Table 1. Demographic Characteristics by Age and Smoking Status (N = 4,655).
| 50–59 years (N = 1,188) | 60–69 years (N = 1,471) | 70–79 years (N = 1,075) | 80+ years (N = 921) | |||||
| Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | Never Smokers | Current Smokers | |
| Subjects (%) | 61.9 | 38.1 | 65.5 | 34.5 | 79.3 | 20.7 | 92.1 | 7.9 |
| Years Smoking, mean | -- | 38.3 (5.0) | -- | 46.4 (6.3) | -- | 54.6 (8.2) | -- | 63.0 (8.8) |
| Age Started Smoking | -- | 16.4 (4.4) | -- | 17.8 (5.5) | -- | 19.4 (7.8) | -- | 19.7 (7.8) |
| Heavy Smoking (%) | -- | 74.6 | -- | 66.6 | -- | 55.5 | -- | 41.8 |
| Female (%) | 71.1 | 41.3 | 68.0 | 51.4 | 77.8 | 49.5 | 78.7 | 55.2 |
| White (%) | 81.9 | 81.6 | 82.3 | 81.7 | 87.4 | 87.0 | 88.7 | 88.5 |
| Black (%) | 9.3 | 13.4 | 9.1 | 12.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 5.8 |
| Hispanic (%) | 8.8 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 5.7 |
| Education, mean | 12.4 (3.4) | 11.5 (3.1) | 11.5 (398) | 10.8 (3.3) | 10.7 (3.7) | 10.4 (3.5) | 10.0 (3.8) | 10.1 (4.1) |
| BMI a , means | 28.5 (5.8) | 26.4 (5.1) | 27.9 (5.4) | 25.8 (5.4) | 27.2 (5.8) | 24.7 (4.9) | 25.2 (4.6) | 22.9 (3.8) |
| Died (%) | 4.3 | 13.6 | 12.8 | 36.5 | 33.9 | 53.1 | 72.8 | 77.0 |
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BMI: Body Mass Index. All values are run using sample weights