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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Tobacco Indicators

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  Total
Respond.#
Never 14 or under 15-16 17-18 19 0r older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 45,129 2,463 5.7 5.4- 6.1 5,780 13.6 13.0-14.1 9,445 21.4 20.8-22.1 11,706 26.4 25.7-27.1 15,735 32.9 32.2-33.6
Arkansas 1,977 97 4.8 3.9- 6.1 276 15.3 13.5-17.4 445 23.9 21.7-26.2 481 24.4 22.3-26.7 678 31.5 29.2-33.9
Colorado 1,849 128 6.8 5.6- 8.2 241 14.3 12.5-16.3 366 20.1 18.1-22.3 472 25.7 23.5-28.1 642 33.1 30.7-35.6
Connecticut 2,526 136 5.5 4.6- 6.7 355 14.9 13.3-16.7 616 25.0 23.0-27.0 652 25.1 23.2-27.0 767 29.5 27.5-31.6
Iowa 2,190 98 4.3 3.4- 5.6 239 12.6 10.9-14.4 391 19.0 17.1-21.2 616 29.7 27.4-32.2 846 34.4 32.1-36.7
Kentucky 3,744 164 4.1 3.3- 5.1 527 16.1 14.2-18.1 841 24.6 22.5-26.9 940 25.2 23.2-27.4 1,272 30.0 27.8-32.3
Louisiana 2,176 98 4.3 3.4- 5.4 254 13.1 11.5-15.0 419 20.6 18.7-22.8 586 27.5 25.3-29.7 819 34.5 32.2-36.8
Montana 1,907 85 5.6 4.2- 7.3 258 15.2 13.0-17.7 364 19.2 16.9-21.7 535 29.6 26.9-32.5 665 30.4 27.8-33.2
Nebraska 2,172 156 7.5 6.3- 8.8 207 10.4 9.0-12.0 426 21.0 19.1-23.1 586 27.7 25.6-29.9 797 33.4 31.2-35.6
New Hampshire 2,556 119 4.4 3.6- 5.4 413 18.1 16.3-20.0 624 24.7 22.8-26.8 649 25.7 23.8-27.7 751 27.1 25.2-29.1
New Jersey 5,051 302 6.3 5.5- 7.2 581 12.3 11.1-13.5 1,003 20.2 18.9-21.5 1,454 28.9 27.4-30.4 1,711 32.4 30.9-33.9
North Carolina 4,416 285 5.9 4.8- 7.1 476 12.9 11.2-14.7 994 24.4 22.3-26.6 1,087 25.6 23.6-27.8 1,574 31.3 29.2-33.4
Oklahoma 3,531 201 6.0 5.1- 7.0 455 13.8 12.5-15.3 693 21.9 20.3-23.7 885 25.8 24.1-27.5 1,297 32.5 30.7-34.3
Rhode Island 1,998 98 4.6 3.7- 5.8 330 18.6 16.4-20.9 513 26.0 23.7-28.5 483 24.2 22.0-26.5 574 26.6 24.4-28.9
Texas 2,438 145 6.2 5.1- 7.5 273 13.2 11.5-15.0 463 19.6 17.8-21.5 595 25.4 23.4-27.5 962 35.7 33.6-37.9
Virginia 2,439 128 5.9 4.7- 7.3 295 11.9 10.4-13.6 501 20.6 18.6-22.8 662 28.1 25.7-30.7 853 33.4 30.9-36.0
West Virginia 1,718 111 6.3 5.1- 7.7 250 15.6 13.7-17.7 319 20.7 18.4-23.2 441 26.3 24.0-28.7 597 31.2 28.9-33.7
Wyoming 1,972 78 4.0 3.1- 5.2 302 17.8 15.8-19.9 403 21.7 19.6-23.9 462 23.5 21.5-25.7 727 33.0 30.8-35.3
Virgin Islands 469 34 10.2 6.4-16.1 48 9.9 6.6-14.6 64 12.5 9.3-16.6 120 27.1 22.1-32.9 203 40.2 34.5-46.3

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked of all respondents who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes in his/her lifetime.

#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 and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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