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Table 1 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics (weighted estimates)a for NHIS participantsb aged 35+ at the time of interview

From: Correction to: Modeling mortality risk effects of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco: results from the national health interview survey linked mortality file data

Variables

Current Smokers

Former Smokers

Never Smokers

Never Tobacco Users

All

Current SLT Users

Former

SLT Users

Never SLT Users

Current SLT Users

Former SLT Users

Never

SLT Users

Current SLT Users

Former SLT Users

Mean age in years

48.75

48.99

51.41

56.29

57.53

60.19

53.68

50.51

54.97

55.23

Sex %

 Male

79.11

75.25

37.56

92.08

79.68

38.23

75.81

77.10

32.53

36.25

 female

20.89

24.75

62.44

7.92

20.32

61.77

24.19

22.90

67.47

63.75

Race/ethnicity %

 Hispanic

3.16

5.18

9.24

1.30

5.62

9.15

2.14

4.84

14.00

11.85

 Non-Hispanic white

85.38

80.95

73.51

88.25

85.54

79.28

77.35

82.23

67.47

71.37

 Non-Hispanic black

9.80

11.33

13.5

7.80

7.58

8.39

18.00

11.10

12.00

11.56

 Non-Hispanic other

1.66

2.54

3.74

2.65

1.27

3.18

2.52

1.83

6.54

5.23

Education %

 Less than high school

31.85

23.05

22.31

33.82

23.66

16.71

36.76

14.18

16.17

17.70

 High school diploma

35.88

40.96

38.64

32.42

32.75

30.33

29.93

23.06

26.83

29.80

 Some college and higher

32.28

35.75

38.5

33.5

43.48

52.46

33.04

62.44

56.36

51.91

 Missing

0.00

0.24

0.56

0.26

0.11

0.50

0.28

0.32

0.64

0.58

Poverty level %

 At or above 100% threshold

76.94

76.96

73.05

78.77

83.89

79.29

72.32

82.39

77.99

77.39

 Below 100% threshold

13.03

16.11

14.08

12.13

6.39

7.01

14.63

7.38

8.62

9.39

 Missing

10.02

6.93

12.87

9.1

9.73

13.7

13.05

10.23

13.39

13.22

Body mass index (kg/m2) %

 Underweight (< 18.5)

1.60

2.58

2.96

0.96

0.46

1.22

1.04

0.50

1.53

1.71

 Normal weight (18.5–24.9)

30.58

31.06

40.94

21.39

21.56

33.1

21.61

19.66

34.84

35.19

 Overweight (25.0–29.9)

38.56

41.31

32.14

45.76

42.77

35.57

39.64

43.31

34.14

34.35

 Obese (30+)

27.27

24.00

21.25

30.68

33.26

26.85

35.49

35.63

25.94

25.49

 Missing

1.99

1.05

2.72

1.21

1.95

3.27

2.22

0.89

3.55

3.27

  1. a Additional file 1: Table S3, shows the 95% CIs for these weighted estimates
  2. b Excluding participants with missing tobacco-use status, poly-users, and users of other tobacco products including pipe, hookah, e-cigarettes, bidi, and cigars. Survey years: 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2012–2014
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