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TOBACCO USE MODULE

R1: At Risk For Current Smoking

Respondents Who Are Current Smokers, 2005

Population Subgroups

Number of Respondents

Number at Risk

Percent of Respondents at Risk

% Confidence Interval Lower Limit

% Confidence Interval Upper Limit

Totals

3995

766

20.1

18.6

21.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Age Group (years)

18-24

211

60

27.5

20.9

34.1

25-34

498

119

23.1

19.2

27.0

35-44

718

154

22.0

18.7

25.3

45-54

869

202

22.1

19.1

25.1

55-64

646

134

20.2

16.8

23.6

65+

1016

87

7.8

6.0

9.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sex

Female

2373

421

18.7

16.7

20.7

Male

1622

345

21.6

19.2

24.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Race

White

3793

701

19.1

17.6

20.7

American Indian

114

54

51.1

38.9

63.3

Other

61

10

12.0

3.9

20.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Less than H.S.

355

77

28.5

21.6

35.3

H.S. Grad

1159

315

28.5

25.3

31.8

Some College

1245

255

20.1

17.5

22.8

College Grad

1229

116

10.0

7.8

12.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Income

0-14,999

344

104

30.4

23.9

36.8

15,000-24,999

631

172

27.8

23.4

32.2

25,000-49,999

1245

245

21.8

18.8

24.7

50,000-74,999

658

96

14.9

11.9

18.0

75,000+

584

68

11.5

8.5

14.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marital Status

Divorced

395

139

37.2

31.8

42.6

Married

2415

376

16.0

14.4

17.7

Never Married

540

141

27.2

22.0

32.4

Separated

39

15

41.7

23.7

59.8

Unmarried Couple

65

35

53.5

39.8

67.3

Widowed

529

55

9.8

7.0

12.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment

Employed

2585

541

21.5

19.6

23.4

Retired/Disabled

919

124

13.7

11.0

16.3

Student/Homemaker

385

67

17.9

13.1

22.8

Unemployed

93

32

39.4

25.7

53.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Plan

Don't Have Coverage

418

153

37.5

31.6

43.4

Health Coverage

3569

611

17.9

16.3

19.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asthma

No

3695

705

19.6

18.1

21.2

Yes

279

57

26.3

18.4

34.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Binge Drinkers

No

3370

547

16.5

14.9

18.0

Yes

587

205

35.3

30.5

40.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Activity

Insufficient PA

1499

274

20.2

17.6

22.9

Meet PA

1721

325

19.0

16.7

21.3

No PA

474

113

26.6

21.8

31.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Child in the home

No

2726

500

19.2

17.3

21.0

Yes

1265

265

21.6

18.8

24.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hypertension

No

2864

590

21.6

19.7

23.5

Yes

1125

176

15.5

13.0

18.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Health

Excellent, Very Good, Good

3428

619

19.1

17.4

20.8

Fair, Poor

557

145

27.6

23.2

32.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Provider

No

757

215

30.5

26.5

34.5

Yes, more than one

400

68

18.1

13.5

22.8

Yes, only one

2825

479

16.9

15.2

18.6


Respondents Who Are Current Smokers*, 1996-2004

Characteristics

# of
respondents

# of
smokers

Percent of
respondents
who smoke

%
Confidence
Interval

Total

17826

3880

21.8

21.1-22.5

 

Race

White

16994

3562

20.9

20.2-21.6

Amer. Indian

527

244

46.6

41.6-51.5

Other

247

57

21.3

15.6-26.9

*Respondents who reported that they smoked everyday or at least some days each week.


Table Type

Percentage with risk factor

Definition:

R1: At Risk Current Smoking: Respondents Who Are Current Smokers

Denominator:

All Respondents

 Abbreviations:

# at risk = Number within subpopulation with the risk factor

 

Percent at risk = Percentage of subpopulation with the risk factor

 

% Confidence interval = 95% confidence interval

 


 

 

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