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Table 1 Current smoking prevalence among adults (aged 18 years or older) by sex and state, according to data from Current Population Survey, 1992-1993, 1998-1999, and 2006-2007

From: Changes in smoking prevalence among U.S. adults by state and region: Estimates from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 1992-2007

 

Males

Females

  

State

1992-93

1998-99

2006-07

Relative Change (%) 1992-93 vs. 2006-07*

1992-93

1998-99

2006-07

Relative Change (%) 1992-93 vs. 2006-07*

IOI

SOTC

 

Prop (%)

SE

Prop (%)

SE

Prop (%)

SE

 

Prop (%)

SE

Prop (%)

SE

Prop (%)

SE

   

Alabama

29.7

0.83

24.6

1.39

24.1

1.38

-19.0†

22.2

0.88

20.2

1.19

18.6

1.39

-15.9

0.89

-0.18

Alaska

29.0

1.84

27.0

2.64

24.1

1.08

-17.1

26.3

1.35

26.4

1.39

21.3

1.04

-18.9†

10.55

0.30

Arizona

24.7

1.17

22.3

1.08

19.2

0.99

-22.3†

20.1

1.16

17.6

0.88

16.1

1.00

-20.1

5.25

4.03

Arkansas

32.6

1.55

28.1

1.55

26.7

1.70

-18.2

25.3

1.16

24.1

1.40

21.4

1.43

-15.4

1.99

0.08

California

22.4

0.46

19.7

0.60

15.2

0.45

-32.2†

15.6

0.43

13.6

0.45

9.0

0.33

-42.2†

6.74

3.73

Colorado

25.3

1.07

21.1

0.95

17.8

1.01

-29.8†

23.1

1.12

19.3

0.89

14.7

0.82

-36.2†

2.75

-0.40

Connecticut

24.2

1.41

22.5

2.03

17.9

0.97

-26.1†

20.6

1.02

18.7

1.42

13.1

0.68

-36.2†

4.22

0.37

Delaware

24.3

1.45

23.8

1.38

20.1

1.23

-17.4

22.3

1.77

22.9

1.43

15.7

0.98

-29.5†

2.07

-1.07

District of Columbia

26.1

1.25

26.6

1.75

17.0

1.22

-34.8†

20.9

1.18

21.0

1.32

13.5

0.99

-35.3†

6.85

-0.87

Florida

26.7

0.71

23.8

0.74

18.0

0.73

-32.3†

21.4

0.60

17.9

0.53

13.7

0.59

-36.1†

3.53

1.70

Georgia

28.3

1.70

23.9

1.30

21.0

1.21

-26.0†

20.8

1.34

16.4

0.85

15.1

0.87

-27.5†

1.73

0.39

Hawaii

25.9

1.43

22.0

1.34

18.6

1.14

-28.1†

18.8

1.25

15.1

1.17

12.3

0.87

-34.3†

9.04

0.96

Idaho

26.2

1.29

24.7

1.70

16.9

1.18

-35.7†

21.1

1.42

18.8

1.57

13.4

1.16

-36.2†

3.78

0.13

Illinois

27.1

0.75

25.1

0.80

20.9

0.86

-23.0†

22.1

0.61

20.9

0.54

15.8

0.79

-28.5†

4.61

-0.71

Indiana

31.6

2.06

30.3

1.52

26.8

1.33

-15.3

24.6

1.06

24.1

1.22

22.1

1.11

-10.1

1.42

-1.08

Iowa

26.5

0.71

25.1

1.29

23.1

1.11

-12.9

20.6

1.38

19.7

1.12

19.1

1.03

-7.0

2.17

0.41

Kansas

25.0

1.40

24.4

1.45

22.9

1.31

-8.3

23.5

1.58

20.7

1.26

17.9

0.90

-23.8†

4.89

0.47

Kentucky

35.8

1.19

32.4

1.42

29.8

1.36

-16.7†

28.5

1.26

27.5

1.34

25.1

1.10

-11.8

-1.09

-0.19

Louisiana

27.2

1.81

27.3

1.42

21.5

2.09

-21.0

23.8

1.36

18.8

0.97

18.4

1.36

-22.5

2.64

-2.30

Maine

30.5

1.47

25.6

1.67

23.5

1.09

-22.8†

26.6

1.19

21.6

1.32

19.1

0.97

-28.2†

6.96

-1.24

Maryland

24.1

1.03

22.1

1.34

17.8

0.89

-26.3†

23.1

1.50

17.1

1.08

13.5

0.90

-41.7†

8.24

0.97

Massachusetts

22.1

0.74

22.2

1.11

16.6

1.12

-24.9†

20.8

0.71

16.7

0.81

12.9

0.98

-38.1†

8.63

0.46

Michigan

29.8

0.75

25.1

0.79

21.4

0.95

-28.2†

24.7

0.65

21.7

0.85

17.5

0.84

-29.4†

6.64

0.90

Minnesota

26.3

1.47

22.7

1.08

20.9

1.08

-20.3†

24.1

1.54

19.8

1.19

16.0

0.73

-33.5†

5.96

1.74

Mississippi

30.3

1.41

26.2

1.42

23.9

1.50

-21.3†

21.0

1.12

17.6

1.23

16.7

1.33

-20.5

0.76

1.28

Missouri

28.3

1.57

26.1

1.43

26.7

1.41

-5.6

24.4

1.76

21.1

1.28

20.9

1.04

-14.5

3.38

-0.79

Montana

23.0

1.36

23.4

1.29

18.8

1.30

-18.0

24.1

1.15

23.2

