NC RESIDENT BIRTHS 2000-2004: NUMBER AND PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WHO SMOKED PRENATALLY

  NUMBER AND % SMOKING
NUMBER PERCENT
RESIDENCE 78,659 13.2
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 1,331 14.4
ALEXANDER 453 21.7
ALLEGHANY 113 22.2
ANSON 312 19.0
ASHE 282 21.9
AVERY 179 21.0
BEAUFORT 509 16.5
BERTIE 73 5.8
BLADEN 405 17.5
BRUNSWICK 1,117 25.7
BUNCOMBE 1,944 15.3
BURKE 1,095 20.9
CABARRUS 1,300 11.8
CALDWELL 1,154 24.0
CAMDEN 57 13.0
CARTERET 605 20.0
CASWELL 242 19.6
CATAWBA 1,620 15.8
CHATHAM 393 11.5
CHEROKEE 397 30.0
CHOWAN 124 13.7
CLAY 123 29.7
CLEVELAND 1,215 19.5
COLUMBUS 695 17.9
CRAVEN 1,184 15.1
CUMBERLAND 3,310 12.3
CURRITUCK 202 17.5
DARE 308 15.6
DAVIDSON 1,922 20.0
DAVIE 420 19.1
DUPLIN 450 11.4
DURHAM 962 5.0
EDGECOMBE 582 14.9
FORSYTH 2,941 12.8
FRANKLIN 340 10.2
GASTON 2,705 20.9
GATES 71 12.8
GRAHAM 124 25.1
GRANVILLE 373 12.3
GREENE 152 12.3
GUILFORD 2,962 10.0
HALIFAX 637 16.9
HARNETT 1,124 15.6
HAYWOOD 696 24.8
HENDERSON 805 14.7
HERTFORD 97 6.7
HOKE 397 11.6
HYDE 31 10.7
IREDELL 1,567 17.2
JACKSON 373 20.7
JOHNSTON 1,373 12.7
JONES 86 19.0
LEE 536 12.9
LENOIR 671 16.8
LINCOLN 822 18.7
MCDOWELL 610 23.6
MACON 348 22.0
MADISON 258 23.4
MARTIN 203 12.9
MECKLENBURG 3,991 6.4
MITCHELL 210 25.6
MONTGOMERY 239 12.1
MOORE 690 15.2
NASH 872 14.2
NEW HANOVER 1,722 16.6
NORTHAMPTON 178 14.8
ONSLOW 1,968 12.2
ORANGE 576 8.8
PAMLICO 142 26.3
PASQUOTANK 260 10.8
PENDER 486 20.3
PERQUIMANS 87 14.5
PERSON 397 17.5
PITT 1,001 9.9
POLK 141 16.4
RANDOLPH 1,556 17.0
RICHMOND 686 21.5
ROBESON 2,023 19.6
ROCKINGHAM 1,197 21.2
ROWAN 1,468 17.6
RUTHERFORD 868 21.7
SAMPSON 524 11.6
SCOTLAND 475 19.4
STANLY 601 16.1
STOKES 758 30.2
SURRY 1,039 22.5
SWAIN 215 24.1
TRANSYLVANIA 277 20.5
TYRRELL 36 16.3
UNION 1,271 10.8
VANCE 538 15.3
WAKE 2,812 5.1
WARREN 149 14.9
WASHINGTON 87 10.0
WATAUGA 212 12.2
WAYNE 1,285 14.9
WILKES 956 22.5
WILSON 598 11.2
YADKIN 500 21.1
YANCEY 188 20.2

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