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Screening and Risk Factors Report

Ever Smoked
2008, All Races, Both Sexes, Ages 18+
Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: n/a
1

Sorted by Percent
State
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Met Objective?1
Percent
(95% Confidence Interval)
2
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Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
West Virginia n/a1 51.9 (50.0, 53.8) 2,120
Kentucky n/a1 50.5 (48.7, 52.3) 4,177
Alaska n/a1 50.0 (47.0, 53.0) 1,414
Missouri n/a1 50.0 (47.9, 52.0) 2,675
Maine n/a1 49.9 (48.3, 51.4) 3,580
Oklahoma n/a1 49.4 (47.9, 50.9) 3,904
Indiana n/a1 49.0 (46.9, 51.2) 2,419
Vermont n/a1 48.9 (47.4, 50.5) 3,468
Arkansas n/a1 48.6 (46.7, 50.6) 2,791
New Hampshire n/a1 48.2 (46.5, 49.8) 3,576
Nevada n/a1 47.4 (45.1, 49.7) 2,450
Pennsylvania n/a1 46.7 (45.2, 48.1) 6,425
Wisconsin n/a1 46.5 (44.6, 48.5) 3,601
Delaware n/a1 46.3 (44.0, 48.7) 2,016
Connecticut n/a1 46.0 (44.2, 47.9) 2,979
Michigan n/a1 46.0 (44.6, 47.4) 4,557
North Carolina n/a1 45.7 (44.5, 46.9) 7,672
Ohio n/a1 45.6 (44.3, 46.9) 6,117
Rhode Island n/a1 45.5 (43.6, 47.6) 2,375
Montana n/a1 45.3 (43.6, 47.1) 3,341
South Carolina n/a1 45.3 (43.6, 47.0) 4,716
Tennessee n/a1 45.0 (42.8, 47.2) 2,299
Mississippi n/a1 44.9 (43.4, 46.5) 3,586
Illinois n/a1 44.8 (42.9, 46.7) 2,381
Wyoming n/a1 44.8 (43.4, 46.2) 3,772
Minnesota n/a1 44.6 (42.7, 46.6) 2,050
New Mexico n/a1 44.3 (42.4, 46.2) 2,954
Massachusetts n/a1 44.2 (43.1, 45.4) 9,923
Alabama n/a1 44.0 (42.1, 46.0) 2,910
South Dakota n/a1 43.7 (42.0, 45.4) 3,361
Florida n/a1 43.6 (41.8, 45.4) 5,500
North Dakota n/a1 43.5 (41.7, 45.4) 2,294
Arizona n/a1 43.4 (40.6, 46.2) 2,911
Iowa n/a1 43.4 (41.8, 45.1) 2,715
Nebraska n/a1 43.4 (41.8, 45.0) 6,867
Colorado n/a1 42.5 (41.3, 43.8) 5,380
Washington n/a1 42.5 (41.5, 43.4) 10,497
New York n/a1 42.2 (40.7, 43.7) 3,797
Kansas n/a1 41.1 (39.7, 42.5) 3,793
Oregon n/a1 41.0 (39.2, 42.9) 2,139
Georgia n/a1 40.9 (39.0, 42.8) 2,474
Hawaii n/a1 40.8 (39.2, 42.5) 2,838
Virginia n/a1 40.5 (38.1, 42.9) 2,413
Louisiana n/a1 40.3 (38.7, 42.0) 2,632
Texas n/a1 40.0 (38.5, 41.7) 4,543
Maryland n/a1 39.1 (37.7, 40.6) 4,260
New Jersey n/a1 39.1 (37.7, 40.4) 5,137
District of Columbia n/a1 38.9 (36.9, 40.9) 1,845
Idaho n/a1 38.8 (36.9, 40.6) 2,124
California n/a1 37.3 (36.1, 38.5) 4,841
Utah n/a1 25.5 (23.9, 27.1) 1,594
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 10:05 am.
1n/a - There is not a specific Healthy People 2010 Objective for this data item.
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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