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Table 1 Snus use and cigarette smoking among pregnant women 2015–2017.a Age 16–44 years. Percent, 95% Cl. N = 9855

From: Trends in maternal use of snus and smoking tobacco in pregnancy. A register study in southern Norway

 

Before pregnancy

First trimester

Third trimester

N

%

CI

N

%

CI

N

%

CI

Snus use, all

 Snus use, occasional (n = 9855)

159

1.6

1.4–1.9

108

1.1

0.9–1.3

72

0.7

0.6–0.9

 Snus use, daily (n = 9855)

665

6.7

6.3–7.3

169

1.7

1.5–2.0

120

1.2

1.0–1.5

 Snus use, daily and occasional (n = 9855)

824

8.4

7.8–8.9

277

2.8

2.5–3.2

192

2.0

1.7–2.2

Snus use in age groups

 16–24 years (n = 1285)

264

20.5

18.4–22.9

103

8.0

6.6–9.6

75

5.8

4.6–7.3

 25–34 years (n = 6660)

500

7.5

6.9–8.2

153

2.3

2.0–2.7

104

1.6

1.3–1.9

 35–44 years (n = 1910)

60

3.1

2.4–4.0

21

1.1

0.7–1.7

13

0.7

0.4–1.2

Snus use in groups of parity

 No previous child (n = 3922)

512

13.1

12.0–14.1

144

3.7

3.1–4.3

96

2.4

2.0–3.0

 One previous child (n = 3570)

226

6.3

5.6–7.2

93

2.6

2.1–3.2

65

1.8

1.4–2.3

 Two or more previous children (n = 2363)

86

3.6

2.9–4.5

40

1.7

1.2–2.3

31

1.3

0.9–1.9

Snus use in educational groups b

 Primary/lower secondary (n = 734)

60

8.2

6.3–10.4

36

4.9

3.5–6.7

25

3.4

2.2–5.0

 Upper secondary (n = 3541)

412

11.6

10.6–12.7

161

4.5

3.9–5.3

125

3.5

2.9–4.2

 Higher education (n = 4987)

314

6.3

5.6–7.0

63

1.3

1.0–1.6

32

0.6

0.4–0.9

Smoking, all

 Smoking, occasional (n = 9855)

285

2.9

2.6–3.2

101

1.0

0.8–1.2

90

0.9

0.7–1.1

 Smoking, daily (n = 9855)

974

9.9

9.3–10.5

496

5.0

4.6–5.5

407

4.1

3.7–4.5

 Smoking, daily or occasional (n = 9855)

1259

12.8

12.1–13.5

597

6.1

5.6–6.5

497

5.0

4.6–5.5

Smoking in age groups

 16–24 years (n = 1285)

272

21.2

19.0–23.5

136

10.6

9.0–12.4

109

8.5

7.0–10.1

 25–34 years (n = 6660)

780

11.7

10.9–12.5

351

5.3

4.7–5.8

294

4.4

3.9–4.9

 35–44 years (n = 1910)

207

10.8

9.5–12.3

110

5.8

4.8–6.9

94

4.9

4.0–6.0

Smoking in groups of parity

 No previous child (n = 3922)

570

14.5

13.4–15.7

227

5.8

5.1–6.6

184

4,7

4.1–5.4

 One previous child (n = 3570)

409

11.5

10.4–12.5

203

5.7

4.9–6.5

170

4,8

4.1–5.5

 Two or more previous children (n = 2363)

280

11.9

10.6–13.2

167

7.1

6.1–8.2

143

6,1

5.1–7.1

Smoking in educational groups b

 Primary/lower secondary (n = 734)

187

25.5

22.4–28.8

124

16.9

14.3–19.8

108

14.7

12.2–17.5

 Upper secondary (n = 3541)

713

20.1

18.0–21.5

348

9.8

8.9–10.9

296

8.4

7.5–9.3

 Higher education (n = 4987)

275

5.5

4.9–6.2

75

1.5

1.2–1.9

59

1.2

0.9–1.5

Dual use, all

142

1.4

1.2–1.7

33

0.3

0.2–0.5

13

0.1

0.1–2.3

Dual use in age groups

 16–24 years (n = 1285)

61

4.8

3.7–6.1

14

1.1

0.6–1.8

2

0.2

0.0–0.6

 25–34 years (n = 6660)

72

1.1

0.8–1.4

18

1.1

0.2–0.4

9

0.1

0.1–0.3

 35–44 years (n = 1910)

9

0.5

0.2–0.9

1

1.1

0.0–0.3

2

0,1

0.0–0.4

  1. aTobacco use: daily and occasional use combined
  2. bIn comparing the levels of completed education, the age 25+ is often used in official statistics in Norway, as most people then are considered to have completed their education. As pregnancy may prevent or delay the completion of education, we included all ages in the calculations of educational level in this study. This may also give a truer picture of the predominantly young snus users