27-10. | Reduce the proportion of nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. |
Target: 45 percent.
Baseline: 65
percent of nonsmokers aged 4 years and older had a serum
cotinine level above 0.10 ng/mL in 1988–94 (age adjusted to the year 2000
standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.
Nonsmokers Aged 4 Years and
Older, |
Serum Cotinine |
Percent |
|
TOTAL |
65 |
Race and ethnicity |
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
Asian |
DNC |
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific |
DNC |
Black or African American |
81 |
White |
63 |
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
Mexican American |
53 |
Not Hispanic or Latino |
66 |
Black or African American |
81 |
White |
63 |
Gender |
|
Female |
61 |
Male |
69 |
Education level (aged 25 years and older) |
|
Less than high school |
71 |
High school graduate |
67 |
At least some college |
55 |
Sexual orientation |
DNC |
Select populations |
|
Age groups (not age adjusted) |
|
4 to 11 years |
68 |
12 to 19 years |
69 |
20 to 44 years |
67 |
45 to 64 years |
65 |
65 years and older |
51 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.