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Tobacco Use
Current Smoking Status
Denominator includes all respondents except those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
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Total # of Respondents
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Non-Smoker
|
C.I.
|
Smoker
|
C.I.
|
All Adults |
11269 |
80.6 |
79.7-81.5 |
19.4 |
18.5-20.3 |
Current smoking status by Age
|
Age Group
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Total # of Respondents
|
Non-Smoker
|
C.I.
|
Smoker
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
560 |
75.9 |
71.9-80.0 |
24.0 |
20.0-28.1 |
25-34 |
1559 |
77.3 |
74.9-79.8 |
22.7 |
20.2-25.1 |
35-44 |
2440 |
77.5 |
75.5-79.4 |
22.5 |
20.6-24.5 |
45-54 |
2350 |
78.0 |
76.0-80.1 |
22.0 |
20.0-24.0 |
55-64 |
1699 |
84.2 |
82.3-86.1 |
15.8 |
13.9-17.7 |
65+ |
2467 |
89.9 |
88.4-91.4 |
10.1 |
8.64-11.6 |
Current smoking status by Sex
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Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Non-Smoker
|
C.I.
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Smoker
|
C.I.
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Male |
4496 |
78.9 |
77.4-80.3 |
21.1 |
19.7-22.6 |
Female |
6773 |
82.2 |
81.1-83.3 |
17.8 |
16.7-18.9 |
Current smoking status by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Non-Smoker
|
C.I.
|
Smoker
|
C.I.
|
Less than $15,000 |
708 |
78.0 |
74.1-81.8 |
22.0 |
18.3-25.8 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1433 |
74.9 |
72.0-77.8 |
25.1 |
22.2-28.0 |
$25,000-34,999 |
999 |
77.4 |
74.2-80.5 |
22.6 |
19.5-25.8 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1461 |
76.6 |
74.0-79.2 |
23.4 |
20.8-26.0 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1648 |
78.4 |
76.0-80.8 |
21.6 |
19.2-24.0 |
$75,000+ |
3394 |
85.3 |
83.8-86.7 |
14.7 |
13.3-16.2 |
Current smoking status by Education
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Education Group
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Total # of Respondents
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Non-Smoker
|
C.I.
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Smoker
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
885 |
75.6 |
72.0-79.2 |
24.4 |
20.9-27.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3077 |
74.6 |
72.7-76.5 |
25.4 |
23.5-27.3 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2629 |
77.8 |
75.8-79.8 |
22.2 |
20.3-24.2 |
College Graduate |
4635 |
88.0 |
86.9-89.2 |
12.0 |
10.8-13.1 |
Current smoking status by Race/Ethnicity
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Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
Non-Smoker
|
C.I.
|
Smoker
|
C.I.
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White/ Non-Hispanic
|
8502 |
80.3 |
79.3-81.4 |
19.6 |
18.6-20.7 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
1027 |
79.3 |
76.4-82.3 |
20.7 |
17.7-23.6 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
533 |
83.4 |
79.2-87.6 |
16.6 |
12.4-20.8 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
61 |
67.5 |
53.9-81.1 |
32.5 |
18.9-46.1 |
Hispanic |
995 |
81.9 |
79.1-84.8 |
18.1 |
15.2-20.9 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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