Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: Number and percent of births to mothers who reported smoking at any point while pregnant.

Data Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, processed by the Kentucky State Data Center.

Footnotes: Kentucky switched to the revised birth certificate in 2004, and the new data for this indicator are not comparable with data from prior years. Data are reported by mother’s place of residence, not infant’s place of birth. Data on births to Kentucky residents that occurred in other states using the old birth certificate are not comparable and have been excluded. For cases where the information for this variable was missing, the case was excluded from the total number of live births. Data for 2007-2009 are preliminary.
LNE = Rates were not calculated for counties with fewer than 6 occurrences.

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.