NC RESIDENT BIRTHS 2003-2007: NUMBER AND PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WHO SMOKED PRENATALLY

  NUMBER AND % SMOKING
NUMBER PERCENT
RESIDENCE 73,887 11.9
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 1,378 14.7
ALEXANDER 462 22.0
ALLEGHANY 102 20.3
ANSON 296 18.7
ASHE 304 21.9
AVERY 155 17.6
BEAUFORT 458 15.7
BERTIE 109 9.2
BLADEN 388 17.2
BRUNSWICK 1,068 21.5
BUNCOMBE 1,887 14.2
BURKE 1,016 20.3
CABARRUS 1,274 10.6
CALDWELL 1,056 22.7
CAMDEN 63 11.8
CARTERET 597 18.5
CASWELL 233 20.5
CATAWBA 1,493 14.7
CHATHAM 419 11.5
CHEROKEE 410 31.1
CHOWAN 125 14.0
CLAY 114 27.1
CLEVELAND 1,125 19.0
COLUMBUS 698 18.6
CRAVEN 1,033 13.1
CUMBERLAND 2,996 11.0
CURRITUCK 203 16.1
DARE 315 14.0
DAVIDSON 1,824 19.0
DAVIE 340 15.5
DUPLIN 373 9.2
DURHAM 872 4.3
EDGECOMBE 578 15.4
FORSYTH 2,518 10.5
FRANKLIN 306 8.8
GASTON 2,419 18.2
GATES 82 13.6
GRAHAM 143 27.9
GRANVILLE 393 12.4
GREENE 155 12.1
GUILFORD 2,730 9.1
HALIFAX 587 16.4
HARNETT 1,077 14.3
HAYWOOD 688 24.0
HENDERSON 757 12.8
HERTFORD 146 9.5
HOKE 390 10.1
HYDE 37 12.5
IREDELL 1,451 15.2
JACKSON 375 19.3
JOHNSTON 1,213 10.4
JONES 92 19.4
LEE 591 13.4
LENOIR 652 16.7
LINCOLN 798 18.1
MCDOWELL 569 22.0
MACON 369 20.5
MADISON 227 22.1
MARTIN 208 13.9
MECKLENBURG 3,753 5.5
MITCHELL 210 26.1
MONTGOMERY 256 13.1
MOORE 621 12.9
NASH 809 13.3
NEW HANOVER 1,511 13.1
NORTHAMPTON 175 14.2
ONSLOW 1,872 11.0
ORANGE 555 8.3
PAMLICO 151 26.9
PASQUOTANK 284 10.4
PENDER 440 16.9
PERQUIMANS 86 13.3
PERSON 384 16.8
PITT 1,003 9.4
POLK 116 14.5
RANDOLPH 1,374 15.3
RICHMOND 647 20.0
ROBESON 1,891 18.0
ROCKINGHAM 1,115 20.7
ROWAN 1,427 16.8
RUTHERFORD 804 21.1
SAMPSON 509 11.1
SCOTLAND 522 20.4
STANLY 623 17.2
STOKES 673 28.1
SURRY 960 21.4
SWAIN 232 25.0
TRANSYLVANIA 279 19.6
TYRRELL 39 15.7
UNION 1,101 8.5
VANCE 502 14.6
WAKE 2,537 4.1
WARREN 143 13.1
WASHINGTON 108 12.1
WATAUGA 225 12.1
WAYNE 1,131 12.8
WILKES 875 21.9
WILSON 604 11.3
YADKIN 422 18.0
YANCEY 181 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