Table I.
Tobacco use prevalence and odds for tobacco use in specific demographic groups
| Cigarette smoking | Smokeless tobacco use | Iq'mik use | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska BRFSS 2006–2010 combined | % Smoking (95% CI) | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) | % use (95% CI) | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted* odds ratio (95% CI) | % use (95% CI) | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | Adjusted* odds ratio (95% CI) |
| Total (n=22,311) | 21.3 (20.4–22.2) | – | – | 4.9 (4.5–5.3) | – | – | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) | – | – |
| Gender: Female (n=12,181) | 19.5 (18.5–20.6) | Referent | Referent | 1.4 (1.1–1.6) | Referent | Referent | 0.8 (0.6–1.0) | Referent | Referent |
| Gender: Male (n=10,130) | 23 (21.6–24.4) | 1.2 (1.1–1.4) | 1.2 (1.1–1.4) | 8.2 (7.4–9.0) | (5.3–8.0) | 7.0 (5.6–8.6) | 0.6 (0.5–0.8) | 0.7 (0.5–1.0) | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) |
| Age: 50 or better (n=10,437) | 16.1 (15.2–17.2) | Referent | Referent | 2.7 (2.3–3.1) | Referent | Referent | 0.5 (0.4–0.7) | Referent | Referent |
| Age: 30–49 (n=8,579) | 21.2 (20.0–22.5) | 1.4 (1.3–1.6) | 1.4 (1.2–1.6) | 6.2 (5.5–7.0) | 2.4 (1.9–2.9) | 2.0 (1.6–2.6) | 0.8 (0.6–1.0) | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) | 1.1 (0.7–1.7) |
| Age: 18–29 (n=3,007) | 29.7 (27.1–32.4) | 2.2 (1.9–2.5) | 1.8 (1.6–2.1) | 6.1 (5.0–7.4) | 2.3 (1.8–3.0) | 1.9 (1.4–2.5) | 0.8 (0.6–1.2) | 1.7 (1.0–2.7) | 0.9 (0.6–1.6) |
| No children at home (n=13,216) | 19.6 (18.5–20.7) | Referent | Referent | 3.6 (3.2–4.1) | Referent | Referent | 0.3 (0.2–0.4) | Referent | Referent |
| Children at home (n=9,033) | 23.3 (21.9–24.8) | 1.2 (1.1–1.4) | 0.9 (0.8–1.0) | 6.3 (5.6–7.1) | 1.8 (1.5–2.2) | 1.3 (1.0–1.6) | 1.2 (1.0–1.4) | 4.6 (3.0–6.9) | 2.1 (1.3–3.2) |
| Currently employed (n=14,542) | 19.5 (18.4–20.5) | Referent | Referent | 5.2 (4.7–5.8) | Referent | Referent | 0.5 (0.4–0.6) | Referent | Referent |
| Currently unemployed (n=1,565) | 45.0 (40.9–49.1) | 3.4 (2.8–4.1) | 2.0 (1.7–2.5) | 10.6 (8.5–13.0) | 2.1 (1.7–2.8) | 1.2 (0.9–1.7) | 3.1 (2.3–4.2) | 6.6 (4.5–9.7) | 1.6 (1.0–2.3) |
| Currently not in workforce (n=6.066) | 19.4 (17.8–21.1) | 1.0 (0.9–1.1) | 1.0 (0.8–1.1) | 2.2 (1.7–3.0) | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) | 1 (0.7–1.6) | 0.8 (0.5–1.4) |
| Higher SES (n=16,209) | 16.3 (15.4–17.3) | Referent | Referent | 4.2 (3.7–4.7) | Referent | Referent | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | Referent | Referent |
| Lower SES (n=6,054) | 34.9 (32.8–36.9) | 2.7 (2.5–3.1) | 2.1 (1.8–2.4) | 6.9 (6.0–7.9) | 1.7 (1.4–2.1) | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | 2.1 (1.7–2.5) | 10.8 (7.4–15.9) | 2.1 (1.4–3.2) |
| Non-Native race (n=17,854) | 18 (17.1–18.9) | Referent | Referent | 3.7 (3.3–4.2) | Referent | Referent | 0.00 (0.00–0.02) | Referent | Referent |
| Alaska Native race (n=4,143) | 41.2 (38.7–43.7) | 3.2 (2.8–3.6) | 2.2 (1.9–2.6) | 12.3 (11.0–13.7) | 3.6 (3.0–4.3) | 2.4 (2.0–3.0) | 4.9 (4.1–5.7) | 1172.3 (242.6–5665.2) | 979 (135.9–7053.5) |
| Urban (n=8,908) | 19.1 (17.9–20.4) | Referent | Referent | 3.4 (2.9–4.0) | Referent | Referent | 0.00 (0.00–0.02) | Referent | Referent |
| Hub (n=7,018) | 22.6 (21.4–23.8) | 1.2 (1.1–1.4) | 1.1 (1.0–1.2) | 5.4 (4.7–6.2) | 1.6 (1.3–2.0) | 1.4 (1.1–1.8) | 0.4 (0.3–0.7) | 132.4 (17.6–997.3) | 56.4 (7.4–432.4) |
| Rural (n=6,379) | 29.2 (27.8–30.7) | 1.7 (1.6–1.9) | 1.1 (1.0–1.3) | 10.8 (9.8–11.9) | 3.5 (2.8–4.2) | 2.4 (2.0–3.0) | 3.9 (3.3–4.6) | 1217.1 (170.1–8709.3) | 193.1 (26.4–1412.3) |
*
Model adjusted for all other demographic factors in the table.