NC RESIDENT BIRTHS 2005-2009: NUMBER AND PERCENT OF BIRTHS TO MOTHERS WHO SMOKED PRENATALLY

  NUMBER AND % SMOKING
NUMBER PERCENT
RESIDENCE 70,529 11.0
NORTH CAROLINA
ALAMANCE 1,463 15.2
ALEXANDER 445 21.3
ALLEGHANY 112 21.1
ANSON 264 17.4
ASHE 286 20.6
AVERY 161 18.5
BEAUFORT 435 14.9
BERTIE 125 10.4
BLADEN 341 16.0
BRUNSWICK 1,022 18.6
BUNCOMBE 1,660 12.2
BURKE 1,044 20.6
CABARRUS 1,278 10.0
CALDWELL 968 21.5
CAMDEN 57 11.2
CARTERET 588 18.5
CASWELL 244 22.0
CATAWBA 1,472 14.6
CHATHAM 405 11.1
CHEROKEE 382 29.1
CHOWAN 127 13.7
CLAY 108 25.4
CLEVELAND 1,149 19.3
COLUMBUS 692 18.8
CRAVEN 1,106 13.5
CUMBERLAND 2,798 9.8
CURRITUCK 188 15.5
DARE 302 14.1
DAVIDSON 1,746 18.1
DAVIE 290 12.7
DUPLIN 366 8.8
DURHAM 1,018 4.7
EDGECOMBE 576 15.4
FORSYTH 1,992 8.0
FRANKLIN 305 8.5
GASTON 2,320 17.0
GATES 80 13.3
GRAHAM 136 27.5
GRANVILLE 401 12.6
GREENE 147 11.7
GUILFORD 2,653 8.6
HALIFAX 551 16.0
HARNETT 1,053 13.1
HAYWOOD 676 23.2
HENDERSON 720 11.8
HERTFORD 162 10.4
HOKE 387 9.1
HYDE 38 13.6
IREDELL 1,422 14.4
JACKSON 392 19.0
JOHNSTON 941 7.8
JONES 93 19.3
LEE 585 12.8
LENOIR 684 17.5
LINCOLN 737 16.6
MCDOWELL 568 21.8
MACON 341 18.2
MADISON 205 21.4
MARTIN 216 14.5
MECKLENBURG 3,475 4.8
MITCHELL 193 23.8
MONTGOMERY 242 12.7
MOORE 565 11.5
NASH 759 12.2
NEW HANOVER 1,280 10.6
NORTHAMPTON 175 14.5
ONSLOW 1,821 10.0
ORANGE 525 7.8
PAMLICO 141 25.5
PASQUOTANK 284 10.2
PENDER 397 14.0
PERQUIMANS 87 12.9
PERSON 369 15.7
PITT 1,071 9.6
POLK 108 13.8
RANDOLPH 1,316 14.7
RICHMOND 719 21.8
ROBESON 1,935 17.8
ROCKINGHAM 1,109 20.8
ROWAN 1,406 16.1
RUTHERFORD 744 20.0
SAMPSON 490 10.6
SCOTLAND 550 21.1
STANLY 609 17.0
STOKES 484 21.3
SURRY 922 20.6
SWAIN 219 23.8
TRANSYLVANIA 278 18.3
TYRRELL 34 13.2
UNION 1,006 7.6
VANCE 489 14.5
WAKE 2,142 3.3
WARREN 136 12.7
WASHINGTON 105 12.0
WATAUGA 220 11.5
WAYNE 1,097 12.4
WILKES 836 21.3
WILSON 640 11.6
YADKIN 339 14.6
YANCEY 189 20.9

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