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Maternal & Child Health > Needs Assessment > Smoking by Pregnant Women Fact Sheet Smoking by Pregnant Women Fact Sheet

Healthy People 2010 Goal: To reduce the percent of women smoking during pregnancy to no more than 1%.

Consequences:

  • Smokers were 1.3 times more likely to have pre-term babies, 2.1 times more likely to have low birth weight infants, and 2.4 times more likely to have small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants compared to non-smokers.
  • In addition, a baby’s exposure to secondhand smoke has been associated with developing pneumonia and bronchitis, lung disease and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Prevalence Rates in Indiana:

  • The overall Indiana rate for the mothers who smoke during pregnancy in 2002 was 19.1%. (In U.S. the rate was 11.4%).
  • At the county level, pregnancy-smoking rates ranged from 6.7% (least) in Hamilton County to 36.8% (highest) in Scott County.
  • Indiana has one of the highest maternal smoking rates and is ranked 6 th nationally for the year 2002.

Trends:

  • Between the 1998 and 2002, there was a steady decline in the percentage of women of all ages smoking during their pregnancy (See Table).
  • Disparities exist in Indiana maternal smoking. The rate was higher among whites at 19.9%, and lower among blacks at 15.2%.
  • Although there is a steady decline in the percentage of women of all ages smoking during pregnancy, it is unlikely to reach the Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing maternal smoking to no more than 1%.

 

Maternal Smoking Chart
Source : Indiana State Department of Health

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