Figure 8.4.
Age-sex-adjusted prevalence of current smoking among adults aged 18 years
and over, by race/ethnicity: United States, January-June 2002
NOTES: Current smokers
were defined as those who smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime
and now smoke every day or some days. The analysis excluded 167 people with
unknown smoking status. Estimates are age-sex-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard
population using five age groups: 18-24 years, 25-34 years, 35-44 years,
45-64 years, and 65 years and over.
DATA SOURCE: Based on
data collected from January through June in the Sample Adult Core component
of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey.
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The age-sex-adjusted prevalence of current smoking
was 15.4% for Hispanic persons, 23.5% for white non-Hispanic persons, and
22.8% for black non-Hispanic persons.
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White non-Hispanic adults and black non-Hispanic
adults were more likely than Hispanic adults to be current smokers.
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