1.20

16.9

1.33

-29.8†

2.88

-1.60

Nebraska

24.1

1.02

21.8

1.29

20.9

0.93

-13.4

20.0

1.19

20.6

0.81

17.2

0.99

-14.0

3.61

-0.31

Nevada

29.7

1.12

25.6

1.38

20.8

1.22

-29.8†

27.1

1.07

22.5

1.23

15.3

1.16

-43.4†

1.27

-1.42

New Hampshire

24.9

1.30

23.5

1.50

17.4

0.86

-30.4†

24.5

1.47

20.7

1.22

15.8

0.87

-35.5†

5.42

-0.45

New Jersey

21.1

0.66

21.3

0.85

15.4

0.87

-26.8†

19.7

0.58

18.6

0.85

11.1

0.76

-43.9†

7.93

1.12

New Mexico

27.5

1.34

24.1

1.16

22.8

1.42

16.9

20.7

1.09

18.0

1.29

15.9

1.58

-23.1

2.70

-0.53

New York

23.5

0.51

23.0

0.63

17.3

0.62

-26.3†

19.8

0.57

18.4

0.59

13.0

0.52

-34.2†

8.03

0.69

North Carolina

31.7

0.93

25.9

0.94

23.3

1.04

-26.5†

22.6

0.64

20.3

0.73

16.7

0.77

-26.2†

0.41

-0.14

North Dakota

23.0

1.48

21.7

1.99

19.8

1.25

-13.9

21.4

1.96

19.3

1.15

18.3

1.13

-14.6

5.04

-0.93

Ohio

28.1

0.53

24.9

0.94

23.3

0.88

-17.0†

24.1

0.65

23.2

0.80

21.7

1.01

-9.8

2.40

-1.05

Oklahoma

29.1

1.45

30.3

0.95

25.5

1.46

-12.5

24.7

1.42

25.1

0.90

21.8

1.48

-11.8

1.46

0.84

Oregon

26.4

1.13

23.3

1.30

20.0

1.21

-24.4†

19.5

0.95

19.1

1.03

15.9

0.86

-18.6†

4.96

0.90

Pennsylvania

25.4

0.71

25.0

0.67

20.4

0.71

-19.7†

21.5

0.61

21.0

0.68

17.9

0.75

-16.7†

1.79

-0.68

Rhode Island

22.0

1.00

21.5

1.40

18.9

0.97

-14.3

24.2

1.01

18.4

1.14

15.3

0.77

-37.0†

6.88

1.09

South Carolina

29.6

1.19

26.1

1.39

24.6

1.23

-17.0†

22.3

1.09

19.9

1.36

17.6

1.10

-21.0†

0.47

-0.48

South Dakota

28.5

1.39

25.5

1.77

22.4

1.14

-21.5†

22.8

1.07

22.7

1.36

18.1

1.25

-20.5

0.75

-1.20

Tennessee

32.3

1.61

29.8

1.56

26.1

1.60

-19.2

25.4

1.05

22.5

1.09

21.2

1.18

-16.5

0.58

-1.28

Texas

27.1

0.82

24.3

0.69

20.1

0.69

-26.1†

20.0

0.58

17.7

0.57

13.9

0.43

-30.4†

3.75

-0.61

Utah

20.2

1.12

16.4

1.31

13.6

1.13

-32.7†

13.8

0.95

11.4

1.11

10.6

1.16

-23.4

7.77

-0.29

Vermont

29.2

1.44

23.9

1.38

20.8

1.20

-28.6†

23.5

1.73

20.9

1.07

19.1

1.17

-19.1

6.37

-1.15

Virginia

29.5

1.47

24.1

0.93

18.1

1.01

-38.6†

21.8

1.26

17.7

0.86

14.8

0.88

-32.1†

1.44

0.07

Washington

25.9

1.22

21.8

1.13

18.9

0.98

-26.9†

22.5

1.16

18.6

0.99

16.6

1.04

-26.5†

8.45

0.23

West Virginia

32.6

1.50

28.9

1.46

25.1

1.45

-23.1†

28.1

1.50

24.2

1.59

25.1

1.07

-10.7

1.77

-0.53

Wisconsin

27.0

1.26

28.8

1.43

21.8

1.03

-19.2†

25.3

1.62

20.3

1.34

20.0

0.84

-21.1†

5.74

-0.04

Wyoming

24.9

1.32

23.9

1.35

24.9

1.06

0.0

24.8

1.10

23.5

1.24

23.0

1.12

-6.9

0.33

-0.92

Total United States

26.5

0.17

24.0

0.15

20.1

0.16

-24.2†

21.5

0.16

19.0

0.13

15.5

0.12

-27.6†

  
  1. *The absolute difference is smoking prevalence between 2006/7 and 1992/3 as expressed as a percentage of the 1992-93 and 1998-99 prevalence, respectively.
  2. † The 95% confidence intervals for 1992-1993 and 2006-2007 prevalence estimates do not overlap.
  3. IOI = Initial Outcome Index measures the percentage of smokers covered by 100% smoke-free work sites, price of cigarette, and legislative rating for clean-indoor air. The IOI was measured in 1998-99 in order to assess the effectiveness of the ASSIST program.
  4. SOTC = Strength of Tobacco Control index measures tobacco control resources, capacity and program efforts focused on policy and environmental changes. The SOTC was measured in 1998-99 in order to assess the effectiveness of the ASSIST program.