Table 3.
Smoker status prevalence of Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipinos, and non-Hispanic Whites in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 2006–2018, by sex and place born
| Asian Indian | Chinese | Filipino | Non-Hispanic White | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female (n = 1944) | Male (n = 2409) | Female (n = 2561) | Male (n = 2154) | Female (n = 2821) | Male (n = 2063) | Female (n = 149,191) | Male (n = 124,160) | |
| Current smoker % | 1.1** | 8.7** | 2.2** | 10.3** | 9.0** | 16.8** | 16.8** | 20.2** |
| Daily smoker % | 0.6** | 5.3** | 1.3** | 7.8** | 6.8** | 12.6** | 13.6** | 15.9** |
| Former smoker % | 1.4** | 14.1** | 3.8** | 15.0** | 9.9** | 27.2** | 21.6** | 27.6** |
| Place born | ||||||||
| Foreign born (n = 3957) | US born (n = 388) | Foreign born (n = 3713) | US born (n = 996) | Foreign born (n = 3105) | US born (n = 1770) | Foreign born (n = 30,769) | US born (n = 242,496) | |
| Current smoker % | 5.1 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 10.3** | 16.3** | 11.9** | 19.3** |
| Daily smoker % | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 7.5** | 12.6** | 7.8** | 15.5** |
| Former smoker % | 8.2 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 16.1* | 20.1* | 19.3** | 25.1** |
Chi-square significance tests conducted for each row
**p<0.001, *p<0.05