State Cancer Profiles

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/19/2024 7:24 am.
2 2022 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. Data for the US is a median and not a percent.

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

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Screening and Risk Factors Report by State
(Directly Estimated 2022 BRFSS Data)

Current Smoker
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 18+

Sorted by Percent
State Percent 2
(95% Confidence Interval)
Number of Respondents with Screening or Risk Factor
United States 14.0 N/A
West Virginia 21.0 (19.5, 22.5) 885
Arkansas 18.7 (17.3, 20.2) 786
Tennessee 18.5 (17.1, 20.0) 871
Kentucky 17.4 (15.7, 19.1) 688
Mississippi 17.4 (15.8, 19.0) 635
Ohio 17.1 (16.1, 18.0) 2,450
Missouri 16.8 (15.6, 18.0) 1,191
Louisiana 16.7 (15.4, 18.1) 799
Indiana 16.2 (15.3, 17.2) 1,383
Alaska 15.9 (14.6, 17.3) 808
Alabama 15.6 (14.0, 17.2) 597
Oklahoma 15.6 (14.4, 16.8) 778
Wyoming 15.5 (14.0, 17.0) 508
South Carolina 15.4 (14.3, 16.5) 1,125
Michigan 15.2 (14.2, 16.2) 1,185
Montana 15.2 (14.0, 16.4) 900
North Dakota 15.1 (13.7, 16.6) 515
Maine 15.0 (13.9, 16.1) 1,260
New Mexico 15.0 (13.5, 16.5) 627
Pennsylvania 14.9 (13.3, 16.6) 625
Nevada 14.8 (12.9, 16.6) 416
Iowa 14.7 (13.8, 15.7) 1,195
Kansas 14.5 (13.6, 15.4) 1,397
North Carolina 14.5 (12.9, 16.1) 561
Wisconsin 14.3 (13.3, 15.2) 1,384
South Dakota 14.0 (11.6, 16.4) 1,123
Minnesota 13.0 (12.2, 13.8) 1,767
Nebraska 13.0 (11.9, 14.1) 865
Vermont 13.0 (11.9, 14.2) 797
Delaware 12.9 (11.4, 14.4) 446
Arizona 12.7 (11.5, 13.9) 1,092
Georgia 12.5 (11.4, 13.6) 984
Illinois 12.4 (11.1, 13.8) 451
Oregon 12.4 (11.3, 13.5) 674
Virginia 12.1 (11.2, 13.1) 1,079
Idaho 11.9 (10.8, 12.9) 680
Rhode Island 11.8 (10.5, 13.0) 579
Texas 11.8 (10.9, 12.8) 1,607
Florida 11.3 (10.2, 12.4) 1,497
New York 11.3 (10.5, 12.0) 1,743
New Hampshire 11.2 (10.0, 12.4) 550
Colorado 10.7 (9.9, 11.5) 906
District of Columbia 10.6 (9.0, 12.3) 274
Massachusetts 10.4 (9.5, 11.3) 959
New Jersey 10.4 (9.4, 11.4) 669
Connecticut 10.0 (9.1, 11.0) 846
Hawaii 10.0 (9.0, 11.0) 697
Washington 10.0 (9.5, 10.5) 2,196
California 9.7 (8.8, 10.6) 937
Maryland 9.6 (8.9, 10.3) 1,499
Puerto Rico 9.4 (8.2, 10.6) 462
Utah 6.7 (6.0, 7.4) 573