Latest results and trends from the women's smoking status at time of delivery (SATOD) data collection in England. The report provides a measure of smoking prevalence among pregnant women at Commissioning Region, Area Team, and Clinical Commissioning Group levels, supplementing national information from the Infant Feeding Survey. It is published by NHS Digital under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.
Use Cases
- Analyze regional disparities in maternal smoking prevalence based on Commissioning Region, Area Team, and Clinical Commissioning Group levels.
- Monitor trends in smoking among pregnant women over time based on the report series.
- Supplement national-level infant feeding data with granular, sub-national smoking statistics.
Strengths
- Data provides granular breakdowns at Commissioning Region, Area Team, and Clinical Commissioning Group levels.
- Report series includes historical data, with prior reports available from 2011-12 quarter 3 onwards.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, focusing solely on England.
Provenance
- Source
- NHS Digital
- Collection Method
- Women's smoking status at time of delivery (SATOD) data collection.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:50.341001; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England