Table 1.
Adult demographic characteristics and tobacco use in 2014–2015 (unweighted N = 11,525, weighted %)
| Respondent characteristics | Overall sample (unweighted n) |
Heterosexual weighted % (95% CI) |
LGB weighted % (95% CI) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.0062 | |||
| Male | 5,742 | 47.93 (46.81, 49.05) | 54.81 (50.03, 59.59) | |
| Female | 5,783 | 52.07 (50.95, 53.19) | 45.19 (40.41, 49.97) | |
| Age (years) | <.0001 | |||
| 18–34 | 2,695 | 28.30 (27.22, 29.38) | 43.64 (38.84, 48.44) | |
| 35–54 | 3,787 | 32.87 (31.82, 33.91) | 37.61 (33.03, 42.20) | |
| >55 | 5,043 | 38.83 (37.76, 39.90) | 18.75 (15.30, 22.20) | |
| Mean age (years, SE) | 47.15, 0.2 | 47.56 (47.16, 47.97), 0.2 | 40.20 (38.76, 41.65), 0.7 | <.0001 |
| Race/ ethnicity | 0.0001 | |||
| White, Non-Hispanic | 8,529 | 66.49 (65.35, 67.63) | 57.01 (52.13, 61.90) | |
| Other | 2,996 | 33.51 (32.37, 34.65) | 42.99 (38.10, 47.87) | |
| Education | 0.1900 | |||
| High school or less | 4,430 | 41.93 (40.80, 43.06) | 37.58 (32.69, 42.47) | |
| Some college | 3,270 | 28.73 (27.71, 29.74) | 31.54 (27.21, 35.86) | |
| College degree + | 3,825 | 29.35 (28.38, 30.31) | 30.88 (26.81, 34.95) | |
| Household income | <.0001 | |||
| <30,000 | 2,779 | 22.39 (21.41, 23.36) | 29.44 (24.99, 33.88) | |
| 30,000–60,000 | 3,225 | 25.97 (25.00, 26.95) | 30.70 (26.26, 35.14) | |
| >60,000 | 5,521 | 51.64 (50.52, 52.76) | 39.86 (35.25, 44.47) | |
| Region | 0.0028 | |||
| Northeast | 2,025 | 18.13 (17.27, 19.00) | 14.89 (11.68, 18.11) | |
| Midwest | 2,920 | 21.84 (20.96, 22.72) | 16.78 (13.49, 20.07) | |
| South | 3,998 | 37.07 (35.98, 38.17) | 39.83 (35.05, 44.61) | |
| West | 2,582 | 22.95 (21.99, 23.92) | 28.50 (24.21, 32.79) | |
| Perceived health status | 0.0063 | |||
| Excellent /very good | 5,248 | 48.29 (47.15, 49.42) | 41.18 (36.47, 45.90) | |
| Good | 4,305 | 37.79 (36.68, 38.90) | 40.54 (35.83, 45.26) | |
| Fair/poor | 1,666 | 13.92 (13.13, 14.72) | 18.27 (14.53, 22.02) | |
| Smoking status | 0.0002 | |||
| Current smoker | 2,579 | 15.31 (14.55, 16.06) | 22.54 (18.72, 26.36) | |
| Former smoker | 3,191 | 27.86 (26.87, 28.85) | 26.50 (22.40, 30.59) | |
| Never smoker | 5,755 | 56.83 (55.73, 57.93) | 50.96 (46.20, 55.73) |