NC RESIDENT BIRTHS 2002-2006: NUMBER AND PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WHO SMOKED PRENATALLY

  NUMBER AND % SMOKING
NUMBER PERCENT
RESIDENCE 74,901 12.4
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 1,293 14.1
ALEXANDER 446 21.7
ALLEGHANY 108 22.0
ANSON 289 18.1
ASHE 292 22.2
AVERY 152 18.1
BEAUFORT 475 16.1
BERTIE 98 8.1
BLADEN 382 16.9
BRUNSWICK 1,074 23.2
BUNCOMBE 1,943 14.9
BURKE 1,001 19.9
CABARRUS 1,264 10.9
CALDWELL 1,065 22.8
CAMDEN 59 11.9
CARTERET 609 19.3
CASWELL 245 20.6
CATAWBA 1,540 15.2
CHATHAM 417 11.6
CHEROKEE 419 30.7
CHOWAN 113 13.0
CLAY 136 30.6
CLEVELAND 1,129 19.1
COLUMBUS 700 18.7
CRAVEN 1,075 13.8
CUMBERLAND 3,139 11.6
CURRITUCK 201 16.7
DARE 329 15.0
DAVIDSON 1,859 19.4
DAVIE 368 16.8
DUPLIN 402 10.1
DURHAM 831 4.2
EDGECOMBE 577 15.8
FORSYTH 2,665 11.4
FRANKLIN 318 9.2
GASTON 2,540 19.5
GATES 71 12.0
GRAHAM 136 26.5
GRANVILLE 364 11.8
GREENE 157 12.5
GUILFORD 2,807 9.5
HALIFAX 609 16.9
HARNETT 1,063 14.5
HAYWOOD 674 23.7
HENDERSON 781 13.6
HERTFORD 134 8.8
HOKE 391 10.5
HYDE 39 12.8
IREDELL 1,470 15.7
JACKSON 376 20.0
JOHNSTON 1,245 11.0
JONES 86 18.2
LEE 578 13.4
LENOIR 641 16.3
LINCOLN 798 18.4
MCDOWELL 571 22.1
MACON 355 21.1
MADISON 245 23.4
MARTIN 208 13.6
MECKLENBURG 3,758 5.7
MITCHELL 218 26.8
MONTGOMERY 246 12.7
MOORE 650 13.8
NASH 832 13.9
NEW HANOVER 1,605 14.4
NORTHAMPTON 173 14.5
ONSLOW 1,900 11.6
ORANGE 568 8.5
PAMLICO 142 25.3
PASQUOTANK 277 10.6
PENDER 467 19.0
PERQUIMANS 88 14.1
PERSON 377 16.5
PITT 951 9.2
POLK 120 14.8
RANDOLPH 1,433 16.2
RICHMOND 617 19.9
ROBESON 1,903 18.5
ROCKINGHAM 1,090 20.1
ROWAN 1,424 17.0
RUTHERFORD 790 20.9
SAMPSON 518 11.4
SCOTLAND 523 21.0
STANLY 593 16.3
STOKES 714 29.5
SURRY 996 22.2
SWAIN 224 24.9
TRANSYLVANIA 282 20.0
TYRRELL 43 18.6
UNION 1,149 9.3
VANCE 517 15.1
WAKE 2,670 4.5
WARREN 138 13.2
WASHINGTON 100 11.6
WATAUGA 207 11.5
WAYNE 1,138 13.1
WILKES 897 22.2
WILSON 593 11.2
YADKIN 446 19.1
YANCEY 172 19.6

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