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Increase abstinence from cigarette smoking among pregnant women — MICH‑10 Data Methodology and Measurement

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About this objective

Data

Data Source:  National Vital Statistics System - Natality (NVSS-N), CDC/NCHS

National baseline: 93.5 percent of females giving birth reported not smoking during pregnancy in 2018

National target: 95.7 percent

Numerator
Number of females giving birth who report not smoking during pregnancy.
Denominator
Number of females giving birth.
National target-setting method
Percentage point improvement
National target-setting method details
Percentage point improvement from the baseline using Cohen's h effect size of 0.10.
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National target-setting method justification
Trend data were not available at the time of establishing the baseline and target for this objective. A percentage point improvement was calculated using Cohen's h effect size of 0.1. This method was used because of the high baseline prevalence.

History

Comparable HP2020 objective
Retained, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 with no change in measurement.

1. Effect size h=0.1 was chosen to correspond with 10% improvement from a baseline of 50%.