANSYLVANIA 285 20.7
TYRRELL 37 16.5
UNION 1,301 11.5
VANCE 542 15.3
WAKE 2,815 5.3
WARREN 158 15.4
WASHINGTON 87 10.2
WATAUGA 202 11.7
WAYNE 1,327 15.4
WILKES 997 22.9
WILSON 585 10.9
YADKIN 513 21.3
YANCEY 181 19.3

PREPARED BY NC-DHHS STATE CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (www.schs.state.nc.us/SCHS/)
NOTE: RATES BASED ON SMALL NUMBERS (FEWER THAN 20 CASES)
ARE UNSTABLE AND SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION