NC RESIDENT BIRTHS 2001-2005: NUMBER AND PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WHO SMOKED PRENATALLY

  NUMBER AND % SMOKING
NUMBER PERCENT
RESIDENCE 76,712 12.9
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 1,302 14.2
ALEXANDER 440 21.5
ALLEGHANY 111 22.6
ANSON 291 18.3
ASHE 296 22.7
AVERY 163 19.5
BEAUFORT 495 16.5
BERTIE 78 6.3
BLADEN 386 17.0
BRUNSWICK 1,105 24.8
BUNCOMBE 1,932 15.1
BURKE 1,038 20.5
CABARRUS 1,269 11.2
CALDWELL 1,102 23.5
CAMDEN 58 12.6
CARTERET 627 20.4
CASWELL 250 20.3
CATAWBA 1,548 15.3
CHATHAM 414 11.8
CHEROKEE 410 30.8
CHOWAN 123 13.8
CLAY 128 30.1
CLEVELAND 1,172 19.4
COLUMBUS 693 18.2
CRAVEN 1,155 14.9
CUMBERLAND 3,254 12.2
CURRITUCK 208 17.7
DARE 316 15.1
DAVIDSON 1,861 19.4
DAVIE 392 18.0
DUPLIN 428 10.8
DURHAM 911 4.7
EDGECOMBE 569 15.1
FORSYTH 2,750 11.9
FRANKLIN 335 10.0
GASTON 2,560 20.1
GATES 73 12.7
GRAHAM 129 26.1
GRANVILLE 381 12.4
GREENE 153 12.2
GUILFORD 2,918 9.9
HALIFAX 622 16.9
HARNETT 1,117 15.4
HAYWOOD 685 24.3
HENDERSON 793 14.1
HERTFORD 116 7.8
HOKE 383 10.9
HYDE 32 11.1
IREDELL 1,522 16.5
JACKSON 376 20.5
JOHNSTON 1,345 12.3
JONES 90 19.4
LEE 549 13.3
LENOIR 656 16.6
LINCOLN 814 18.7
MCDOWELL 569 22.3
MACON 362 22.2
MADISON 258 24.2
MARTIN 201 13.2
MECKLENBURG 3,888 6.1
MITCHELL 211 25.9
MONTGOMERY 250 12.9
MOORE 671 14.5
NASH 855 14.2
NEW HANOVER 1,722 16.1
NORTHAMPTON 179 15.1
ONSLOW 1,946 12.2
ORANGE 576 8.6
PAMLICO 141 26.0
PASQUOTANK 270 10.7
PENDER 483 20.0
PERQUIMANS 82 13.3
PERSON 389 17.0
PITT 969 9.6
POLK 129 15.2
RANDOLPH 1,463 16.3
RICHMOND 648 20.8
ROBESON 1,941 18.9
ROCKINGHAM 1,134 20.6
ROWAN 1,396 16.9
RUTHERFORD 827 21.4
SAMPSON 524 11.6
SCOTLAND 477 19.9
STANLY 587 16.0
STOKES 734 30.0
SURRY 1,023 22.6
SWAIN 224 25.1
TRANSYLVANIA 284 21.0
TYRRELL 43 19.1
UNION 1,220 10.1
VANCE 525 15.4
WAKE 2,756 4.8
WARREN 150 14.8
WASHINGTON 91 10.8
WATAUGA 210 12.0
WAYNE 1,204 13.9
WILKES 924 22.5
WILSON 608 11.4
YADKIN 465 20.1
YANCEY 179 20.0

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