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Smoke everyday | Smoke some days | Former smoker | Never smoked | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 15,776 | 2,183 | 15.5 | 14.6-16.4 | 695 | 5.4 | 4.8- 6.1 | 4,789 | 24.8 | 23.9-25.8 | 8,109 | 54.3 | 53.1-55.5 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 5,968 | 928 | 16.7 | 15.3-18.2 | 298 | 7.0 | 6.0- 8.3 | 2,285 | 28.8 | 27.2-30.5 | 2,457 | 47.5 | 45.5-49.4 |
Female | 9,808 | 1,255 | 14.3 | 13.2-15.5 | 397 | 3.9 | 3.4- 4.5 | 2,504 | 21.1 | 20.0-22.1 | 5,652 | 60.7 | 59.2-62.1 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 12,247 | 1,757 | 16.9 | 15.9-18.0 | 463 | 4.2 | 3.7- 4.9 | 4,017 | 27.6 | 26.6-28.7 | 6,010 | 51.3 | 49.9-52.6 |
African American | 2,386 | 290 | 14.0 | 11.9-16.4 | 161 | 8.3 | 6.5-10.6 | 532 | 18.6 | 16.4-20.9 | 1,403 | 59.1 | 56.0-62.1 |
Asian | 105 | 7 | 6.4 | 2.3-16.7 | 4 | 6.1 | 1.7-19.8 | 16 | 14.5 | 7.9-25.2 | 78 | 73.0 | 59.8-83.2 |
Native American | 320 | 72 | 28.6 | 22.0-36.4 | 23 | 6.3 | 3.6-11.0 | 96 | 22.7 | 17.5-29.0 | 129 | 42.3 | 34.8-50.2 |
Other Minorities | 656 | 46 | 5.8 | 3.5- 9.5 | 44 | 9.1 | 6.3-12.9 | 112 | 16.9 | 12.3-22.9 | 454 | 68.2 | 62.0-73.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 634 | 42 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.1 | 38 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.6 | 107 | 16.3 | 11.5-22.6 | 447 | 69.9 | 63.6-75.6 |
-English Speaking | 238 | 30 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.5 | 10 | 5.2 | 2.4-11.1 | 58 | 26.9 | 14.8-43.8 | 140 | 58.1 | 44.7-70.4 |
-Spanish Speaking | 396 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.7 | 28 | 9.8 | 6.3-15.0 | 49 | 12.6 | 8.6-18.2 | 307 | 74.1 | 67.4-79.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 15,094 | 2,134 | 16.4 | 15.4-17.4 | 657 | 5.2 | 4.6- 5.8 | 4,664 | 25.5 | 24.6-26.5 | 7,639 | 52.9 | 51.7-54.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 473 | 73 | 16.8 | 12.8-21.8 | 40 | 9.3 | 6.4-13.4 | 29 | 7.3 | 4.2-12.6 | 331 | 66.5 | 60.4-72.1 |
25-34 | 1,507 | 266 | 19.1 | 16.6-21.9 | 83 | 6.7 | 5.2- 8.7 | 243 | 15.2 | 13.1-17.6 | 915 | 58.9 | 55.7-62.1 |
35-44 | 2,450 | 411 | 16.2 | 14.5-18.1 | 112 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.4 | 461 | 18.4 | 16.5-20.4 | 1,466 | 60.4 | 57.9-62.9 |
45-54 | 3,074 | 582 | 18.4 | 16.7-20.2 | 181 | 5.9 | 4.9- 7.1 | 805 | 25.2 | 23.3-27.3 | 1,506 | 50.5 | 48.2-52.8 |
55-64 | 3,377 | 494 | 14.7 | 13.2-16.3 | 157 | 4.2 | 3.4- 5.1 | 1,225 | 37.8 | 35.7-39.9 | 1,501 | 43.3 | 41.2-45.5 |
65-74 | 2,727 | 263 | 9.6 | 8.3-11.2 | 85 | 3.0 | 2.3- 3.8 | 1,158 | 44.4 | 42.1-46.7 | 1,221 | 43.0 | 40.7-45.3 |
75+ | 2,057 | 76 | 3.8 | 2.9- 5.1 | 32 | 1.4 | 1.0- 2.2 | 839 | 42.7 | 40.0-45.5 | 1,110 | 52.0 | 49.2-54.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 2,253 | 422 | 22.9 | 20.1-26.0 | 116 | 6.7 | 5.0- 8.9 | 694 | 23.0 | 20.5-25.7 | 1,021 | 47.4 | 43.9-51.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 4,648 | 831 | 21.0 | 19.0-23.1 | 250 | 6.9 | 5.6- 8.5 | 1,398 | 25.0 | 23.1-27.1 | 2,169 | 47.1 | 44.6-49.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 4,098 | 614 | 16.2 | 14.5-18.1 | 180 | 4.8 | 3.9- 6.0 | 1,273 | 25.6 | 23.8-27.4 | 2,031 | 53.4 | 51.1-55.7 |
College Graduate | 4,738 | 314 | 5.8 | 5.1- 6.7 | 147 | 3.9 | 3.1- 4.8 | 1,416 | 24.8 | 23.3-26.4 | 2,861 | 65.4 | 63.6-67.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,778 | 385 | 23.2 | 19.9-26.8 | 133 | 9.8 | 7.4-12.8 | 496 | 23.8 | 20.6-27.3 | 764 | 43.3 | 39.2-47.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 2,526 | 476 | 21.4 | 18.8-24.3 | 136 | 6.5 | 5.1- 8.3 | 736 | 23.1 | 20.2-26.3 | 1,178 | 49.0 | 45.4-52.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,675 | 270 | 18.5 | 15.9-21.4 | 84 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.7 | 521 | 24.9 | 22.2-27.8 | 800 | 48.7 | 44.9-52.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 2,193 | 318 | 16.6 | 14.4-19.1 | 97 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.4 | 694 | 26.3 | 23.9-28.8 | 1,084 | 51.5 | 48.5-54.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 2,239 | 260 | 12.2 | 10.5-14.2 | 85 | 4.6 | 3.5- 6.1 | 716 | 26.2 | 24.0-28.6 | 1,178 | 56.9 | 54.0-59.8 |
$75,000+ | 3,223 | 248 | 8.9 | 7.4-10.7 | 89 | 3.2 | 2.4- 4.2 | 1,005 | 26.2 | 24.3-28.2 | 1,881 | 61.7 | 59.3-64.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 5,867 | 971 | 20.8 | 19.0-22.7 | 303 | 6.1 | 5.0- 7.4 | 2,050 | 30.0 | 28.4-31.7 | 2,543 | 43.1 | 41.1-45.1 |
No | 9,463 | 1,145 | 12.7 | 11.7-13.8 | 372 | 5.0 | 4.3- 5.8 | 2,615 | 22.5 | 21.3-23.8 | 5,331 | 59.7 | 58.2-61.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 2,379 | 315 | 13.5 | 11.8-15.5 | 97 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.2 | 1,176 | 42.2 | 39.5-45.0 | 791 | 38.5 | 35.6-41.4 |
Non-Veteran | 13,390 | 1,868 | 15.8 | 14.8-16.8 | 597 | 5.4 | 4.7- 6.0 | 3,611 | 22.0 | 21.0-23.0 | 7,314 | 56.8 | 55.5-58.2 |
* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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