This annual report - Taranaki District Health Board

Midland Region DistributionMidland Region Number of Cigarettes SmokedDuring 2009–2010, the proportion of babies who did not have their mother’s smokingstatus at first LMC registration recorded in the National Maternity Collection varied from0.7% in the Bay of Plenty to 9.2% in the Waikato, with the majority of omissions being forbabies whose mothers were not registered with a LMC at delivery. Of those babies whosemother’s smoking status was known, the proportion with a non-smoking mother variedfrom 65.4% in Tairawhiti to 78.5% in the Waikato, while the proportion who had a motherwho smoked 10 or more cigarettes per day varied from 8.2% in Taranaki to 13.3% inTairawhiti (Table 31, Table 32).Table 31. Number of Cigarettes Smoked Daily at First Registration with a Lead MaternityCarer by the Mothers of Waikato, Lakes DHB and Bay of Plenty Babies Born 2009–2010Number of CigarettesSmoked per DayNumber ofBabies: Total2009−2010Number ofBabies:AnnualAverageMaternal Smoking at LMC RegistrationWaikatoPercent of Babies (%)UnknownSmokingStatusIncludedUnknownSmokingStatusExcludedNon-Smoker 8,083 4,042 71.3 78.520 81 41 0.7 0.8Unknown 1,044 522 9.2Waikato Total 11,337 5,669 100.0 100.0Lakes DHBNon-Smoker 2,269 1,135 67.8 71.720 41 21 1.2 1.3Unknown 185 93 5.5Lakes DHB Total 3,348 1,674 100.0 100.0Bay of PlentyNon-Smoker 4,380 2,190 72.3 72.920 66 33 1.1 1.1Unknown 45 23 0.7Bay of Plenty Total 6,056 3,028 100.0 100.0Source: National Maternity Collection; Note: Information is for live born babies onlySmoking in Pregnancy - 193