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14/06/2013
While almost 5,700 women (19.8%) said they still smoked. The findings show this prevalence has been the highest in the North East for the last six years.
Blackpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) had the highest rate with almost one in three women (30.8%) smoking during their pregnancy, with women in London the least likely to smoke with about one in 17 (5.7%).
The quarterly report, Statistics on Women's Smoking Status at Time of Delivery,focuses on the period for January 2013 to March 2013 but it also provides an annual picture that can be compared back to 2006/07.
Despite the high prevalence rates in certain areas of the UK, the figures do reveal a continual fall since 2006/07.
In the 12 months to March 2013 in England there were fewer women smoking at the time of delivery (12.7%) compared to the previous year (13.2%) and considerably fewer than five years ago (14.4%).
HSCIC Chief Executive Alan Perkins said: "Today's figures show that while fewer pregnant women are smoking across England, mothers in the North East have been top of the smoker's prevalence table for six years running.
"Today's report is crucial for addressing those regions and PCTs where the rates of smoking during pregnancy are particularly high and are likely to alert local-level health professionals."
The news comes just one month after it was revealed that health watchdog NICE proposed all midwives be told to test expectant mothers to establish whether they smoke.
In the proposals, which are due to come into force this year, midwives will be told to test mothers' carbon monoxide levels at their first antenatal appointment. This will reveal if they are being honest about whether they smoke, with those found to have high readings to be provided with "appropriate support" on how to quit.
According to the NHS, women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to experience morning sickness and complications during pregnancy. They are also more likely to have a stillborn, underweight or premature baby.
It is also believed that babies born to women who smoke are at greater risk of cot death and asthma.
(JP/CD)
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1 In 5 Women Smoke During Pregnancy
New figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have revealed almost one in five women who gave birth in the North East in 2012/13 classed themselves as a smoker when they had their baby.While almost 5,700 women (19.8%) said they still smoked. The findings show this prevalence has been the highest in the North East for the last six years.
Blackpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) had the highest rate with almost one in three women (30.8%) smoking during their pregnancy, with women in London the least likely to smoke with about one in 17 (5.7%).
The quarterly report, Statistics on Women's Smoking Status at Time of Delivery,focuses on the period for January 2013 to March 2013 but it also provides an annual picture that can be compared back to 2006/07.
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Despite the high prevalence rates in certain areas of the UK, the figures do reveal a continual fall since 2006/07.
In the 12 months to March 2013 in England there were fewer women smoking at the time of delivery (12.7%) compared to the previous year (13.2%) and considerably fewer than five years ago (14.4%).
HSCIC Chief Executive Alan Perkins said: "Today's figures show that while fewer pregnant women are smoking across England, mothers in the North East have been top of the smoker's prevalence table for six years running.
"Today's report is crucial for addressing those regions and PCTs where the rates of smoking during pregnancy are particularly high and are likely to alert local-level health professionals."
The news comes just one month after it was revealed that health watchdog NICE proposed all midwives be told to test expectant mothers to establish whether they smoke.
In the proposals, which are due to come into force this year, midwives will be told to test mothers' carbon monoxide levels at their first antenatal appointment. This will reveal if they are being honest about whether they smoke, with those found to have high readings to be provided with "appropriate support" on how to quit.
According to the NHS, women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to experience morning sickness and complications during pregnancy. They are also more likely to have a stillborn, underweight or premature baby.
It is also believed that babies born to women who smoke are at greater risk of cot death and asthma.
(JP/CD)
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