Table 1 Rates of smoking and smoking cessation during pregnancy, New South Wales, 2000-2011
Smoked at all during pregnancy | Ceased smoking during pregnancy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristic | N | %* | N | %** | |
Hospital type | Public | 142,431 | 17.6 | 10,949 | 7.7 |
Private | 5,530 | 2.2 | 787 | 14.2 | |
SEIFA quintile (Education/Occupation) | 1st (most advantaged) | 7,667 | 3.7 | 1,282 | 16.7 |
2nd | 19,884 | 9.4 | 1,856 | 9.3 | |
3rd | 30,939 | 14.1 | 2,477 | 8.0 | |
4th | 37,182 | 18.5 | 2,843 | 7.6 | |
5th (most disadvantaged) | 52,246 | 22.9 | 3,277 | 6.3 | |
Country of birth and Aboriginality | Australian born non-Aboriginal | 114,007 | 15.8 | 8,501 | 7.5 |
Aboriginal | 16,198 | 53.4 | 593 | 3.7 | |
Non Australian born | 17,756 | 5.7 | 2,642 | 14.9 | |
Maternal age (years) | <20 | 15,841 | 38.9 | 937 | 5.9 |
20-34 | 111,803 | 14.0 | 8,863 | 7.9 | |
35+ | 20,317 | 8.9 | 1,936 | 9.5 | |
Number of previous pregnancies | 0 | 51,250 | 11.5 | 6,777 | 13.2 |
1 | 41,436 | 11.6 | 2,550 | 6.2 | |
2 | 27,076 | 16.8 | 1,361 | 5.0 | |
3+ | 28,080 | 28.6 | 1,044 | 3.7 | |
Remoteness (ARIA+) | Major city | 73,685 | 10.2 | 7,583 | 10.3 |
Non major city | 74,233 | 21.5 | 4,152 | 5.6 | |
Duration of pregnancy at first antenatal care visit | Less than 20 weeks | 117,672 | 12.4 | 9,979 | 8.5 |
20 + weeks | 26,912 | 25.1 | 1,528 | 5.7 | |
Total | 147,961 | 13.9 | 11,736 | 7.9 | |