Adult Tobacco Use
|
|
National |
Maryland |
|
Adult Smoking |
20.6% |
15.2% |
|
Male |
21.5% |
17.3% |
|
Female |
17.3% |
13.4% |
|
Education |
|
|
|
9-11 years of Education |
33.8% |
32.4% |
|
GED Diploma |
45.2% |
23.6% |
|
Undergraduate College Degree |
9.9% |
6.5% |
|
Ethnicity |
|
|
|
African American |
20.6% |
17.8% |
|
American Indian |
31.4% |
20.1% |
|
Asian American |
9.2% |
4.4% |
|
Hispanic |
12.5% |
7.8% |
|
White |
21.0% |
15.0% |
|
Age |
|
|
|
18-24 years |
20.1% |
18.1% |
|
25-44 years |
22.0% |
16.3% |
|
45-64 years |
21.1% |
15.4% |
|
65 years and older |
9.5% |
8.3% |
Tags:
Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System. (2010). Tobacco: Current smoker (smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smoke) vs demographics: race from 1995. Retrieved from http://www.marylandbrfss.org/cgi-bin/broker.exe?recStartNum=1&_program=mdmhc.report.tabulate.scl=mdmhc.report.tabulate.scl&_sessionid=JXLyOASOM52&_port=5002&_server=10.150.98.87&_service=default&libname=BRFSS&dataset=BRFSS.BRFSS2010&colvar=_RF2SMOK&rowvar=_RACEGR&controlvar=BLANK&analysisvar=_FINALWT&county=ALL&year=2010&rotate=ROW
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Smoking and tobacco use: Adult cigarette smoking in united states current estimates. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/adult_data/cig_smoking/index.htm
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. (2011). Monitoring changing tobacco use behaviors 2000-2010: Legislative report. Retrieved from http://fha.maryland.gov/pdf/ohpetup/HG13-1004d-FHA-BiennialTobaccoReport.pdf
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. (2011). Monitoring changing tobacco use behaviors 2000-2010, legislative report: Appendix A: Youth prevalence, initiation and cessation. Retrieved from http://fha.maryland.gov/pdf/ohpetup/HG13-1004d-FHA-BiennialTobaccoReport.pdf
