27-6. | Increase smoking cessation during pregnancy. |
Target: 30 percent.
Baseline: 14 percent of females aged 18 to 49 years stopped smoking during the first trimester of their pregnancy in 1998.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Pregnant Females Aged 18 to 49 Years, 1998 (unless noted) |
Stopped Smoking |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
14 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
DSU |
|
White |
14 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
14 |
|
Black or African American |
DSU |
|
White |
14 |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
DSU |
|
Near poor |
12 |
|
Middle/high income |
22 |
|
Education level |
|
|
Less than 12 years |
DSU |
|
Less than 9 years |
DSU |
|
9 to 11 years |
DSU |
|
High school graduate |
14 |
|
13 years or more |
12 |
|
13 to 15 years |
10 |
|
16 years or more |
DSU |
|
Disability status |
|
|
Persons with activity limitations |
DSU (1991) |
|
Persons without activity limitations |
12 (1991) |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.