Table 3.
Smoking prevalence and estimated number of smoking-attributable outcomes by age group, education, and race/ethnicity
| Category |
Smoking
Prevalence (%) |
Preterm births (n) |
Births with low birth
weight (n) |
SIDS (n) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | LB | UB | ME | LB | UB | ME | LB | UB | ME | LB | UB | |
| OVERALL | 11.6 | 8.6 | 14.2 | 20,217 | 7,709 | 35,795 | 14,216 | 7,794 | 23,996 | 302 | 233 | 359 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||
| <15 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 18.2 | 11.0 | 26.2 | 3018 | 970 | 6010 | 2265 | 1069 | 4042 | 36 | 7 | 74 |
| 20-24 | 17.9 | 13.3 | 25.8 | 7224 | 2830 | 14742 | 5601 | 3163 | 10203 | 101 | 24 | 210 |
| 25-29 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 12.2 | 5075 | 2068 | 8532 | 3525 | 2037 | 5642 | 82 | 19 | 159 |
| 30-34 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 2997 | 1178 | 5096 | 1933 | 1071 | 3172 | 49 | 11 | 98 |
| 35-39 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 1330 | 520 | 2229 | 815 | 448 | 1327 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 40-44 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 362 | 142 | 601 | 231 | 127 | 374 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 45-49 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 28 | 10 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11.8 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 20046 | 7722 | 37291 | 14393 | 7928 | 24810 | 292 | 67 | 582 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||
| 8th grade or less | 4.9 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 439 | 198 | 805 | 282 | 178 | 504 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 9-12, no diploma | 18.0 | 15.9 | 22.1 | 5074 | 2368 | 8819 | 3634 | 2441 | 5833 | 60 | 17 | 112 |
|
High school grad
or GED |
16.3 | 13.3 | 20.0 | 7514 | 3236 | 13147 | 5255 | 3263 | 8549 | 99 | 26 | 190 |
|
Some college, no
degree |
10.6 | 9.9 | 13.1 | 3886 | 1874 | 6951 | 2627 | 1799 | 4446 | 58 | 16 | 119 |
| Associate degree | 6.4 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 804 | 384 | 1464 | 508 | 341 | 893 | 13 | 4 | 29 |
| Bachelor's degree | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 365 | 172 | 679 | 255 | 166 | 474 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| Master's degree | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 67 | 32 | 125 | 49 | 32 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
|
Doctorate or
professional degree |
0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 13 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 14.2 | 8.6 | 17.4 | 18162 | 8270 | 15709 | 7320 | 25816 | 20809 | 358 | 68 | 701 |
| RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP | ||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 3.3 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 1301 | 398 | 850 | 365 | 1842 | 850 | 21 | 4 | 57 |
|
Non-Hispanic
White |
16.7 | 12.7 | 20.2 | 17469 | 5666 | 10669 | 5070 | 16841 | 10669 | 266 | 54 | 479 |
|
Non-Hispanic
Black |
9.8 | 7.1 | 12.0 | 4385 | 1382 | 3493 | 1581 | 5888 | 3493 | 45 | 8 | 90 |
|
Non-Hispanic
other races |
5.1 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 664 | 204 | 627 | 274 | 1121 | 627 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
|
Origin unknown
or not stated |
6.5 | 4.4 | 7.9 | 98 | 30 | 70 | 31 | 124 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 12.5 | 8.5 | 15.4 | 23917 | 7680 | 41627 | 17041 | 7959 | 28522 | 355 | 67 | 696 |
SIDS= Sudden Infant death Syndrome: ME = midlevel estimate; LB = lower bound; UB = upper bound; The smoking prevalence of prenatal smokers are the percent of women having live births who self-reported tobacco use during pregnancy out of all live births in states using the compatible BC form. 20.2% of live births were in states not using compatible BC forms out of all births and are omitted from these calculations.