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Table 2 Distribution of smoking intensity status in early and late pregnancy according to maternal characteristics, United States, 2016

From: Prevalence and patterns of cigarette smoking before and during early and late pregnancy according to maternal characteristics: the first national data based on the 2003 birth certificate revision, United States, 2016

SMOKING STATUS % (95% CI)

 

TOTAL (N = 275,101)

QUITTER-LOW (n = 35,161)

QUITTER-HIGH (n = 19,577)

MAINTAINER-LOW (n = 79,059)

MAINTAINER-HIGH (n = 101,540)

REDUCER (n = 37,926)

INCREASER (n = 1838)

 

Smoking in Early or Late pregnancy

Low intensity smoking in Early pregnancy only

High intensity smoking in Early pregnancy only

Low intensity smoking in Early and Low intensity smoking in Late pregnancy

High intensity smoking in Early and High intensity smoking in Late pregnancy

High intensity smoking in Early and Low intensity smoking in Late pregnancy

Low intensity smoking in Early and High intensity smoking in Late pregnancy

Overall % (95% CI)

7.1 (7.0, 7.1)

12.8 (12.5, 13.1)

7.1 (6.7, 7.5)

28.7 (28.4, 29.0)

36.9 (36.6, 37.2)

13.8 (13.5, 14.1)

0.7 (0.3, 1.1)

Maternal Characteristics

Race/ethnicity

 Non-Hispanic White

76.3 (76.2, 76.5)

10.7 (10.6, 10.9)

7.2 (7.1, 7.3)

25.2 (25.0, 25.4)

41.4 (41.2, 41.7)

14.8 (14.6, 14.9)

0.7 (0.6, 0.7)

 Non-Hispanic Black

11.9 (11.8, 12.0)

18.6 (18.2, 19.0)

5.8 (5.5, 6.0)

45.1 (44.5, 45.6)

20.9 (20.4, 21.3)

9.1 (8.8, 9.4)

0.6 (0.5, 0.7)

 Hispanic

5.8 (5.7, 5.9)

23.3 (22.7, 24.0)

8.4 (8.0, 8.8)

36.4 (35.7, 37.2)

20.6 (20.0, 21.3)

10.6 (10.2, 11.1)

0.6 (0.5, 0.7)

 Other race/ethnicity a

6.0 (5.9, 6.1)

17.3 (16.8, 17.9)

7.2 (6.8, 7.6)

34.5 (33.7, 35.2)

26.8 (26.1, 27.5)

13.5 (13.0, 14.0)

0.7 (0.6, 0.9)

Age (years)

  < 20

6.3 (6.2, 6.4)

18.5 (18.0, 19.1)

8.7 (8.3, 9.1)

31.2 (30.5, 31.9)

26.7 (26.0, 27.4)

14.1 (13.6, 14.6)

0.8 (0.7, 0.9)

 20–24

30.4 (30.2, 30.6)

14.5 (14.2, 14.7)

7.5 (7.3, 7.7)

29.6 (29.3, 29.9)

33.0 (32.7, 33.4)

14.7 (14.5, 15.0)

0.6 (0.6. 0.7)

 25–29

33.0 (32.8, 33.2)

11.9 (11.7, 12.1)

6.6 (6.5, 6.8)

28.3 (28.0, 28.6)

38.7 (38.4, 40.0)

13.9 (13.6, 14.1)

0.6 (0.6, 0.7)

 30–34

20.3 (20.2, 20.5)

10.9 (10.6, 11.2)

6.8 (6.6, 7.0)

28.0 (27.6, 28.4)

40.6 (40.2, 41.0)

13.0 (12.7, 13.3)

0.7 (0.6, 0.8)

 35+

10.0 (9.9, 10.1)

10.7 (10.4, 11.1)

7.2 (6.9, 7.5)

27.4 (26.9, 28.0)

41.8 (41.2, 42.3)

12.2 (11.8, 12.6)

0.8 (0.7, 0.9)

Education

 Less than HS

24.6 (24.5, 24.8)

9.4 (9.2, 9.6)

5.3 (5.1, 5.5)

30.0 (29.6, 30.3)

41.4 (40.1, 41.7)

13.3 (13.0, 13.5)

0.70 (0.7, 0.8)

 High School/GED b

41.6 (41.4, 41.8)

12.0 (11.8, 12.2)

6.8 (6.7, 7.0)

28.6 (28.3, 28.9)

38.0 (37.7, 38.3)

14.0 (13.8, 14.2)

0.7 (0.6, 0.7)

 Some college

30.4 (30.2, 30.5)

15.4 (15.2, 15.7)

8.6 (8.4, 8.8)

27.9 (27.6, 28.2)

33.1 (32.8, 33.4)

14.4 (14.2, 14.7)

0.6 (0.6, 0.7)

 Bachelor’s +

3.5 (3.4, 3.5)

23.5 (22.7, 24.4)

11.2 (10.5, 11.8)

29.3 (28.4, 30.2)

25.3 (24.5, 26.2)

10.0 (9.4, 10.6)

0.7 (0.5, 0.9)

  1. Early pregnancy: 1st and 2nd trimester; Late pregnancy: 3rd trimester; Low intensity smoking: < 10 cigs/day/trimester; High intensity smoking: ≥10 cigs/day/trimester; a Other race/ethnicity: Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander or mixed race; b GED: General Educational Development; CI: Confidence Interval