NC RESIDENT BIRTHS 2004-2008: NUMBER AND PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WHO SMOKED PRENATALLY

  NUMBER AND % SMOKING
NUMBER PERCENT
RESIDENCE 72,513 11.5
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 1,433 15.0
ALEXANDER 452 21.7
ALLEGHANY 111 21.3
ANSON 291 19.0
ASHE 297 21.4
AVERY 153 18.0
BEAUFORT 442 15.1
BERTIE 119 9.9
BLADEN 359 16.2
BRUNSWICK 1,045 19.8
BUNCOMBE 1,743 12.9
BURKE 1,059 20.7
CABARRUS 1,288 10.3
CALDWELL 1,024 22.1
CAMDEN 51 9.9
CARTERET 611 18.9
CASWELL 232 20.8
CATAWBA 1,490 14.7
CHATHAM 416 11.2
CHEROKEE 396 30.2
CHOWAN 123 13.3
CLAY 108 25.9
CLEVELAND 1,140 19.2
COLUMBUS 716 19.1
CRAVEN 1,078 13.3
CUMBERLAND 2,887 10.4
CURRITUCK 198 15.8
DARE 306 13.6
DAVIDSON 1,764 18.3
DAVIE 315 14.1
DUPLIN 373 9.1
DURHAM 940 4.5
EDGECOMBE 590 15.4
FORSYTH 2,279 9.3
FRANKLIN 299 8.2
GASTON 2,342 17.3
GATES 83 13.4
GRAHAM 145 28.8
GRANVILLE 399 12.7
GREENE 153 12.1
GUILFORD 2,714 8.9
HALIFAX 574 16.4
HARNETT 1,087 14.0
HAYWOOD 673 23.5
HENDERSON 741 12.3
HERTFORD 164 10.5
HOKE 374 9.3
HYDE 39 13.3
IREDELL 1,444 14.9
JACKSON 379 19.3
JOHNSTON 1,062 8.9
JONES 94 19.7
LEE 584 12.9
LENOIR 669 17.0
LINCOLN 781 17.6
MCDOWELL 578 22.0
MACON 349 18.8
MADISON 209 20.8
MARTIN 206 13.7
MECKLENBURG 3,617 5.1
MITCHELL 217 26.3
MONTGOMERY 255 13.0
MOORE 600 12.2
NASH 753 12.2
NEW HANOVER 1,398 11.7
NORTHAMPTON 168 13.8
ONSLOW 1,894 10.9
ORANGE 549 8.2
PAMLICO 149 26.4
PASQUOTANK 295 10.6
PENDER 413 15.2
PERQUIMANS 86 13.2
PERSON 378 16.2
PITT 1,042 9.5
POLK 104 13.3
RANDOLPH 1,341 14.9
RICHMOND 692 21.1
ROBESON 1,929 17.9
ROCKINGHAM 1,107 20.7
ROWAN 1,428 16.5
RUTHERFORD 768 20.4
SAMPSON 499 10.9
SCOTLAND 549 21.2
STANLY 620 17.1
STOKES 590 25.3
SURRY 960 21.4
SWAIN 235 24.8
TRANSYLVANIA 275 18.9
TYRRELL 41 16.0
UNION 1,044 7.9
VANCE 507 14.9
WAKE 2,372 3.7
WARREN 133 12.7
WASHINGTON 107 12.0
WATAUGA 226 11.9
WAYNE 1,105 12.4
WILKES 868 21.9
WILSON 637 11.5
YADKIN 405 17.1
YANCEY 186 20.3

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