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                    SELECTED LIVE BIRTH CHARACTERISTICS BY MATERNAL TOBACCO USE
                                           ARKANSAS 2001


                     ------------------------- Cigarettes Per Day --------------------------
                           None           <10           10-19           20+        Unk Amt.    Unk Use
                        No.    Pct     No.    Pct     No.    Pct     No.    Pct   No.    Pct     No.

TOTAL                29,897  100.0   2,035  100.0   2,666  100.0   1,740  100.0   382  100.0     262

A.  Birth Weight

<1500 Grams             498    1.7      39    1.9      36    1.4      22    1.3     3    0.8       0

1500-2499 Grams       1,917    6.4     199    9.8     291   10.9     199   11.4    36    9.4       9

2500+ Grams          27,468   91.9   1,796   88.3   2,338   87.7   1,518   87.2   343   89.8     229

Unknown                  14    0.0       1    0.0       1    0.0       1    0.1     0    0.0      24


B.  Maternal Weight Gain During Pregnancy

<16 POUNDS            5,788   19.4     476   23.4     529   19.8     333   19.1    85   22.3     138

16-20 POUNDS          2,754    9.2     178    8.7     252    9.5     206   11.8    31    8.1      16

21-25 POUNDS          4,198   14.0     201    9.9     321   12.0     199   11.4    50   13.1      20

26-35 POUNDS          8,245   27.6     496   24.4     693   26.0     460   26.4    99   25.9      41

36+ POUNDS            8,821   29.5     678   33.3     867   32.5     536   30.8   117   30.6      45

UNKNOWN                  91    0.3       6    0.3       4    0.2       6    0.3     0    0.0       2


C.  Maternal Risk Factors for This Pregnancy

None                 23,420   78.3   1,555   76.4   2,079   78.0   1,333   76.6   273   71.5     200

One                   5,351   17.9     412   20.2     484   18.2     336   19.3    87   22.8      53

Two or more           1,126    3.8      68    3.3     103    3.9      71    4.1    22    5.8       9


D. Obstetric Procedures

None                  1,094    3.7      64    3.1      96    3.6      59    3.4    20    5.2      58

One                   8,653   28.9     420   20.6     596   22.4     378   21.7   108   28.3      76

Two or more          20,150   67.4   1,551   76.2   1,974   74.0   1,303   74.9   254   66.5     128


E.  Complications of Labor and/or Delivery

None                 21,532   72.0   1,428   70.2   1,920   72.0   1,263   72.6   259   67.8     199

One                   6,769   22.6     475   23.3     620   23.3     392   22.5    98   25.7      49

Two or more           1,596    5.3     132    6.5     126    4.7      85    4.9    25    6.5      14


F.  Congenital Anomalies of the Newborn

None                 29,529   98.8   2,011   98.8   2,629   98.6   1,707   98.1   377   98.7     259

One                     332    1.1      20    1.0      35    1.3      31    1.8     4    1.0       3

Two or more              36    0.1       4    0.2       2    0.1       2    0.1     1    0.3       0


 
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