Table 2 Percentage of smokers by selected demographic characteristics, CRRTC national adult (≥18 years) phone survey 2014-2015

Gender

 Male

18.6 %

(16.1-21.1)

18.8 %

(18.0-19.7)

 Female

17.0 %

(14.4-19.7)

14.8 %

(14.0-15.7)

Age category

 18-24

15.4 %

(11.6-22.4)

16.7 %

(14.0-19.3)

 25-44

22.3 %

(18.7-26.0)

20.0 %

(19.1-21.0)

 45-64

19.5 %

(16.4-22.5)

18.0 %

(17.0-19.1)

 65+

7.8 %

(5.0-10.5)

8.5 %

(7.7-9.3)

Race

 White

17.6 %

(15.4-19.8)

18.2 %

(18.6-20.2)

 Black or African American

21.6 %

(16.7-26.4)

17.5 %

(16.1-18.8)

 American Indian or Alaska Native

26.7 %

(12.9-40.4)

29.2 %

(19.7-38.7)

 Asian

6.5 %

(2.1-10.9)

9.5 %

(7.7-11.2)

 Pacific Islander

 Other or Unknown

16.6 %

(10.7-22.4)

26.8 %

(21.9-31.8)

Ethnicity

 Latino/Hispanic

18.7 %

(16.7-20.7)

11.2 %

(11.0-13.2)

 Non-Latino/Hispanic

12.7 %

(8.7-16.7)

Education

  < High school (HS)

25.8 %

(18.7-32.8)

22.9 %

(21.3-24.5)

 G12 or GED, HS diploma

21.9 %

(18.2-25.6)

21.7 %

(20.3-23.0)

 Some college

22.3 %

(17.6-27.1)

19.7 %

(18.3-21.1)

 Associate’s degree

17.4 %

(12.6-22.2)

17.1 %

(14.5-19.6)

 Bachelor’s degree

8.2 %

(5.9-10.4)

7.9 %

(7.1-8.8)

 Graduate or professional degree

3.5 %

(1.8-5.2)

5.4 %

(4.5-6.3)

Numeracy

 Incorrect or “do not know” numeracy response

21.4 %

(18.0-24.7)

 Correct numeracy response

16.1 %

(13.9-18.3)

Household Poverty

 At or above federal poverty level

15.4 %

(13.5-17.3)

15.2 %

(14.6-15.9)

 Below federal poverty level

29.3 %

(23.9-34.7)

29.2 %

(27.5-31.0)

Sexual Orientation

 Straight or heterosexual

17.5 %

(15.7-19.4)

17.6 %

(16.9-18.2)

 Gay, lesbian, or bisexual

24.4 %

(16.1-32.6)

26.3 %

(24.6-28.1)

 Other or refused

18.8 %

(3.1-34.5)

Census Region

 Northeast

16.9 %

(12.2-21.7)

15.3 %

(13.9-16.7)

 Midwest

20.6 %

(15.8-25.4)

20.7 %

(18.9-22.4)

 South

19.2 %

(16.5-21.9)

17.2 %

(16.3-18.1)

 West

13.6 %

(10.6-16.6)

13.1 %

(12.1-14.2)

Used ≥ 1 NCTP in past 30 days

44.1 %

(38.8-49.4)