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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.