Table 2.
Smoking status by age group and race/ethnicity/nativity, females (weighted percentages)
| Asian American |
Mexican American |
Other Hispanic |
Non-Hispanic black |
Non-Hispanic white |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foreign-born | U.S.-born | Foreign-born | U.S.-born | Foreign-born | U.S.-born | Foreign-born | U.S.-born | Foreign-born | U.S.-born | |
| Ages 15–24 (N) | 220 | 229 | 449 | 759 | 256 | 396 | 95 | 1,303 | 260 | 7,525 |
| Never smoker | 96.6 | 96.6 | 96.8 | 93.6 | 95.1 | 90.9 | 98.8 | 91.8 | 88.4 | 82.9 |
| (92.0, 98.6) | (93.1, 98.4) | (94.4, 98.2) | (91.5, 95.2) | (91.4, 97.3) | (87.3, 93.6) | (92.0, 99.8) | (90.0, 93.3) | (83.5, 92.0) | (81.9, 83.8) | |
| Former smoker | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| (0.4, 5.0) | (0.4, 3.4) | (0.1, 2.7) | (2.3, 5.2) | (0.7, 4.9) | (1.1, 4.7) | (1.1, 2.7) | (1.7, 6.7) | (4.0, 5.1) | ||
| Light/intermittent smoker | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.6 |
| (0.7, 6.4) | (0.8, 5.8) | (1.5, 5.0) | (1.5, 3.8) | (0.8, 5.0) | (2.8, 7.5) | (0.2, 8.0) | (2.8, 5.0) | (2.1, 7.1) | (5.0, 6.2) | |
| Moderate/heavy smoker | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 7.1 |
| (0.0, 0.8) | (0.2, 1.2) | (0.2, 3.5) | (1.1, 4.4) | (1.9, 3.9) | (2.3, 8.2) | (6.4, 7.8) | ||||
| Ages 25–34 (N) | 511 | 135 | 719 | 553 | 438 | 250 | 167 | 1,142 | 404 | 7,308 |
| Never smoker | 95.5 | 86.9 | 96.3 | 79.4 | 90.7 | 71.6 | 95.3 | 84.2 | 81.6 | 63.1 |
| (93.0, 97.2) | (77.9, 92.6) | (94.5, 97.5) | (75.6, 82.7) | (87.0, 93.4) | (64.8, 77.6) | (90.1, 97.8) | (81.7, 86.3) | (77.1, 85.4) | (61.8, 64.4) | |
| Former smoker | 1.8 | 9.8 | 2.2 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 10.3 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 15.2 |
| (0.9, 3.6) | (4.9, 18.5) | (1.3, 3.7) | (6.0, 10.8) | (2.1, 6.1) | (6.8, 15.4) | (0.1, 5.8) | (2.9, 5.4) | (8.1, 14.7) | (14.3, 16.2) | |
| Light/intermittent smoker | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 8.2 | 5.2 | 10.6 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 7.2 |
| (0.9, 3.6) | (1.1, 8.7) | (0.6, 2.3) | (6.1, 11.0) | (3.2, 8.3) | (6.8, 16.1) | (1.7, 8.7) | (5.4, 8.6) | (2.7, 7.3) | (6.5, 7.9) | |
| Moderate/heavy smoker | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 14.5 |
| (0.3, 2.7) | (0.0, 1.8) | (0.1, 1.6) | (2.9, 6.5) | (0.2, 1.8) | (4.6, 11.9) | (3.8, 6.6) | (1.6, 5.5) | (13.6, 15.4) | ||
| Age difference in smoking distribution (p < 0.05) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
Source: May and August 2006 Tobacco Use Supplement-Current Population Survey.
Note: Shaded entries indicate that the smoking status distribution of the race/ethnicity/nativity subpopulation is statistically different from that of U.S.-born non-Hispanic whites in the corresponding age group (p < 0.05).