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Table 16-2. Smoking status: Estimated prevalence by current industry, U.S. male residents age 18 and over, 2000


Industry

Number of Respondents

Current Smokers

Former Smokers

Prevalence (%)

95% Confidence Interval

Prevalence (%)
95% Confidence Interval

Repair services

248

42.8

35.2 - 50.4

20.2

14.7 - 25.7

Eating and drinking places

410

40.4

34.7 - 46.1

10.1

7.2 - 13.0

Construction

1,120

38.3

34.8 - 41.8

18.5

15.8 - 21.2

Automotive dealers and gasoline stations

223

37.0

29.9 - 44.1

20.1

14.2 - 26.0

Fabricated metal industries, including ordnance

142

36.0

27.6 - 44.4

23.4

15.2 - 31.6

Food and kindred products

145

35.6

26.6 - 44.6

20.6

12.6 - 28.6

Forestry and fisheries

21

34.8

10.3 - 59.3

7.9

0.0 - 17.3

General merchandise stores

108

34.2

23.2 - 45.2

17.9

9.5 - 26.3

Other personal services

162

33.5

25.9 - 41.1

18.7

11.4 - 26.0

Other and not specified durable goods

151

33.1

25.1 - 41.1

17.0

10.3 - 23.7

Textile mill and finished textile products

65

32.9

18.8 - 47.0

15.9

6.7 - 25.1

Primary metal industries

86

32.6

22.4 - 42.8

28.7

18.3 - 39.1

Trucking service and warehousing

283

32.6

26.7 - 38.5

18.5

13.2 - 23.8

Machinery, except electrical

225

32.3

25.4 - 39.2

24.5

18.0 - 31.0

Food, bakery and dairy stores

191

30.9

23.3 - 38.5

16.9

11.6 - 22.2

Mining

57

29.3

17.9 - 40.7

24.3

10.0 - 38.6

Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies

157

28.6

20.4 - 36.8

16.4

9.7 - 23.1

Furniture, lumber and wood

147

28.5

20.7 - 36.3

15.8

8.9 - 22.7

Other nondurable goods

165

27.1

19.1 - 35.1

26.3

19.0 - 33.6

Printing, publishing and allied industries

132

26.7

17.5 - 35.9

25.7

17.7 - 33.7

Business services

642

26.3

22.2 - 30.4

16.6

13.1 - 20.1

Other transportation

263

26.1

19.2 - 33.0

27.9

20.5 - 35.3

Transportation equipment

220

26.0

19.7 - 32.3

22.3

16.8 - 27.8

Private households

10

25.7

0.0 - 54.3

24.9

0.0 - 55.5

Railroads

41

25.5

10.8 - 40.2

24.6

9.7 - 39.5

Wholesale trade

447

25.5

20.8 - 30.2

26.8

22.5 - 31.1

Other and not specified retail trade

415

24.8

19.9 - 29.7

23.0

18.3 - 27.7

Entertainment and recreation services

202

23.8

16.9 - 30.7

14.4

9.3 - 19.5

Banking and credit agencies

106

22.6

13.8 - 31.4

27.8

18.6 - 37.0

Agriculture

360

20.9

16.4 - 25.4

18.6

13.9 - 23.3

Chemicals and allied products

102

20.1

11.3 - 28.9

26.0

17.0 - 35.0

Utilities and sanitary

139

19.8

12.2 - 27.4

20.5

12.9 - 28.1

Insurance, real estate, and other finance

341

19.6

15.3 - 23.9

25.4

19.9 - 30.9

Communications

188

18.9

12.8 - 25.0

22.7

16.0 - 29.4

Public administrations

468

18.0

13.9 - 22.1

27.0

22.1 - 31.9

Legal, engineering and other professional services

344

16.6

12.1 - 21.1

20.7

16.4 - 25.0

Health services, except hospitals

181

15.1

9.6 - 20.6

25.3

18.2 - 32.4

Hospitals

176

13.4

7.1 - 19.7

20.9

14.0 - 27.8

Other educational services

19

11.8

0.0 - 26.5

55.2

31.1 - 79.3

Elementary and secondary schools and colleges

468

11.2

8.1 - 14.3

21.2

16.9 - 25.5

Social services, religious and membership organizations

171

10.5

5.8 - 15.2

30.8

22.8 - 38.8

Armed forces

2

0.0

 -        -

28.3

0.0 - 84.6

TOTAL

9,818

27.0

26.0 - 28.0

21.0

20.0 - 22.0

- No estimates due to no smokers/former smokers among respondents.
NOTE: Industries were classified according to 1995 Standard Industrial Classification System and then regrouped by NCHS. See appendices for source description and methods.
SOURCE: National Center for Health Statistics 2000 National Health Interview Survey.


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