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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Oct;25(10):1402–1410. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0244

Table 4.

The 10 states with the lowest and highest ranking of former cigarette smoking prevalence estimates (%) respectively

Male and female Male Female
Rank State Prevalence (SE) State Prevalence (SE) State Prevalence (SE)
Lowest ranking
 1 Utah 15.30 (0.03) Utah 18.26 (0.04) Utah 12.38 (0.04)
 2 Texas 20.14 (0.01) Texas 23.35 (0.02) Texas 17.05 (0.02)
 3 Mississippi 20.33 (0.01) Mississippi 23.49 (0.02) Mississippi 17.45 (0.02)
 4 Georgia 20.97 (0.01) Louisiana 24.16 (0.02) Georgia 17.88 (0.02)
 5 Louisiana 20.99 (0.02) Georgia 24.31 (0.02) DC 17.99 (0.15)
 6 DC 21.40 (0.09) DC 25.32 (0.11) Louisiana 18.03 (0.02)
 7 Alabama 22.08 (0.02) Alabama 25.41 (0.02) Idaho 18.97 (0.04)
 8 Tennessee 22.32 (0.02) Tennessee 25.50 (0.02) Alabama 19.04 (0.02)
 9 Indiana 22.49 (0.03) Idaho 26.05 (0.03) California 19.13 (0.03)
 10 California 22.66 (0.02) Kansas 26.13 (0.03) Tennessee 19.39 (0.02)
Highest ranking
 42 Montana 26.46 (0.03) Montana 30.22 (0.04) Delaware 22.80 (0.11)
 43 South Dakota 26.74 (0.03) South Dakota 30.30 (0.04) Oregon 23.04 (0.05)
 44 Oregon 26.78 (0.03) Oregon 30.69 (0.04) South Dakota 23.24 (0.04)
 45 Massachusetts 27.05 (0.03) Massachusetts 30.89 (0.04) Massachusetts 23.57 (0.05)
 46 Rhode Island 27.45 (0.07) Rhode Island 31.23 (0.08) Florida 24 01 (0.04)
 47 Florida 27.60 (0.03) Florida 31.46 (0.03) Rhode Island 24.03 (0.12)
 48 Connecticut 28.28 (0.05) Connecticut 32.28 (0.06) Connecticut 24.60 (0.08)
 49 New Hampshire 30.50 (0.05) New Hampshire 34.77 (0.05) New Hampshire 26.42 (0.07)
 50 Vermont 30.58 (0.04) Maine 34.77 (0.04) Vermont 26.50 (0.07)
 51 Maine 30.62 (0.04) Vermont 34.86 (0.05) Maine 26.74 (0.06)

NOTE: Results from model-based SAE, total, and by gender, 2012.