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Table 16-4. Smoking status: Estimated prevalence by current occupation, U.S. residents age 18 and over, 2000


Occupation

Number of Respondents

Current Smokers

Former Smokers

Prevalence (%)

95% Confidence Interval

Prevalence (%)
95% Confidence Interval
Machine operators and tenderers, except precision
743
45.9
41.9 - 49.8
18.2
15.3 - 21.1
Forestry and fishing occupations
20
42.0
16.3 - 67.7
2.4
0.0 - 7.1
Construction and extractive trades
806
41.3
37.4 - 45.2
18.6
15.3 - 21.9
Material moving equipment operators
139
40.5
31.3 - 49.7
15.8
8.5 - 23.1
Food service
839
39.8
35.5 - 44.1
11.4
9.2 - 13.6
Precision production occupations
527
36.2
31.5 - 40.9
19.0
15.3 - 22.7
Motor vehicle operators
597
34.8
30.5 - 39.1
20.4
16.9 - 23.9
Construction laborers
149
34.3
26.3 - 42.3
13.2
6.1 - 20.3
Health service
475
32.8
27.7 - 37.9
14.3
10.6 - 18.0
Freight, stock and material handlers
583
32.5
28.0 - 37.0
13.8
10.5 - 17.1
Mechanics and repairers
623
31.5
27.2 - 35.8
22.0
18.5 - 25.5
Cleaning and building service
534
30.8
26.3 - 35.3
15.0
11.7 - 18.3
Other protective service occupations
158
28.6
20.6 - 36.6
20.0
12.9 - 27.1
Farm workers and other agricultural workers
337
28.6
22.9 - 34.3
14.1
9.2 - 19.0
Fabricators, assemblers, inspectors and samplers
401
28.1
22.8 - 33.4
18.2
13.5 - 22.9
Other transportation, except motor vehicles
36
25.3
7.9 - 42.7
28.8
11.6 - 46.0
Managers and administrators, except public administration
1,857
25.2
23.0 - 27.4
23.0
20.8 - 25.2
Health technologists and technicians
281
24.9
18.8 - 30.9
15.2
10.5 - 19.9
Other sales
905
24.4
21.3 - 27.5
17.2
14.3 - 20.1
Supervisors and proprietors
601
23.4
19.7 - 27.1
24.2
19.9 - 28.5
Financial records processing occupations
343
23.1
18.0 - 28.2
18.1
13.4 - 22.8
Personal service
467
20.8
16.7 - 24.9
17.5
13.4 - 21.6
Secretaries, stenographers and typists
405
20.5
16.2 - 24.8
19.7
14.8 - 24.6
Officials and administrators, public health administration
117
20.1
11.7 - 28.5
31.6
22.6 - 40.6
Management related occupation
793
19.9
16.6 - 23.2
20.2
16.9 - 23.5
Mail and message distributing
133
19.3
11.9 - 26.7
24.0
15.2 - 32.8
Other administrative support
1,941
19.3
11.8 - 26.7
19.0
17.0 - 21.0
Sales representatives, commodities and finances
623
18.9
15.4 - 22.4
26.5
22.6 - 30.4
Writers, artists, entertainers and athletes
343
18.6
14.1 - 23.1
23.3
18.4 - 28.2
Technologists, technicians except health
378
18.5
14.4 - 22.6
20.9
16.4 - 25.4
Architects and surveyors
27
17.1
1.6 - 32.6
16.5
0.6 - 32.4
Police and firefighters
188
16.3
10.8 - 21.8
21.5
14.8 - 28.2
Private households occupations
147
16.0
8.4 - 23.6
18.3
9.3 - 27.3
Natural mathematical and computer scientists
377
15.6
11.3 - 19.9
19.6
15.5 - 23.7
Other professional specialty occupations
434
14.6
11.1 - 18.1
24.2
19.3 - 29.1
Engineers
292
13.4
9.3 - 17.5
18.6
13.9 - 23.3
Farm operators and managers
127
13.2
7.9 - 18.5
25.9
18.1 - 33.7
Health assessment and treating occupations
510
12.5
9.8 - 15.2
22.5
18.6 - 26.4
Computer equipment operators
42
10.3
1.9 - 18.7
17.4
3.3 - 31.5
Teachers, librarians and counselors
1,115
9.6
7.6 - 11.6
20.9
18.0 - 23.8
Health diagnosing occupations
153
3.7
0.2 - 7.2
18.1
11.2 - 25.0
Military
5
0.0
- -
30.9
0.0 - 71.9
TOTAL
20,094
25.0
24.2 - 25.8
19.4
18.8 - 20.0

- 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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