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Prenatal Smoking Data Book: State Highlights |
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Tobacco Use by Pregnant Women, Texas
Figure
1: Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy by Race/Ethnicity, Age, and
Education,* 1999
*Years ofeducation includes
only women aged 25 years and older.
Source: Birth Certificates,
CDC, NCHS, National Vital Statistics System.
Graph shows women who
smoked while pregnant in Texas in 1999, by race/ethnicity, age, and education.
National, 12.6%
State total, 6.9%
By Race/Ethnicity
- Hispanic, 2.3%
- White, 12.7%
- Black, 5.9%
- Asian/Pacific Islander,
1.5%
- American Indian/Alaska
Native, 16.1%
By Age
- Age less than 20 years,
8.3%
- Age 20 to 24 years,
8.4%
- Age 25 to 34 years,
5.5%
- Age greater than 34
years, 6.3%
By Years of Education*
- Less than 12 years
of education, 7.8%
- 12 years of education,
8.9%
- Greater than 12 years
of education, 3.0%
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Race/Ethnicity of Mother
Graph shows women who
gave birth in 1999, by race:
- Hispanic, 45.3%
- White, 40.2%
- Black, 11.4%
- Asian/Pacific Islander,
2.9%
- American Indian/Alaska
Native, 0.2%
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Age of Mother
Graph shows women who
gave birth in 1999, by age:
- Less than 20 years
old, 15.9%
- 20 to 24 years old,
28.1%
- 25 to 34 years old,
45.9%
- Greater than 34 years
old, 10.1%
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Education
of Mother
Graph shows women who
gave birth in 1999, by years of education:
- Less than 12 years
of education, 21.4%
- 12 years of education,
26.7%
- Greater than 12 years
of education, 51.9%
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Date last reviewed:
06/18/2009
Content source: Division
of Reproductive Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease
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