NC PRAMS 2005~` : (Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in the past 2 years?)

2005 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

SMOKING

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in the past 2 years?

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	NO			YES
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1014	741	75.9	72.4-79.0	273	24.1	21.0-27.6
Age
< 20 years	97	67	75.6	63.3-84.8	30	24.4	15.2-36.7
20-24 years	252	153	62.6	54.6-70.0	99	37.4	30.0-45.4
25-34 years	509	395	80.6	76.0-84.5	114	19.4	15.5-24.0
35+ years	156	126	82.5	73.5-88.9	30	17.5	11.1-26.5
Race
White	727	520	74.6	70.5-78.3	207	25.4	21.7-29.5
Black	248	189	78.8	70.9-85.0	59	21.2	15.0-29.1
Other	39	32	85.6	66.6-94.7	7	14.4	5.3-33.4
Hispanic origin
Yes	129	118	94.3	87.4-97.5	11	5.7	2.5-12.6
No	885	623	72.3	68.4-75.9	262	27.7	24.1-31.6
Education
< High School	200	138	73.7	65.6-80.5	62	26.3	19.5-34.4
High School	289	186	66.9	59.3-73.7	103	33.1	26.3-40.7
> High School	523	417	81.7	77.3-85.5	106	18.3	14.5-22.7
Marital Status
Married	643	508	80.4	76.4-83.8	135	19.6	16.2-23.6
Other	371	233	68.0	61.4-73.9	138	32.0	26.1-38.6
Income
14,999 or less	295	180	64.3	56.9-71.1	115	35.7	28.9-43.1
15,000-24,999	156	104	77.7	68.6-84.8	52	22.3	15.2-31.4
25,000-49,999	178	132	76.7	68.4-83.3	46	23.3	16.7-31.6
50,000 or more	292	257	87.1	81.7-91.1	35	12.9	8.9-18.3
WIC recipient
No	552	439	81.6	77.4-85.2	113	18.4	14.8-22.6
Yes	455	298	68.6	62.8-73.9	157	31.4	26.1-37.2
Medicaid recipient
No	470	399	85.8	81.6-89.2	71	14.2	10.8-18.4
Yes	544	342	67.1	61.8-72.0	202	32.9	28.0-38.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	460	312	67.2	62.8-71.4	148	32.8	28.6-37.2
2500+ grams	554	429	76.6	72.8-80.0	125	23.4	20.0-27.2

~Due to low response rates in the later part of the year, the 2005 PRAMS tables only comprise data for January through August births.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.

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