Table 3.
Percentage of Respondents Aged 18 or Older Who Smoked Cigarettes During the 30 Days Before Being Surveyed, by Race or Ethnicity and Sex, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002–2005
Race or Ethnicity | Sex | Totala (95% CI) | |
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| |||
Male (95% CI) | Female (95% CI) | ||
Total Study Subjectsa | 30.0b (29.5-30.5) | 23.9b (23.5-24.4) | 26.9 (26.5-27.2) |
Non-Hispanic | |||
Total non-Hispanica | 30.0b (29.5-30.5) | 24.8b , c (24.3-25.3) | 27.3c (26.9-27.7) |
White | 29.7b (29.1-30.3) | 25.9b , c (25.3-26.4) | 27.7c (27.3-28.2) |
African American | 33.6b , c (32.0-35.3) | 22.8b (21.6-24.1) | 27.6 (26.6-28.7) |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 39.3c (32.9-46.1) | 35.2c (30.0-40.8) | 37.1c (32.9-41.4) |
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 35.9 (26.8-46.0) | 26.6 (20.0-34.5) | 31.4 (25.4-38.0) |
Asian | |||
Total Asiana | 21.6b , c (19.2-24.2) | 8.1b , c (6.8-9.6) | 14.5c (13.1-16.0) |
Chinese | 13.9b , c (10.4-18.3) | 4.6b , c (2.8-7.4) | 8.8c (6.9-11.3) |
Filipino | 25.5b (19.5-32.5) | 10.2b , c (7.2-14.4) | 16.7c (13.7-20.2) |
Japanese | 17.2c , d (11.7-24.6) | 8.0c , d (5.1-12.1) | 12.1c (9.2-15.8) |
Asian Indian | 19.1b , c (14.3-24.9) | 3.5b , c (2.4-5.2) | 11.9c (9.1-15.4) |
Korean | 37.4b (28.2-47.6) | 20.1b (14.1-27.8) | 26.6 (21.3-32.7) |
Vietnamese | 32.5b (24.6-41.5) | 8.0b , c (4.4-14.0) | 21.5 (16.4-27.7) |
Hispanic | |||
Total Hispanica | 30.1b (28.6-31.6) | 17.5b , c (16.3-18.7) | 23.9c (23.0-24.9) |
Mexican | 31.0b (29.2-32.8) | 15.7b , c (14.4-17.2) | 23.8c (22.6-24.9) |
Puerto Rican | 35.6d , e (30.2-41.3) | 28.0d (23.9-32.5) | 31.5e (28.0-35.2) |
Central or South American | 25.3b , c(21.9-29.1) | 14.7b , c(11.9-18.0) | 20.2c (18.0-22.6) |
Cuban | 29.3 (23.3-36.0) | 21.5 (15.6-28.9) | 25.2 (21.0-30.0) |
CI indicates confidence interval.
Totals include data on respondents who reported being of racial or ethnic subgroups not shown and on respondents who reported being of more than 1 racial or ethnic group.
Difference between estimates for men and women in the same racial/ethnic group is statistically significant at the 0.01 level: t test.
Difference between this estimate and the estimate for the overall total (top row, same column) is statistically significant at the 0.01 level: t test.
Difference between estimates for men and women in the same racial/ethnic group is statistically significant at the 0.05 level: t test.
Difference between this estimate and the estimate for all Hispanics is statistically significant at the 0.05 level: t test.