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Screening and Risk Factors Report

Current Smokers
2006, All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 18+
Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 27-01a

Reduce tobacco use by adults.

Sorted by Percent
State
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Met Objective
of 12.0%?
1
Percent
(95% Confidence Interval)
2
sort by percent descending
Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
Utah Yes 9.8 (8.7, 11.0) 545
California No 14.9 (13.7, 16.3) 770
Idaho No 16.8 (15.5, 18.2) 881
Connecticut No 17.0 (15.9, 18.1) 1,392
Washington No 17.1 (16.3, 17.8) 3,781
Hawaii No 17.5 (16.3, 18.9) 1,097
Maryland No 17.7 (16.5, 18.9) 1,498
Massachusetts No 17.8 (16.6, 19.0) 2,341
Colorado No 17.9 (16.7, 19.2) 978
District of Columbia No 17.9 (16.3, 19.7) 614
Texas No 17.9 (16.3, 19.7) 1,223
New Jersey No 18.0 (17.0, 19.1) 2,175
Vermont No 18.0 (16.9, 19.2) 1,130
Arizona No 18.2 (16.0, 20.6) 808
New York No 18.2 (16.9, 19.6) 1,015
Minnesota No 18.3 (16.8, 19.9) 713
Oregon No 18.5 (17.1, 20.0) 796
Nebraska No 18.7 (17.4, 20.0) 1,399
New Hampshire No 18.7 (17.4, 20.0) 1,079
Montana No 18.9 (17.6, 20.4) 1,123
Rhode Island No 19.2 (17.6, 21.0) 762
Virginia No 19.3 (17.7, 21.0) 1,017
North Dakota No 19.5 (17.9, 21.2) 846
Georgia No 19.9 (18.6, 21.3) 1,460
Kansas No 20.0 (18.9, 21.3) 1,555
New Mexico No 20.1 (18.8, 21.6) 1,263
South Dakota No 20.3 (18.9, 21.8) 1,251
Illinois No 20.5 (19.0, 22.1) 935
Wisconsin No 20.8 (19.2, 22.4) 993
Maine No 20.9 (19.3, 22.6) 770
Florida No 21.0 (19.8, 22.3) 2,142
Iowa No 21.4 (20.1, 22.9) 1,057
Pennsylvania No 21.5 (20.1, 23.0) 2,960
Wyoming No 21.6 (20.1, 23.1) 996
Delaware No 21.7 (19.8, 23.8) 800
North Carolina No 22.1 (21.1, 23.0) 3,133
Nevada No 22.2 (20.1, 24.4) 759
South Carolina No 22.3 (21.1, 23.5) 1,787
Michigan No 22.4 (20.9, 23.9) 1,118
Ohio No 22.4 (20.2, 24.8) 1,267
Tennessee No 22.6 (20.7, 24.5) 972
Alabama No 23.2 (21.2, 25.3) 704
Missouri No 23.2 (21.4, 25.1) 1,250
Louisiana No 23.4 (22.1, 24.8) 1,500
Arkansas No 23.7 (22.2, 25.2) 1,213
Alaska No 24.0 (21.4, 26.7) 519
Indiana No 24.1 (22.7, 25.5) 1,442
Mississippi No 25.1 (23.5, 26.7) 1,342
Oklahoma No 25.1 (23.8, 26.5) 1,526
West Virginia No 25.7 (24.0, 27.5) 911
Kentucky No 28.5 (26.8, 30.3) 1,710
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/30/2009 5:21 pm.
1 Healthy People 2010 Objectives is managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2 2006 BRFSS Survey Data is the source for this data collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

BRFSS Prevalence estimates presented here may vary from other published estimates due to differences in the methodology used to generate estimates.
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