This annual report - Taranaki District Health Board

Stream Indicator New Zealand Distribution and Trends Midland DHBs Distribution and TrendsSubstanceUseSecond-HandCigarette SmokeExposure:MaternalSmoking 2Weeks AfterDeliverySecond-HandCigarette SmokeExposure:Second-HandCigarette Smokein the HomeDuring 2009–2010, 19.4% of babies did not have theirmother’s smoking status at two weeks after deliveryrecorded in the National Maternity Collection, with themajority of omissions being for babies whose motherswere unregistered with a LMC at delivery. Of thosebabies whose mother’s smoking status was known,84.8% had a non-smoking mother, while 9.7% had amother who smoked European > Asian students. Whilethere were no significant changes in parental smokingfor European students, rates for Māori, Pacific and Asianstudents declined significantly during 2006–2010. Theproportion living in homes where people smoked insidealso declined for all ethnic groups during 2006–2010.During 2001–2010, parental smoking rates andexposure to smoking in the home were higher forstudents from the most deprived > average > leastdeprived areas. Parental smoking rates declinedsignificantly for students from the least deprived areas.Exposure to smoking in the home also declinedsignificantly for students of all socioeconomic groupsduring 2001–2010.During 2009–2010, the proportion of babies whose mother’ssmoking status at two weeks after delivery was not recordedin the MAT varied from 3.3% in the Bay of Plenty to 11.7% inthe Waikato. Of babies whose mother’s smoking status wasknown, the proportion with a non-smoking mother varied from64.5% in Tairawhiti to 80.5% in the Waikato, while theproportion who had a mother who smoked 10+ cigarettes perday varied from 7.2% in the Waikato to 13.9% in Tairawhiti.In all Midland DHBs during 2009–2010, maternal smoking attwo weeks after delivery was significantly higher than theNew Zealand rate amongst babies whose maternal smokingstatus was known (Waikato 19.5%, Lakes DHB 25.8%, Bay ofPlenty 24.2%, Tairawhiti 35.6% and Taranaki 21.4%).In the Waikato, maternal smoking at two weeks after deliverywas higher for Māori > European > Pacific > Asian babies,while in the Bay of Plenty, Lakes DHB, Tairawhiti andTaranaki, rates were higher for Māori than for Europeanbabies.During 2001–2010, the proportion of Year 10 students whoreported at least one parent smoking declined in Lakes DHBand Tairawhiti, while the proportion who reported living ahome where people smoked inside declined in all five DHBs.Rates for both measures were higher than the New Zealandrate in all Midland DHBs, with the exception of the Bay ofPlenty, where the proportion who lived in a home wherepeople smoked inside was similar to the New Zealand rateduring 2006–2010.Introduction and Overview - 36