- In Blackpool, 26% of women were smoking at the moment of birth in 2015/16
- This is compared to central London where merely 1.5% of mothers smoked
- Overall, 10.6% of mothers smoke, the lowest because records began in 2006
- Experts warn smoking once pregnant increases risk of miscarriage, abnormal foetal growth and raises opportunity of baby being stillborn
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More compared to a quarter of mothers in Blackpool are smoking by the moment their baby is born, alarming brand-new figures show.
New NHS figures prove to 2six per cent of women were smokers at the moment of birth in 2015/16.
This contrasted along with Westminster in central London at the various other end of the spectrum, where merely 1.5 per cent of women did.
Experts warn that smoking while pregnant increasing the possibilities of abnormal foetal growth, raising the risk of miscarriage, premature birth and a baby being stillborn, among various other good health problems.
More compared to a quarter of mothers in Blackpool are smoking by the moment their baby is born, official figures show
The figures, from the good health and Social Care Article Centre, cover England for the 12 months up to March 2016.
Overall, the figures are the lowest because records began in 2006/07.
They reveal 10.six per cent of pregnant women were smoking until full-term – representing 67,200 of 631,230 maternities last year.
A year earlier the figure was 11.4 per cent, continuing the stable decline because 2006/7, which watched a higher of 15.1 per cent.
The lower means the percentage of women smoking throughout pregnancy was here the Government’s national target of 11 per cent for the very first time.
However, there were locations in England where up to a quarter of women giving birth over the last 12 months were smokers.
Of the four locations where healthcare is commissioned in the country, London had every one of 32 of its Clinical Comissioning Teams (CCGs) meeting the national ambition by the end of March 2016.
The South of England had 30 of its 50 CCGs carrying out so and the Midlands and East of England had 2six of its 61 CCGs complying along with the target.
However, in the North of England merely 15 from 6six CCGs reported that much less compared to 11 per cent of women were recorded as smokers at the moment of giving birth.
The report said: ‘Smoking throughout pregnancy can easily induce significant pregnancy-related good health problems.
‘These consist of complications throughout labour and an increased risk of miscarriage, premature birth, still birth, reduced birth-weight and sudden unexpected death in infancy.’
Map shows percentage of women that are smoking at the moment their baby is delivered. Dark blue means the variety of women is between 14 and 2six per cent
Blackpool (pictured) had the highest percentage of smoking mothers (2six per cent), while Westminster in central London had the lowest (1.5 per cent) in the 12 months up to March 2016
Professor Kevin Fenton, director of good health and well-being at Public good health England (PHE), said: ‘The fee of women smoking throughout pregnancy continues to fall; the most up to date data reveal that 10.six per cent of pregnant women were smokers at the moment of giving birth, compared to 11.4 per cent at the very same time last year.
‘However, further action is needed to support women to achieve a smokefree pregnancy.
‘It is crucial to protect babies from smoke throughout pregnancy and in the early months, to make sure they get hold of the very best begin in life.
‘the very best protection for mothers, their babies and partners is to quit smoking for good.
‘We ought to likewise tackle substantial differences across regions and social Teams – especially as the burden and harm hits hardest in our A lot more deprived communities.
‘Public good health England will certainly keep on to job along with others to offer the very best support to those attempting to quit.’
