This annual report - Taranaki District Health Board

Stream Indicator New Zealand Distribution and Trends Midland DHBs Distribution and TrendsWell Child/TamarikiOra ServicesSubstanceUseWell Child Visits:B4 SchoolChecksSmoking inPregnancyDuring 2009–2010, 16.2% of babies were born tomothers not registered with a LMC at delivery. Howevermany of these mothers may have accessed hospitalbasedmaternity services, making it difficult to estimatethe proportion receiving no antenatal care duringpregnancy. Pacific, Asian/Indian and Māori babies weresignificantly more likely to have mothers not registeredwith a LMC at delivery, as were the babies of youngermothers, and those from average to more deprivedareas.Overall, 15.3% of babies did not have their mother’ssmoking status at first LMC registration recorded in theNational Maternity Collection (MAT), with the majoritybeing babies whose mothers were not registered with aLMC at delivery. Of babies whose mother’s smokingstatus was known, 83.5% had a non-smoking mother,10.5% had a mother who smoked European >Pacific > Asian/Indian babies, while in the Bay of Plenty,Lakes DHB, Tairawhiti and Taranaki, rates were higher forMāori babies than for European babies.Introduction and Overview - 35