From: Chapter 2. Patterns of Tobacco Use Among Women and Girls
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Characteristic | 1965-1966 | 1970 | 1974 | 1978-1980 | 1983/1985 | 1990-1991 | 1992-1993 | 1994-1995 | 1997-1998 |
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Young women | 37.3 (±1.3) | 32.7 (±1.4) | 34.1 (±2.0) | 32.7 (±1.7) | 33.0 (±1.6) | 22.4 (±1.4) | 24.3 (±2.0) | 23.5 (±2.1) | 25.1 (±1.7) |
Race/ethnicity * | |||||||||
White, non-Hispanic | 37.9 (±1.3) | 33.0 (±1.6) | 34.0 (±2.2) | 33.6 (±1.8) | 36.2 (±1.9) | 27.8 (±1.8) | 30.3 (±2.6) | 29.5 (±2.8) | 31.6 (±2.4) |
Black, non-Hispanic | 34.7 (±3.7) | 32.2 (±3.7) | 35.6 (±5.3) | 30.4 (±4.4) | 27.8 (±3.7) | 11.0 (±2.1) | 9.3 (±2.9) | 9.8 (±3.0) | 9.6 (±2.5) |
Hispanic | NA ** | NA | NA | 29.6 (±5.0) | 18.1 (±3.7) | 11.8 (±3.1) | 13.1 (±4.0) | 14.9 (±4.0) | 12.0 (±2.3) |
Education (number of years) § | |||||||||
< 8 | NA | 43.3 (±7.2) | 35.4 (±12.0) >§<§ | 36.9 (±8.5) | 48.5 (±9.6) | 28.4 (±8.8) | 34.1 (±13.1) >§<§ | 29.7 (±14.7) >§<§ | 27.0 (±11.4) >§<§ |
9-11 | NA | 48.4 (±3.6) | 55.3 (±6.6) | 59.2 (±5.3) | 57.8 (±5.2) | 46.3 (±5.7) | 50.4 (±7.4) | 34.6 (±7.8) | 42.8 (±6.5) |
12 | NA | 37.0 (±2.6) | 35.8 (±3.2) | 35.0 (±2.6) | 40.5 (±2.9) | 28.0 (±2.4) | 28.6 (±3.8) | 30.5 (±4.4) | 30.8 (±3.7) |
> 13 | NA | 26.8 (±2.1) | 26.4 (±3.6) | 21.2 (±2.5) | 20.0 (±2.2) | 14.2 (±1.7) | 17.6 (±2.7) | 19.3 (±3.1) | 19.8 (±2.3) |
Young men | 54.1 (±1.5) | 44.3 (±1.6) | 42.1 (±2.2) | 35.5 (±1.8) | 30.5 (±1.8) | 25.1 (±1.7) | 28.3 (±2.3) | 28.8 (±2.6) | 31.5 (±2.0) |
Prevalence of current smoking is the percentage of all persons in each demographic category who reported smoking > 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and who smoked at the time of the survey. Since 1992, estimates explicitly include persons who smoked only on some days.
Ethnicity was not determined in 1965, 1966, 1970, or 1974. Thus, estimates for whites and for blacks during these years likely include data for some persons of Hispanic origin.
NA= Not available.
For women aged 20-24 years. Data for four education categories not available for 1965.
Estimate should be interpreted with caution because of the small number of respondents.Sources: National Center for Health Statistics, public use data tapes, 1965-1966, 1970, 1974, 1978-1980, 1983, 1985, 1990-1995, 1997-1998.
From: Chapter 2. Patterns of Tobacco Use Among Women and Girls
NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.