Sociodemographic Characteristics
The average maternal age was ~ 28 years while 11 % of
the mothers were <20 years. The average gestational age was 39
weeks while 7 % were preterm babies (<37 weeks). The average
birthweight was ~3311 grams while 6 % of all neonates
had low birthweights (<2500gm). In this study almost 12% of
all women smoked during gestation. More than 2% smoked 1 cigarette per
day while almost 10% smoke two or more cigarettes daily. One mother
reported smoking up to 30 cigarettes daily (also see Table 1).