Table 1.
Demographic characteristics among adults in the US northeast by race/ethnicity, 2003–2006/7 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey.
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | South Asian | Overall | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Unweighted n) | n = 60,505 | n = 4,449 | n = 4,485 | n = 1,442 | n = 585 | n = 71,466 | ||||||
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 47.7 | (47.5–47.9) | 44.0 | (43.3–44.6) | 48.1 | (46.7–49.4) | 46.3 | (44.0–48.6) | 59.9 | (56.2–63.7) | 47.5 | (47.4–47.6) |
| Female | 52.3 | (52.1–52.5) | 56.0 | (55.4–56.7) | 51.9 | (50.6–53.3) | 53.7 | (51.4–56.0) | 40.1 | (36.3–43.8) | 52.5 | (52.4–52.6) |
| Age group | ||||||||||||
| 18–24 | 9.6 | (9.2–9.9) | 14.8 | (13.6–16.1) | 15.6 | (14.3–16.9) | 10.8 | (8.9–12.7) | 9.6 | (6.2–13.0) | 10.7 | (10.4–11.0) |
| 25–44 | 35.6 | (35.2–36.0) | 41.5 | (40.2–42.8) | 50.0 | (48.4–51.6) | 48.5 | (45.7–51.2) | 59.9 | (54.1–65.6) | 38.4 | (38.1–38.7) |
| 45–64 | 34.7 | (34.2–35.1) | 30.0 | (29.0–31.0) | 26.2 | (24.9–27.6) | 29.4 | (26.9–31.8) | 24.3 | (20.2–28.4) | 33.0 | (32.7–33.4) |
| 65+ | 20.2 | (19.8–20.6) | 13.7 | (12.7–14.6) | 8.2 | (7.2–9.3) | 11.4 | (9.1–13.7) | 6.3 | (3.8–8.7) | 17.8 | (17.5–18.2) |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Less than HS | 9.4 | (9.0–9.7) | 19.4 | (17.9–20.9) | 36.5 | (34.5–38.5) | 12.0 | (9.7–14.3) | 5.1 | (2.3–7.8) | 13.1 | (12.7–13.5) |
| HS | 32.9 | (32.3–33.5) | 34.6 | (33.0–36.2) | 30.0 | (28.5–31.6) | 21.0 | (18.3–23.8) | 14.2 | (10.4–18.0) | 32.1 | (31.6–32.7) |
| Some college | 23.6 | (23.1–24.1) | 26.1 | (24.7–27.6) | 19.3 | (18.0–20.7) | 15.6 | (13.5–17.7) | 10.0 | (6.8–13.2) | 23.0 | (22.6–23.4) |
| College | 34.1 | (33.3–34.8) | 19.9 | (18.5–21.3) | 14.1 | (12.8–15.5) | 51.4 | (47.6–55.1) | 70.8 | (65.6–75.9) | 31.8 | (31.1–32.4) |
| State | ||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 6.6 | (6.5–6.8) | 5.1 | (4.7–5.4) | 5.8 | (4.8–6.7) | 3.7 | (2.7–4.7) | 8.1 | (4.9–11.3) | 6.3 | (6.3–6.3) |
| Maine | 3.2 | (3.2–3.2) | 0.2 | (0.1–0.2) | 0.2 | (0.1–0.3) | 0.4 | (0.3–0.6) | 0.2 | (0.0–0.3) | 2.4 | (2.4–2.5) |
| Massachusetts | 13.4 | (13.1–13.6) | 5.9 | (5.4–6.3) | 7.9 | (6.4–9.4) | 11.6 | (8.6–14.5) | 7.7 | (4.7–10.7) | 11.9 | (11.8–12.0) |
| New Hampshire | 3.0 | (3.0–3.1) | 0.2 | (0.1–0.2) | 0.4 | (0.3–0.6) | 1.1 | (0.6–1.5) | 1.1 | (0.5–1.7) | 2.4 | (2.4–2.4) |
| New Jersey | 13.8 | (13.5–14.1) | 19.0 | (18.2–19.8) | 21.9 | (19.9–23.8) | 21.6 | (18.4–24.7) | 34.8 | (27.7–41.9) | 15.7 | (15.6–15.7) |
| New York | 30.2 | (29.8–30.6) | 48.8 | (47.7–49.9) | 54.4 | (52.0–56.8) | 51.9 | (47.5–56.2) | 37.7 | (31.2–44.3) | 35.4 | (35.3–35.5) |
| Pennsylvania | 26.1 | (25.9–26.4) | 20.0 | (19.3–20.8) | 7.3 | (5.9–8.7) | 8.3 | (5.9–10.7) | 9.6 | (6.3–13.0) | 22.8 | (22.7–22.9) |
| Rhode Island | 2.2 | (2.1–2.2) | 0.8 | (0.7–0.9) | 2.1 | (1.7–2.4) | 1.3 | (0.9–1.7) | 0.5 | (0.1–0.8) | 2.0 | (2.0–2.0) |
| Vermont | 1.5 | (1.5–1.5) | 0.1 | (0.1–0.1) | 0.1 | (0.1–0.1) | 0.2 | (0.1–0.3) | 0.3 | (0.1–0.5) | 1.2 | (1.2–1.2) |