Table 2. Current Cigarette Smoking Among US Adults Aged 25 or Older, by Sex and Education Level, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2011–2014a .
| Characteristic | Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less Than High School Diploma [Reference], % (95% CI) | High School Diploma, % (95% CI) [P Value] | Some College (No Degree), % (95% CI) [P Value] | College Graduate, % (95% CI) [P Value] | Less Than High School Diploma [Reference], % (95% CI) [P Value] | High School Diploma, % (95% CI) [P Value] | Some College (No Degree), % (95% CI) [P Value] | College Graduate, % (95% CI) [P Value] | |
| Overallb | 36.7 (35.2–38.3) | 3.7 (29.7–31.7) [<.001] | 26.8 (25.7–27.9) [<.001] | 11.7 (11.0–12.4) [<.001] | 26.3 (24.9–27.8) | 24.6 (23.7–25.5) [.04] | 23.7 (22.9–24.6) [<.001] | 1.1 (9.5–1.6) [<.001] |
| Age, y | ||||||||
| 25–44 | 47.6 (45.5–49.8) | 39.9 (38.4–41.3) [<.001] | 33.3 (31.8–34.7) [<.001] | 17.7 (16.7–18.9) [<.001] | 36.7 (34.5–38.9) | 33.8 (32.4–35.2) [.02] | 3.0 (28.8–31.2) [<.001] | 12.0 (11.3–12.8) [<.001] |
| 45–64 | 38.5 (35.7–41.3) | 3.0 (28.4–31.8) [<.001] | 25.5 (23.7–27.5) [<.001] | 8.8 (7.8–9.9) [<.001] | 31.1 (28.6–33.7) | 27.6 (26.1–29.2) [.02] | 23.5 (22.1–25.0) [<.001] | 9.9 (8.9–11.1) [<.001] |
| ≥65 | 15.5 (12.8–18.6) | 13.1 (11.2–15.3) [.17] | 12.0 (9.7–14.8) [.07] | 5.5 (4.2–7.2) [<.001] | 1.7 (8.9–12.8) | 1.2 (8.9–11.7) [.70] | 1.7 (9.1–12.5) [.99] | 4.3 (3.3–5.7) [<.001] |
| Race/ ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 45.0 (42.7–47.2) | 31.1 (3.0–32.3) [<.001] | 26.9 (25.6–28.2) [<.001] | 11.5 (1.8–12.2) [<.001] | 37.9 (35.6–4.2) | 26.6 (25.6–27.7) [<.001] | 25.7 (24.7–26.8) [<.001] | 11.1 (1.4–11.8) [<.001] |
| Non-Hispanic black | 44.8 (40.1–49.6) | 35.1 (32.3–38.1) [<.001] | 28.3 (25.2–31.6) [<.001] | 9.8 (7.8–12.3) [<.001] | 29.5 (25.8–33.5) | 23.8 (21.4–26.3) [.01] | 22.7 (2.4–25.2) [.004] | 8.2 (6.6–1.3) [<.001] |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | —c | —c | —c | —c | 6.0 (3.0–11.8) | 6.4 (3.8–1.4) [.89] | 8.6 (6.0–12.3) [.33] | 3.4 (2.3–5.0) [.25] |
| Hispanic | 22.6 (20.3–25.0) | 25.3 (22.7–28.1) [.13] | 23.6 (2.7–26.7) [.58] | 14.0 (11.4–17.0) [<.001] | 11.8 (1.1–13.7) | 15.5 (13.3–17.9) [.01] | 16.6 (14.5–18.9) [<.001] | 1.3 (8.3–12.6) [.29] |
| US Census regiond | ||||||||
| Northeast | 35.2 (31.5–39.0) | 29.6 (27.4–31.9) [.01] | 26.6 (24.1–29.3) [<.001 | 12.1 (1.8–13.7) [<.001] | 27.3 (23.8–31.2) | 24.5 (22.4–26.8) [.20] | 24.5 (22.4–26.7) [.20] | 1.0 (8.9–11.4) [<.001] |
| Midwest | 42.0 (38.9–45.2) | 32.8 (31.0–34.6) [<.001] | 28.4 (26.5–3.4) [<.001] | 12.1 (1.9–13.4) [<.001] | 32.2 (29.3–35.3) | 28.6 (26.9–3.4) [.04] | 27.2 (25.6–28.8) [.004] | 11.1 (1.1–12.2) [<.001] |
| South | 38.3 (35.9–40.8) | 31.5 (29.8–33.2) [<.001] | 28.2 (26.4–3.1) [<.001] | 12.5 (11.3–13.7) [<.001] | 28.4 (26.2–3.6) | 24.8 (23.3–26.3) [.008] | 24.2 (22.7–25.7) [.002] | 1.9 (9.9–12.1) [<.001] |
| West | 30.9 (27.8–34.2) | 27.5 (25.2–29.8) [.09] | 23.6 (21.3–26.0) [<.001] | 9.9 (8.5–11.4) [<.001] | 18.0 (15.7–2.6) | 19.3 (17.5–21.3) [.39] | 19.2 (17.5–21.0) [.44] | 8.0 (6.9–9.2) [<.001] |
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center or Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, National Survey on Drug Use and Health; surveys for 2011–2014 (8–11).
Overall row includes data on respondents who reported being of more than one racial or ethnic group although these data were excluded from numbers in race/ethnicity categories.
Low precision; no estimate reported.
Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.