Table of Contents Birth Tables Index


	TABLE B-26
	2008 VERMONT RESIDENT BIRTHS

		MOTHER'S SMOKING STATUS BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE
		NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND ROW PERCENTS

		NUMBER OF BIRTHS

		COUNTY OF RESIDENCE	NON-SMOKERS ⁽¹⁾		SMOKERS ⁽²⁾		UNKNOWN		TOTAL

		ADDISON	288		58		1		347	346
		BENNINGTON	289		90		16		395	379
		CALEDONIA	256		68		0		324	324
		CHITTENDEN	1368		245		0		1613	1613
		ESSEX	38		11		2		51	49
		FRANKLIN	456		127		3		586	583
		GRAND ISLE	44		12		0		56	56
		LAMOILLE	221		65		2		288	286
		ORANGE	242		73		7		322	315
		ORLEANS	185		53		0		238	238
		RUTLAND	401		153		3		557	554
		WASHINGTON	481		109		4		594	590
		WINDHAM	320		93		12		425	413
		WINDSOR	423		105		17		545	528

		STATE TOTAL	5012		1262		67		6341	6274



		ROW PERCENTS - EXCLUDING UNKNOWNS

		COUNTY OF RESIDENCE	NON-SMOKERS ⁽¹⁾		SMOKERS ⁽²⁾		QUITTERS ⁽³⁾

		ADDISON	83.2		16.8		21.4
		BENNINGTON	76.3		23.7		41.7
		CALEDONIA	79.0		21.0		18.7
		CHITTENDEN	84.8		15.2		33.9
		ESSEX	77.6		22.4		15.4
		FRANKLIN	78.2		21.8		24.5
		GRAND ISLE	78.6		21.4		15.4
		LAMOILLE	77.3		22.7		14.1
		ORANGE	76.8		23.2		22.4
		ORLEANS	77.7		22.3		24.6
		RUTLAND	72.4		27.6		26.1
		WASHINGTON	81.5		18.5		19.5
		WINDHAM	77.5		22.5		30.6
		WINDSOR	80.1		19.9		20.7

		STATE TOTAL	79.9		20.1		26.5



		SMOKING AS A RISK FACTOR FOR LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
		PERCENT OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES BY MOTHER'S SMOKING STATUS

			NON-SMOKERS ⁽¹⁾		SMOKERS ⁽²⁾		QUITTERS ⁽³⁾		ALL MOTHERS

		PERCENT LBW (<2500 gm)	5.4		13.3		8.5		7.0


		(1) MOTHERS WHO DID NOT SMOKE CIGARETTES DURING PREGNANCY.
		(2) MOTHERS WHO SMOKED CIGARETTES DURING PREGNANCY.
		(3) MOTHERS WHO SMOKED CIGARETTES DURING THE THREE MONTHS BEFORE PREGNANCY OR DURING
		THE 1ST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY, BUT DID NOT SMOKE DURING THE 2ND OR 3RD TRIMESTERS
		OF PREGNANCY.