Cigarette smoking during pregnancy: United States, 2016

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• Personal Author:
  Drake, Patrick ; Driscoll, Anne K. ; Mathews, T. J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division ofVital Statistics.
• Description:
  Key findings
  
  Data from the NationalVital Statistics System:
  
  • In 2016, 7.2% of women who gave birth smoked cigarettes during pregnancy.
  
  • Prevalence of smoking during pregnancy was highest for women aged 20–24 (10.7%), followed by women aged 15–19 (8.5%) and 25–29 (8.2%).
  
  • Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native women had the highest prevalence of smoking during pregnancy (16.7%); non-Hispanic Asian women had the lowest (0.6%).
  
  • The prevalence of smoking during pregnancy was highest among women with a completed high school education (12.2%), and second-highest among women with less than a high school education (11.7%).
  
  Maternal tobacco use during pregnancy has been linked to a host of negative infant and child outcomes, including low birthweight, preterm birth, and various birth defects (1–5). The 2003 revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth included new and modified items on maternal cigarette smoking before and during pregnancy. The 2016 natality data file is the first for which this information is available for all states and the District of Columbia (D.C.). This report presents the prevalence of cigarette smoking at any time during pregnancy among women who gave birth in 2016 in the United States by state of residence as well as maternal race and Hispanic origin, age, and educational attainment.
  
  Suggested citation: Drake P, Driscoll AK, Mathews TJ. Cigarette smoking during pregnancy: United States, 2016. NCHS Data Brief, no 305. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018.
  
  CS289480
  
  
• Subjects:
  Pregnancy Pregnant Women Prenatal Care Smoking
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 Pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
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