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Statistics on Women's Smoking Status at Time of Delivery, England - Quarter 4, 2013-14

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Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Sub-Integrated Care Boards, Integrated Care Boards, Regions
Date Range:
01 Apr 2013 to 31 Mar 2014

Summary

18/09/2014: Figures for NHS Wiltshire were incorrectly provided for Q4 2013/14 by the CCG.

Figures have not been revised as the national impact of the changes is very limited. Specifically 268 maternities had been incorrectly submitted as smoking at the time of delivery instead of not smoking. The following text highlights the changes needed for NHS Wiltshire and Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire Area Team. These are also footnoted within the relevant tables. The changes needed for England and the South of England are negligible.

Table 5: Number of women smoking at time of delivery for NHS Wiltshire CCG in Q4 2013/14 should be 139. The corresponding percentage of women smoking at time of delivery should be 12.3%. Number not smoking at time of delivery should be 992 and the percentage should be 87.6%.

The corresponding correct figures for Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire Area Team are 458, 11.9% 3,354 and 87.4%.

Table 6: Number of women smoking at time of delivery for NHS Wiltshire CCG in 2013/14 should be 584. The corresponding percentage of women smoking at time of delivery should be 12.7%. Number not smoking at time of delivery should be 4,004 and the percentage should be 87.2%.

The corresponding correct figures for Bath, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire Area Team are 1,900, 12.1%, 13,698 and 87.5%.

Figure 1: The correct percentage of women smoking at time of delivery should be 12.7% for NHS Wiltshire CCG.

Map: The correct percentage of women smoking at time of delivery should be 12.7% for NHS Wiltshire CCG.

This report presents the latest results and trends from the women's smoking status at time of delivery (SATOD) data collection in England. It includes revised data for the first, second and third quarters of 2013-14, in addition to new data for quarter 4 and data for the whole year 2013-14.

The results provide a measure of the prevalence of smoking among pregnant women at Commissioning Region, Area Team and Clinical Commissioning Group level. This supplements the national information available from the quinquennial Infant Feeding Survey (IFS).

Smoking remains one of the few modifiable risk factors in pregnancy. It can cause a range of serious health problems, including lower birth weight, pre-term birth, placental complications and perinatal mortality.

Reports in the series prior to 2011-12 quarter 3 are available from the Department of Health website (see below).

Highlights

England, 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014:

  • 12.0 per cent of mothers were recorded as smokers at the time of delivery for 2013-14, which is lower than 2012-13 (12.7 per cent) and continues the steady year-on-year decline in the percentage of women smoking at the time of delivery from 15.1 per cent in 2006-07
  • The smoking prevalence varied amongst the Area teams from 5.1 per cent in London to 20.6 per cent in Durham, Darlington and Tees
  • The smoking prevalence varied amongst Clinical Commissioning Groups from 1.9 per cent in NHS Central London (Westminster) and NHS Richmond to 27.5 per cent in NHS Blackpool
  • 82 (39 per cent) of the 211 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)  had estimates meeting the national ambition of 11 per cent or less women smoking at the time of delivery
  • Of the four Commissioning Regions, London had  31 of its 32 CCGs; South of England had 26 of its 50 CCGs; Midlands and East of England had 16 of its 61 CCGs and the North of England 9 of its 68 CCGs meeting the national ambition by the end of March 2014

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