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On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*
Demographic
Groups |
Total
Respond.# |
1-20 cigarettes
N % C.I.(95%) |
21-40 cigarettes
N % C.I.(95%) |
41 or more cigarettes
N % C.I.(95%) |
| TOTAL |
574 |
488 84.6 (80.7-87.8) |
78 14.0 (10.9-17.7) |
8 1.4 ( 0.7- 3.0) |
| GENDER |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
249 |
196 78.9 (72.4-84.2) |
47 19.0 (13.9-25.3) |
6 2.1 ( 0.9- 5.0) |
| Female |
325 |
292 90.8 (86.8-93.7) |
31 8.5 ( 5.8-12.5) |
2 0.7 ( 0.2- 2.7) |
| RACE |
|
|
|
|
| White |
468 |
390 83.4 (79.0-87.0) |
70 14.9 (11.4-19.2) |
8 1.7 ( 0.8- 3.6) |
| African American |
90 |
86 93.1 (82.3-97.5) |
4 6.9 ( 2.5-17.7) |
|
| AGE |
|
|
|
|
| 18-24 |
68 |
60 85.4 (70.9-93.3) |
7 12.9 ( 5.5-27.5) |
1 1.7 ( 0.2-11.4) |
| 25-34 |
105 |
98 93.5 (85.9-97.1) |
7 6.5 ( 2.9-14.1) |
|
| 35-44 |
145 |
123 83.9 (75.9-89.6) |
21 15.1 ( 9.7-22.9) |
1 1.0 ( 0.1- 6.7) |
| 45-54 |
122 |
94 76.7 (67.5-83.9) |
25 20.8 (14.0-29.8) |
3 2.5 ( 0.8- 7.8) |
| 55-64 |
82 |
65 79.6 (68.5-87.6) |
15 18.7 (11.0-29.8) |
2 1.7 ( 0.4- 6.6) |
| 65+ |
51 |
47 90.4 (76.9-96.3) |
3 7.2 ( 2.3-20.2) |
1 2.4 ( 0.3-15.3) |
| EDUCATION |
|
|
|
|
| Less Than H.S. |
119 |
97 77.5 (66.4-85.7) |
18 18.1 (10.6-29.1) |
4 4.5 ( 1.6-11.6) |
| H.S. or G.E.D. |
229 |
189 82.1 (75.7-87.1) |
36 16.7 (11.8-23.1) |
4 1.2 ( 0.4- 3.2) |
| Some Post-H.S. |
152 |
138 91.8 (86.0-95.4) |
14 8.2 ( 4.6-14.0) |
|
| College Graduate |
73 |
63 89.2 (79.4-94.6) |
10 10.8 ( 5.4-20.6) |
|
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME |
|
|
|
|
| Less than $15,000 |
64 |
57 88.2 (75.5-94.8) |
6 8.3 ( 3.5-18.2) |
1 3.5 ( 0.5-20.9) |
| $15,000- 24,999 |
130 |
112 86.2 (78.0-91.6) |
16 12.1 ( 7.0-20.0) |
2 1.8 ( 0.4- 6.9) |
| $25,000- 34,999 |
107 |
89 80.3 (67.8-88.8) |
15 17.3 ( 9.3-30.1) |
3 2.3 ( 0.7- 7.5) |
| $35,000- 49,999 |
96 |
83 88.0 (79.4-93.3) |
12 11.2 ( 6.1-19.7) |
1 0.8 ( 0.1- 5.7) |
| $50,000+ |
109 |
89 83.1 (74.2-89.3) |
20 16.9 (10.7-25.8) |
|
| *This question is asked only if the respondent reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily |
| #Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level). |
| Percentages are weighted to population characteristics. |
