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Screening and Risk Factors Report

Current Smokers
2008, All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 18+
Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 27-01a

Reduce tobacco use by adults.

Sorted by Percent
State
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Met Objective
of 12.0%?
1
Percent
(95% Confidence Interval)
2
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Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
West Virginia No 26.5 (24.8, 28.3) 959
Indiana No 26.0 (24.0, 28.1) 1,108
Kentucky No 25.2 (23.6, 27.0) 1,886
Missouri No 25.0 (23.1, 26.9) 1,166
Oklahoma No 24.7 (23.4, 26.1) 1,692
Tennessee No 23.1 (21.1, 25.2) 1,010
Mississippi No 22.7 (21.3, 24.1) 1,552
Arkansas No 22.3 (20.7, 24.1) 1,122
Nevada No 22.2 (20.2, 24.4) 963
Alabama No 22.1 (20.4, 24.0) 1,224
Alaska No 21.5 (19.1, 24.1) 603
Illinois No 21.3 (19.7, 23.1) 913
Pennsylvania No 21.3 (20.1, 22.6) 2,646
North Carolina No 20.9 (19.9, 22.0) 2,878
Louisiana No 20.5 (19.1, 21.9) 1,151
Michigan No 20.5 (19.3, 21.7) 1,682
Ohio No 20.1 (19.0, 21.3) 2,229
South Carolina No 20.0 (18.7, 21.4) 1,789
Wisconsin No 19.9 (18.3, 21.5) 1,363
Georgia No 19.5 (17.9, 21.2) 957
New Mexico No 19.4 (17.9, 20.9) 1,112
Wyoming No 19.4 (18.2, 20.6) 1,386
Iowa No 18.8 (17.4, 20.2) 989
Montana No 18.5 (17.1, 20.0) 1,180
Texas No 18.5 (17.2, 19.9) 1,696
Nebraska No 18.4 (17.0, 19.8) 2,551
Maine No 18.2 (16.9, 19.5) 1,108
North Dakota No 18.1 (16.6, 19.7) 838
Kansas No 17.9 (16.8, 19.1) 1,405
Delaware No 17.8 (16.0, 19.7) 692
Colorado No 17.6 (16.6, 18.7) 1,794
Minnesota No 17.6 (16.0, 19.2) 674
Florida No 17.5 (16.2, 18.9) 2,092
South Dakota No 17.5 (16.2, 19.0) 1,187
Rhode Island No 17.4 (15.8, 19.1) 736
New Hampshire No 17.1 (15.8, 18.4) 1,081
Idaho No 16.9 (15.4, 18.4) 801
New York No 16.8 (15.6, 18.0) 1,241
Vermont No 16.8 (15.6, 18.0) 1,005
Virginia No 16.4 (14.9, 18.1) 849
Oregon No 16.3 (14.9, 17.9) 662
District of Columbia No 16.2 (14.6, 18.0) 631
Massachusetts No 16.1 (15.2, 17.0) 3,424
Arizona No 15.9 (13.9, 18.2) 950
Connecticut No 15.9 (14.5, 17.4) 854
Washington No 15.7 (15.0, 16.5) 3,304
Hawaii No 15.4 (14.1, 16.8) 916
Maryland No 14.9 (13.8, 16.0) 1,368
New Jersey No 14.8 (13.8, 15.8) 1,688
California No 14.0 (13.1, 15.0) 1,422
Utah Yes 9.3 (8.3, 10.4) 535
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 6:53 am.
1 Healthy People 2010 Objectives is managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
2 2008 BRFSS Survey Data is the source for this data collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

BRFSS Prevalence estimates presented here may vary from other published estimates due to differences in the methodology used to generate estimates.

Note: Healthy People 2010 Objectives are age-adjusted to the year 2000 standard population while the BRFSS estimates are not age-adjusted.
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