TABLE 2—
Smoking Prevalence Trends, by Age and Within Young Adult Demographic Subgroups: New York City Community Health Survey, 2002–2005
| 2002 | 2005 | 2002—2005 | ||||||
| Sample Size, No. | Current Smokers, % (95% CI) | Population | Sample Size, No. | Current Smokers, % (95% CI) | Population | Smoking Prevalence Change, % | Smoking Prevalence Change, Population | |
| Overall NYC prevalence | 2 113 | 21.5 (20.5, 22.6) | 1 280 280 | 1 884 | 18.9 (17.9, 19.9) | 1 149 881 | −12.1a | −130 399 |
| Citywide analysis | ||||||||
| Age, y | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 251 | 23.8 (20.7, 27.2) | 185 320 | 134 | 18.8 (15.5, 22.5) | 147 529 | −21.0a | −37 791 |
| 25–44 | 1 019 | 24.3 (22.7, 26.0) | 616 136 | 873 | 22.3 (20.7, 23.9) | 582 802 | −8.2 | −33 334 |
| 45–64 | 633 | 23.4 (21.4, 25.6) | 389 577 | 700 | 20.0 (18.4, 21.7) | 337 679 | −14.5a | −51 898 |
| ≥65 | 166 | 10.0 (8.4, 11.9) | 89 247 | 173 | 8.8 (7.4, 10.5) | 81 870 | −12.0 | −7 377 |
| Young adult analysis | ||||||||
| All young adults | 251 | 23.8 (20.7, 27.2) | 185 320 | 134 | 18.8 (15.5, 22.5) | 147 529 | −21.0a | −37 791 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 90 | 31.6 (25.0, 38.9) | 65 723 | 47 | 24.6 (18.1, 32.5) | 49 932 | −22.2 | −15 791 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 47 | 17.6 (12.3, 24.4) | 33 005 | 24 | 14.8 (9.2, 23.0) | 31 473 | −15.9 | −1 532 |
| Hispanic | 88 | 24.7 (19.8, 30.5) | 67 247 | 51 | 22.6 (16.6, 30.0) | 56 569 | −8.5 | −10 678 |
| Neighborhoodb | ||||||||
| Low income | 110 | 25.8 (21.3, 31.0) | 78 388 | 55 | 18.7 (13.8, 24.9) | 58 208 | −27.5 | −20 180 |
| Middle income | 75 | 24.4 (18.7, 31.2) | 67 970 | 39 | 14.9 (10.3, 21.1) | 42 843 | −38.9a | −25 127 |
| High income | 66 | 19.7 150 | 38 962 | 40 | 24.8 (17.8, 33.5) | 46 478 | 25.9 | 7 516 |
| Student status | ||||||||
| Current student | 49 | 18.0 (12.9, 24.7) | 40 944 | 28 | 15.1 (10.0, 22.2) | 33 173 | −16.1 | −7 771 |
| Current nonstudent | 201 | 26.2 (22.5, 30.3) | 143 842 | 106 | 20.5 (16.5, 25.2) | 114 357 | −21.8 | −29 485 |
| Nativity | ||||||||
| US born | 187 | 24.7 (21.1, 28.8) | 126 168 | 97 | 21.4 (17.1, 26.4) | 102 789 | −13.4 | −23 379 |
| Foreign born | 63 | 21.9 (16.5, 28.4) | 58 619 | 37 | 14.7 (10.1, 20.9) | 44 740 | −32.9 | −13 879 |
| Young adult women analysis | ||||||||
| All young adult women | 130 | 23.2 (19.2, 27.8) | 93 086 | 58 | 13.5 (10.1, 17.8) | 52 879 | −41.8a | −40 207 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 43 | 29.4 (21.0, 39.5) | 33 376 | 20 | 20.6 (12.8, 31.4) | 20 566 | −29.9 | −12 810 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 25 | 13.4 (8.4, 20.6) | 13 319 | 12 | 10.5c (5.5, 19.2) | 11 786 | −21.6 | −1 533 |
| Hispanic | 50 | 26.8 (20.0, 34.9) | 36 687 | 22 | 15.8 (9.8, 24.5) | 18 505 | −41.0a | −18 182 |
| Neighborhoodb | ||||||||
| Low income | 59 | 25.8 (19.8, 32.8) | 39 550 | 24 | 12.0 (7.5, 18.9) | 19 439 | −53.5a | −20 111 |
| Middle income | 39 | 23.2 (16.1, 32.0) | 33 707 | 16 | 10.9 (6.2, 18.6) | 15 320 | −53.0a | −18 387 |
| High income | 32 | 19.4 (12.8, 28.5) | 19 827 | 18 | 19.9 (12.1, 31.0) | 18 121 | 2.6 | −1 706 |
| Young adult men analysis | ||||||||
| All young adult men | 121 | 24.4 (19.9, 29.5) | 92 234 | 76 | 24.1 (18.8, 30.3) | 94 650 | −1.2 | 2 416 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 47 | 34.2 150 | 32 347 | 27 | 28.5 (18.9, 40.4) | 29 360 | −16.7 | −2 987 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 22 | 22.3 (13.5, 34.7) | 19 685 | 12 | 19.6c (10.2, 34.4) | 19 687 | −12.1 | 2 |
| Hispanic | 38 | 22.6 (15.9, 31.1) | 30 560 | 29 | 28.6 (19.3, 40.3) | 38 064 | 26.5 | 7 504 |
| Neighborhoodb | ||||||||
| Low income | 51 | 25.9 (19.3, 33.8) | 38 837 | 31 | 25.8 (17.5, 36.4) | 38 770 | −0.4 | −67 |
| Middle income | 36 | 25.8 (17.3, 36.6) | 34 263 | 23 | 18.7 (11.6, 28.8) | 27 524 | −27.5 | −6 739 |
| High income | 34 | 20.1 (13.8, 28.2) | 19 134 | 22 | 29.5 (18.9, 42.9) | 28 357 | 46.8 | 9 223 |
Source. All data are from the Community Health Survey 2002 and 2005.
Note. Young adults were aged 18 to 24 years.
a Significant t test α = < 0.05.
bLow-income neighborhoods had 45% to 90% of residents living below 200% of the federal poverty level; middle income was 30% to 44% of residents living below 200% of the federal poverty level; high income was less than 30% of residents living below 200% of the federal poverty level.
cThis estimate should be interpreted with caution because of data variability.