Table 2. Distribution of race/ethnicity and age group by smoking status based on the 2011 National Health and Wellness Survey (NHWS).

			Smoking group
	Sample Size	Projected Adults	Current Smokers	Attempting Quitters	Former Smokers
Unweighted sample size	50,000	N/A	5,923	2,215	15,142
Adults age 18+ years	N/A	228,358,876	30,676,446	11,507,751	66,493,664
As a % of All	N/A	100%	13%	5%	29%
			Row percentage
			[95% confidence interval]
All adults
Age 18–44 years (%)	21,528	110,054,959	13.3	5.3	21.0
			[12.8–13.9]	[5.0–5.7]	[20.4–21.6]
Age 45–64 years (%)	17,472	79,837,766	16.6	5.6	29.6
			[16.0–17.2]	[5.3–6.0]	[28.9–30.4]
Age 65+ years (%)	11,000	38,466,151	7.2	2.9	51.2
			[6.5–7.8]	[2.5–3.4]	[49.9–52.6]
Age 18+ years (%)	50,000	228,358,876	13.4	5.0	29.1
			[13.1–13.8]	[4.8–5.3]	[28.7–29.6]
Hispanic
Age 18–44 years (%)	2,620	20,571,302	12.3	6.1	22.5
			[10.8–13.9]	[5.0–7.3]	[20.7–24.5]
Age 45–64 years (%)	1,119	8,400,293	15.2	5.3	28.9
			[12.9–17.8]	[4.0–7.1]	[25.9–32.1]
Age 65+ years (%)	245	2,674,120	6.2	2.4	44.6
			[3.3–11.3]	[1.0–5.5]	[37.0–52.6]
Age 18+ years (%)	3,984	31,645,715	12.6	5.6	26.1
			[11.4–13.9]	[4.8–6.5]	[24.5–27.8]
Non-Hispanic White
Age 18–44 years (%)	13,293	66,958,092	14.4	5.2	22.4
			[13.7–15.0]	[4.8–5.7]	[21.7–23.2]
Age 45–64 years (%)	12,938	58,005,291	17.0	5.2	30.5
			[16.3–17.7]	[4.8–5.6]	[29.7–31.3]
Age 65+ years (%)	9,936	30,560,986	7.0	2.8	52.7
			[6.5–7.7]	[2.4–3.3]	[51.4–54.0]
Age 18+ years (%)	36,167	155,524,369	13.9	4.8	31.4
			[13.5–14.3]	[4.5–5.0]	[30.9–31.9]
Non-Hispanic Black
Age 18–44 years (%)	2,726	14,191,753	11.9	5.0	13.3
			[10.5–13.5]	[4.0–6.1]	[11.9–14.9]
Age 45–64 years (%)	2,170	8,777,168	16.8	8.5	25.7
			[15.1–18.7]	[7.3–9.9]	[23.7–27.8]
Age 65+ years (%)	487	3,298,272	9.7	4.4	45.6
			[6.5–14.2]	[2.3–8.4]	[39.1–52.3]
Age 18+ years (%)	5,383	26,267,193	13.3	6.1	21.5
			[12.2–14.4]	[5.3–6.9]	[20.1–23.0]
Non-Hispanic Other
Age 18–44 years (%)	2,889	8,333,812	10.2	5.1	18.8
			[8.9–11.7]	[4.2–6.2]	[17.2–20.5]
Age 45–64 years (%)	1,245	4,655,014	13.9	6.3	27.5
			[11.9–16.2]	[4.9–8.0]	[24.9–30.3]
Age 65+ years (%)	332	1,932,773	5.9	2.9	47.0
			[3.2–10.7]	[1.7–5.0]	[39.0–55.1]
Age 18+ years (%)	4,466	14,921,599	10.8	5.2	25.2
			[9.7–12.0]	[4.5–6.0]	[23.5–26.9]

Note. Non-Hispanic Other includes Asian and Other Races.